What's the Point of It All

Welcome to the blog.  There are basically 4 reasons for its existence:

1. To keep my sanity: I am a wee bit scared of a whole summer with my children.  Yes, I just admitted that.  My kids are angels: well-behaved and all that.  But the cabin-fever that people in snow-laden areas experience in the winter, we experience here in the south during the summer.  I find the weather intolerable and to make things even "better," I get to experience it crammed in a house with 4, sometimes 5, right now up to 7 other people.  So I have created some activities, dare I say, "divertissements" (go back and read that with a French accent, it's cooler that way) to keep us occupied and mentally stimulated.
2. I need the universe to keep me accountable.  If I have to answer to the Blogger-Boss every week, I'll be forced to actually stay on task.  This is especially important if the devil tempts me with a week-long marathon of "Say Yes to the Dress."
3. To record activities that worked and those that failed miserably.  One week you can be awed by my creative mothering/teaching skills and the next you can laugh as I scrape homemade play-doh from the crevices of the kitchen exhaust fan.
4. To keep in touch with family members.  Although I know you would like me to fill your email inboxes with lengthy written accounts of how my 3 year-old was finally able to distinguish the difference between a 'b' and a 'd,' I thought I'd make you work for that type of thrilling entertainment and force you to come here & read all about our summer.

What this blog is NOT for?  Making money, building social networks or whatever.