Blogs: The New Soaps?
Crissy March 28th, 2006
I have a schedule I try to follow weekly in order to balance Aiden, the house and my sanity. I designate one chore to each day of the week so I’m not overwhlemed. Sounds good, right? Today I am doing the laundry. Oh wait, that was yesterday’s chore. Hmmmm, will I have time to pay the bills and go grocery shopping? That is supposed to be what Im doing today. Huh. What happened to my beloved schedule…
Well, I have spent a good part of the morning and afternoon both yesterday and today in front of my computer. The more blogs I read, the more blogs I find. The more blogs I find, the more commenting I do. (Are you getting the picture?)
I am addicted to everyone’s life. From the mom blogs to the mommy blogs (Motherhood Uncensored had a post on an apparent war between them), I am hooked. I want to know how you and your kids are doing as well as what you are thinking. I haven’t been able to have a decent conversation with my husband because I want to find out what other comments came after mine on the umpteen blogs I commented on yesterday.
Aiden is a good napper, so this is where I get most of my time to sit and read about all your adventures. Of course, the house looks like a bomb hit it and all the while I spend my time in front of this screen craving new posts. It feels similar to the old stereotype that a mother who stays home just watches soap operas all day long. Could blogs be the new soaps?
I wonder if anyone else is having this dilemma? I know it’s probably the newness of it all and once that subsides I will be able to read, play with my child and occasionally clean the house all in perfect harmony. But I wonder, is this just an old adage gone tech?
I can’t wait until the weather breaks so I can get out of the house and create my own adventures. What’s that? There’s a wind chill factor? Maybe I’ll just check one more blog…
7 Comments Add your own
1. Jeff | March 30th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
I think it just has to do with the all the difference types of perspectives that you got from reading blogs.
Let me say this…don’t listen to any podcasts. I just started getting every single podcast I could find for all my interests but don’t have enough time to listen to them. I got my list down to 4 podcasts that I listen to weekly/monthly, depending on when they are updated.
I have the same experience with blogs and podcasts. One links to another and next thing you know, you have too much on your plate.
TIme to get back to my reality.
2. Stephanie | March 30th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Well, I don’t know about blogs as I only really read this one on a regular basis but I can tell you that the Internet in general and message boards seem to be my soap operas. I’m ashamed to admit how much time I spend on the computer each day. I’m hoping impending motherhood makes me too busy to be wasting my time away on inane activities like web surfing but my fear is that I’ll turn to those darn message boards even more in search of adult interaction.
3. Annalise | March 30th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
I definitely have to fight the urge to chronically surf. I find if I close the computer, other things on the dining room table start to reveal themselves: dirty dishes, bills, old arts and crafts, etc. Check out flylady.net for tips on starting a morning and evening routine: I have been reading her for 6 mos and now it is finally starting to make sense to me! Plus the routines keep the disasters under control, at least. Love A.
4. J's Mommy | March 30th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
It’s definitely a struggle. I try to do it early in the morning before J wakes up or at night when she’s sleeping, but I have the same problem you do. The more I read, the more I discover and before you know it, three hours have passed and there’s a sink full of dishes and clothes spilling out of my luandry room.
5. Petite Mommy | March 31st, 2006 at 12:52 pm
LOL…I think we have all been there. Blogging is addicting!
6. Sue | April 2nd, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Guilty as charged. I started with one, then looked at her links, and so on and so on…now I have about 10 “must reads” and 20 more “ok, just one more blog”s.
I actually feel kind of lucky I am blocked from reading blogs at work, or I would be fired by now for wasting all my time and never getting anything done.
7. Missy | April 6th, 2006 at 12:10 am
Ha ha…I love this post. This is great. It’s gotten to the point, for me, that I only do it at night for a couple of hours after my son goes to bed. Anymore than that and I don’t get anything else done.
I’m thinking of using the oven timer to set limits for myself.
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