When BG got home from work yesterday, I talked him into riding along with me to the nearest town that has a Taco Bell. I was really hungry for a Taco Salad and didn't have the fixings in the house for one, and I use every excuse in the book to keep from cooking these days. I also had another ulterior motive for going and that was to look for some pretty autumn color.
I love this park as it has some beautiful trees and part of it overlooks the Missouri River. The leaves are already falling making a carpet on the ground and I always wonder why the prettiest colors seem to fall the quickest. Not fair, I say! The autumn color is so beautiful but you have to get out and enjoy it when you can because it is all too soon gone.
Now I have to get something said. How do you tell your friends that you just don't have time for them? For those of you that may still be reading here and think I don't want to visit you any longer...nothing could be further from the truth.
To be honest, while I was away from blogging because of the flu bug, I thought that it would be a perfect time just to fade away and say goodbye to blogging. But, I can't do it. The time may come and soon, but I just can't do it yet. I have stories floating around in my head right now just begging to be written when I find the time.
I love to write in my "online journal" when I can and I love visiting my blog friends and see what is happening in their world. But the honest truth is that I just can't do all the commenting and visiting that I'd like to do right now. Maybe I'm just slow. That's part of it, I'm sure. I love comments as much as the next person, and I feel bad when I don't have time to leave them myself. I hope you understand.
So, for now, while my world is topsy-turvy with many projects to finish and other stuff going on that I haven't talked about...no worries, nothing serious...I'll just keep on doing what I've been doing. Blogging without obligation.
All this said to just let everyone know that I still love you and haven't left you out because I've lost interest in your blog. Nope, it's me...not you! I hope life gets back to normal, whatever that is, before my next birthday. That is my goal. I hope all the projects we have started will be finished and I hope to have my house organized by that time, too. I'm purging and throwing out stuff I don't need or love and I have a long way to go. Take care, friends.
xo Cheryl
Cheryl I am sure you all fully understand . I certainly do anyway.I love your blog, your writing and photographs. I sometimes find the commenting overwhelming and I am sure one day, wil not be able to do so much either. Todays autumn oolours are gorgeous. One must always put the important things first in life.
ReplyDeleteHappy you had a color ride . . . Photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOur world changed from green to color literally overnight.
"They" (TV weather Pepe) are saying it will leak and over thus weekend . . .
Hope you enjoyed the taco salad . . .
I totally have moved to "blog when I can and comment when I want to".
I have been feeling the " can't keep up," for months!
I remind myself it was begun as joy and now I am trying to keep it that way and not be WORK.
be okay with it all Cheryl . . . you have had tons of projects!
Peak and be over . . . this weekend, is how it was supposed to read . . .
ReplyDeleteWell, you certainly found the autumn color you were looking for. And I'm sure everyone understands why sometimes we just have to update our lives and make some changes. I know I've had several hobbies during my lifetime that came and went. Your blog has been a joy and you will be missed. And remembered!
ReplyDeletei am struggling to keep blogging these days. my job, working long nights, still trying to get things done around here...some days i think i need to give up blogging, but i'd miss it as well. sometimes clinging to a part of 'normal' is the best we can do until we figure out a new balance.
ReplyDeleteI love to BLOG! I missed it when I was forced to take a break. But it is extremely hard to visit everyone and every post and I think we all understand this. Just do what you can and what you enjoy and we'll tag along with you! Sweet hugs, Diane
ReplyDeletei say blog when you want to and can and don't when you can't or don't want to. i feel the same way you do and spent the past year whittling down my comments from 50 per day to 25 or less, i do know what you mean here because i feel the same way and afraid i hurt feelings when skipping... if we worry we take away the fun. so if you need to miss mine, don't worry about it... each time i think i will quit, by the 3rd day i am longing for it. so will continue and i hope you do to
ReplyDeleteforgot to say spectacular colors. wow wow wow
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl...
ReplyDeleteLovely photos!!
Blog when you feel...
I sometimes feel pressure to blog...but I ain't gonna let it get me down...
