I was thinking earlier about my blog, what purpose it serves, and what it's purpose should be. It was clear to me that I'd gotten away from the original plan I had when I first began blogging.

Since my blog is entitled, "Homeschooling Anyway," the original purpose was, of course, to talk about homeschooling anyway, in the face of the various trials and speed bumps that we encounter.

It wasn't quite my intention to sidestep and talk only about light and fluffy things. They have their place, but a blog that is only about silly things when something else was promised quickly fades into obscurity. So, dear readers, I apologize if you've come here looking for encouragement and/or practical advice and found only articles about things completely unrelated to homeschooling inspite of difficulties.

But then, thinking about it, my reasoning for getting away from discussing the more serious things (like teaching my children) is definitely related to everything we've been facing. Frankly, I'm tired. We've had our share of trials these past few years, and they're not over yet, not until my husband gets a clean bill of health. This blog, and using it to write about the fluff inside the pillow of life, has been an outlet, and like I said the other day, therapy. I know that more than one of you know what I'm talking about. You need something else to focus on besides all the heavy stuff, or you'll end up in a dark corner somewhere blowing raspberries. Not that I've done that, of course.

So, I won't promise that you won't come here someday in the future and find a completely meaningless post that a very rummy me wrote at 2 in the morning, but I do purpose to stick more closely to the true intent of this blog.

That being said, do you have an outlet that you use to get your mind off of the more serious side of life? What is it? Some of mine are shopping clearance sales (yes, really), tole painting, making and framing scrapbook pages (I'll try to remember to post a picture of the huge one I made for my husband's birthday), and playing games like Blokus and Apples to Apples with my kids (two very fun games; get them if you haven't yet). So, do tell: What is your "therapy"?