Chrystal's Daily Chronicles

Apr. 1, 2007

I'M MOVING

Come visit me over my other blog. Beginning April 1st, I'll be posting everything in one place! I hate to leave HomeschoolBlogger. The community here is so wonderful but I'm looking forward to moving in to my new place and making it home. I'll be popping back over here to visit friends though. Hope to see you soon!

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Mar. 28, 2007

Leaving Homeschool Blogger?

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I've been contemplating moving this blog for sometime. I actually had to set a deadline of 100 posts because I could see that it was going to take forever for me to decide. Well I hit 100 posts yesterday.

I have another blog over at Blogger which was my original blog. It was only designed to be inspirational in nature and I planned to update it every blue moon. Then I realized that I had more to say that more directly tied into my daily life so I started one over here at HomeschoolBlogger. I love it here and I love the community but frankly as I blog more, Blogger is just so much easier to use.

Right now, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to still maintain an "inspirational blog" and a "daily blog" over at Blogger or combine them and just let it all hang out in one place.

Anyway, why am I saying this? I guess I'm trying to see if anyone can give me a reason why I shouldn't leave the homeschool blog here? I'm open if there is something I'm overlooking.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on the possible move/possible merger.

Thanks in advance....

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Mar. 9, 2007

Welcome to My Blog Party

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This post will be a "sticky post" at the top of my Blog until March 9th!
Scroll past it if you want to see other stuff I've written during the week!

Welcome to my blog party....and I'm Chrystal writing from deep in the heart of Texas. I'm married to one a giant of a man (inside and out) and I am the proud homeschooling mother of four!

This photo below is a year old but it will have to suffice for now :)

I blog because every other member of my family has a presence on the web for their line of work and I'm ~~jealous~~ proud of them. I figure that since motherhood and growing people is my line of work, my ~~escapades~~ journey should be worthy of web presence too! You can check out the links for my family members on the sidebar.

I have two blogs, one for daily Mommy life and one for the more deep and thoughtful side of me. If you want to learn a little about me you can start with reading about some weird things, or you could start with some thoughts on weight gain and weight loss, or I guess you could read some material on homeschooling. Here at the chronicles, recipes find there way into a post every now and again as do general homemaking thoughts and ideas...although I would have to say that Motherhood is the main jist of this blog (Whew, that was a mouthful!). Inspiration is the main jist of the other blog. If you check out my other blog, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the idea of combining the two. I write a little about a lot of different things. Visitors to my blog never know what they'll run into! So enjoy my little party corner of the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 minutes for Mom!

Now I tried to think of what might make this blog have a "party feel". I don't know how to put music on the site, but I do know how to post videos. Hope you get a kick from this video of my 3yo enjoying bathtime!

Be sure to check out more blogging ladies participating in the Ultimate Blog Party. You can find the list of blogs by clicking on the image below and scrolling down a bit.. The fun will be going on until March 9th!

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Mar. 6, 2007

This party is getting crowded....

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The last time I checked, the count over at the party was over 800! There is NO WAY I can make it through the list...well..not and get the dishes done :) So I've devised a strategy. It will allow me to get through the list in my own way. I won't be able to hit them all but I can hit more than a few in a random fashion and still have time to keep my kiddos from ripping my house to shreds!

I'm hitting multiples of 5's. This is giving me a sense of accomplishment so that I can move through the list and feel like I'm actually getting somewhere. Now, I am stopping every now and then to grave a "non-multiple" that looks interesting but the idea is not to stop too often or else my strategy won't work.

As the week draws to a close I may just randomly pick another starting point and continue with multiples but we'll see.

I can say that I've met a few neat folks and added to my blogs-to-check list. The party idea was wonderful for a meet and greet.

OK...now on to tackle my list.

What's your strategy?

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Mar. 4, 2007

People Want To Know - How Do You Have Time to Blog?

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Well let's just say that I don't always have the time :) .....

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