Enjoy your weekend!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
Hi Cheryl, If you had the same crud I did, it really knocks you for a loop. I had ten days of 2000mg of antibiotics. I said it would either help me or kill me. It help, but I was so sick so I could relate. I am looking forward to a road trip this next week and hope that the color will be there. I don't blog like i use to and I try to visit. I would love for someone to tell me what normal is. I have learned you just do what you can. Hope you get to feeling better. Take care my friend. Hugs and Prayers from Your NW Missouri Friend Shirley
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely pink hue on that tree! Well, I feel exactly the same way. Blogging without obligation is the way to go! There are some bloggers so near and dear to me that I comment on nearly every post. Others csn do quite well without my commenting so I read the post and comment only on every few. Life is short and getting shorter all the time! All the best with the decluttering. My trunk is full right now of decluttered items...must get them dropped off at Goodwill.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand. I love blogging and receiving comments,but many times it seems like a chore to leave comments.Hope you stick around and visit and comment as you can.The photos posted today are amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous in your world Cheryl...I love the tones of the leaves and just like you, our prettiest seem to fall first.
ReplyDeleteBlogging without obligation is a great idea...I know that there are times for all of us when just to get a post out is a huge accomplishment, much less visit and leave comments. Blogging is supposed to be a fun pastime not a job where you must and have to ....blog when you feel like it, post when you are up to it, comment when you are moved by a post.
Jen
Cheryl, There are days I never have much to blog about or can't read everyone's , or leave a comment. bUt I try. If I miss a few days I do not worry....but I know I need my blog family , especially in the winter months when we can not go out or do much...you have saved my sanity. LOL. I love your beautiful tree shots. Those colors are awesome. Bless your heart, xoxo,Susie
ReplyDeleteOh wow your blog is awesome as you have taken Fall reds. I love Fall like everyone who has no choice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour all about today. You know the thing is we have met so many beautiful people in blog land. And yes it takes up time. So don't feel guilty if you don't . We understand as we all feel that way. We all have lives outside or in of our places we call home. So when we do have time we do. Enjoy your life and be good to yourself.
I love the first picture. that tree is so pretty. I understand about the blogging thing. Maybe you just need a break. Visit the blogs you like and just read and later you will want to start commenting again. Blogging should be fun, not a pain.
ReplyDeleteOh such beautiful Fall pictures, those trees are amazing Cheryl. I still love blogging, but sometimes feel I am boring, please keep blogging. Blessings Francine.
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl!
ReplyDeleteCan I just say that your pictures are absolutely gorgeous!! One day I will come the see mighty Mississippi and the beautiful landscape surrounding her!
I totally get it! My life is such that it is just impossible for me to blog everyday, or sometimes every week. I have really cut down my favorites list, and only visit a few people, and only comment on a few blogs. I does cut down the comments on my blog, but that's never been the reason I blog. Like you said, this is my online journal - I don't write in a daily journal like some people do, and I admire those who have that focus, but I just don't. Blogging without obligation is perfect!
I hope you are feeling better, take care of yourself, so that darn bug does not come back on you!!
Hugs,
Barb
You are really getting some great color. Not so here yet.
ReplyDeleteBlogging should never become work,yet sometimes it seems so. Blogging and commenting should be fun. I have whittled down the number of blogs I visit for that reason. You have a very full plate. Write and visit when you can. We will be here.
Do what you can when you can...everyone seems to have slowed down late summer and fall anyway:)
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you Cheryl! I'm sure hoping that you don't go away. I greatly enjoy your blog. But I understand. I will continue to check in and if you do blog...I'll be thrilled to read your latest edition! Peace and All Good to You!
ReplyDeleteI have been gone from blogging for over a year....and still miss it. It's funny that today, you were the first blog I looked at and this is the first time in months I've peeked in on anyone....just to make sure you are all alive and kicking. I miss everyone....miss stories....but we had to replace 2 computers when I was blogging....and my computer works fine now....and so I blame it on blogging and memes....might not be, but that was why I disappeared. I want to start again because I feel like it keeps my mind working and my typing is so much better when I blog. lol I agree with everyone else though....only blog and comment when you get pleasure from it. When it becomes a noose around your neck, hang it up....or at least loosen the knot before it strangles the life out of you. Big hug. Hope all is going well with you....and I love Taco Bell taco salad!!!! Especially the bowl!
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful pictures! You've got a lot of color in your neck of the woods :)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh.... blogging. The love/hate relationship with it. I would venture a guess, that unless you earn your living from blogging, most of us have a full life, and we simply don't have hours and hours to blog each day, or even each week.
As much as I would like to post more, there are other things in my life that take precedence.
So, we all 'get it' .
Enjoy this gorgeous time of year, and keep feeling better.
{{hugs}}
~K.
Always remember that blogging, no matter how long you've done it, is never an obligation! I used to have two, one for writing and art and the other for farming. I took down the farming blog. I got tired of it. Now the other one contains a variety of things, sometimes poetry and photography, sometimes farm stories. Go with what you find appealing. You are the best judge of that! Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteOh Cheryl I,m not blogging like I use to either. Life right now just gets in the way, but do it when I can. Love your photos, I see some color change here too... I think our friends enjoy our blogs when we are able to post them...smile...
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Gert
I totally get what you are saying. I have loved blogging and visiting but just can't seem to find the time for either one lately. Love your photos and I think a lot of us bloggers understand what you're going through.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you were able to get out for a drive to enjoy the beautiful fall colors. Happy too that you shared them with us.
ReplyDeleteI understand completely your thoughts on blogging. I toy with calling it quits on a weekly basis, but know I would miss all of the wonderful people I've come to know through blogging. I think we should all blog without obligation. Come to think of it some of my favorite blogs are ones where I never leave a comment.
Oh Cheryl, you have to do what you can and not worry about anything else. I don't think many of us don't understand. You need to do what you need to do.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure I am done with posting/blogging. Won't say never because some day picking up my camera and posting might be something I want to do again. I couldn't blog and not do comments at other friends blogs.... blogging without obligation as you say. I just feel if they take the time to read my blog and I am following their blog, even a brief "hello" or "good morning" and to tell them I enjoyed reading is something I want to do. I have cut back on commenting and had stopped commenting at blogs that no longer seemed interested in sharing a word with me. I usually read and comment every two days or so. I do believe that one day I will just stop and that will be okay. Glad you are feeling better Cheryl. Our part of Missouri is not as pretty as your pictures and we are in drought. I don't think we are ever normal here... it's been a crazy year and I will be glad to see it go and start out with a fresh 2016. Take care, Cheryl... enjoy these days of fall! Now you have me wanting a taco salad from Taco Bell... I have never had one there! Good Morning! :)
ReplyDeleteI really love the idea of "blogging without obligation." I know that is what I want from my readers/friends. I would hate for someone to feel obligated to comment. Of course, we bloggers enjoy comments because it is a way to converse and make friends and exchange thoughts and ideas, but there is no need for someone to feel obligated to comment on everything!
ReplyDeletePlease continue to post and share your thoughts and beautiful photos!
Visiting from FarSide....I say blog without obligation. I struggle at times with leaving comments. I've kind of decided if something doesn't come to me when I finish reading a post, then I won't struggle to find something to say. Sometimes I'll go back later and leave one, sometimes not. Beautiful colour on that tree!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from FarSide....I say blog without obligation. I struggle at times with leaving comments. I've kind of decided if something doesn't come to me when I finish reading a post, then I won't struggle to find something to say. Sometimes I'll go back later and leave one, sometimes not. Beautiful colour on that tree!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same as you do and find that over the weekends, I just don't even try to keep up. Just like now...it is Wed. morning and I am just getting caught up with last weekend's posts! Plus we had company over the weekend. I think the things that burn us out are when we feel that obligation to comment on everyone's blog. Yes, I love comments too but I don't think blogging should put so much pressure on us. I think we are all in agreement there!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful color you found, even in this drought! I know exactly where you're coming from. I always guilt trip when I don't find the time to do my blog-visiting or blog-posting. Blogging without obligation.. I like that idea :) And it definitely doesn't mean we don't still adore our bloggy buddies! We'll just visit when we can. Have a great remainder to your week. -Tammy
ReplyDeleteu got 2 do what u have time 4, just know i miss your presence when u r gone. love ya like s real close friend, because i feel like i am just that. ( ;
ReplyDeletebig big hugs.
Oh my gosh,you are right where I am at. I can't give up blogging but don't have time to do it all. I know just how you feel. Loved the fall pictures; just lovely!Hugs for you dear friend!
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