Back in the day (roughly 2007) I used to be able to cough up a blog post or even two a day. These days, I’m struggling to come up with one a week. It isn’t lack of material or even lack of enthusiasm, really. It is lack of time. Back in the summer of 2007 when I started this blog I had 0 kids and a job that I was only doing to fulfill the terms of my contract. I had more free time than activities to fill it. Now, in the autumn of 2010 I’ve got two kids and a job that I love and am trying to make sure that I can keep. Like lunch, there’s no such thing as free time.
I’d probably drift away from this blog for weeks at a time if it weren’t for BlogHer, who kindly pays my hosting costs through their advertising program. If I vanish from cyber world for more than a fortnight, they kick me off their teat. So here’s a bit of faff for 1) those of you who are related to us and like baby photos and 2) my cyber sugar mamas at BlogHer.



But don’t fret, the semester is wrapping up and I can see glimpses of that elusive ‘free time’ on the horizon.
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PJ Harvey’s 1995 album “To Bring You My Love” is one of the finest of that decade. But Harvey tends to get overlooked when people think about great artists of the 90’s. This track is a good example of why we shouldn’t forget about her. If you like it, buy the album from
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by suzer
15 May 2010 at 17:59
Same here although for me it’s lack of relevant and/or interesting topics!
suzer´s last blog ..Everybody Poops
by aish
15 May 2010 at 19:44
glad to hear even you and sinead need to slow down your ambitious lifestyles…..i am waiting for small miracles like our scaffolding around the house to dissappear….everyone thinks life gets better after these small markerings pass by …but next week a new obstacle will probably prevent me from enjoying the post scaffolding time……it is raining here in what should be spring sunshine …si forgive me if i am a little bit pissed at life…..ona good note i just sent one of my papers off to be publicised …hope the editors and reviewers are have a slap day and let me slide through their criteria.
by Technobabe
15 May 2010 at 22:17
Life gets really busy with two kids and a full time job and then, hey, you want to see your spouse once in awhile! Glad things are going well for you all and the pics are excellent. Is that a mini bathtub the boys are in? It looks like a real tub. Just small.
Technobabe´s last blog ..Broken
by Jill/Twipply Skwood
15 May 2010 at 22:23
Hey wait a minute! What about those of us who AREN’T related but like baby photos?!?!?!?
Jill/Twipply Skwood´s last blog ..My Gal Wants the Title of This Post to be "I’m Having Stress". So that’s the title. I’m having stress. And actually, I AM having stress.
by jen
15 May 2010 at 22:44
hey, i have no kids, and therefore, no excuse!
this song is a fave.
by The Unbearable Banishment
15 May 2010 at 23:22
Do you want a life or to you want to blog? Because sometimes, that’s the choice facing you.
By the way, I like the font you use in your titles. Is it custom made?
by The Unbearable Banishment
15 May 2010 at 23:22
Do you want a life or to you want to blog? Because sometimes, that’s the choice facing you.
By the way, I like the font you use in your titles. Is it custom made?
The Unbearable Banishment´s last blog ..Pretty yellow dressess strolling in Manhattan
by Cat
15 May 2010 at 23:42
I love PJ O’Harvey. Now I’m going to have to go find my cd, blow the dust off and listen to it for the first time in years.
Cat´s last blog ..Mom’s Rule for Better Living
by Ginny
16 May 2010 at 01:37
Lack of time – the leading cause of the death of all our blogs. Dammit. I haven’t thought of that song in years! I’m going to be in an angsty twenty-something frame of mind all day

Ginny´s last blog ..Do You Think Mia Hamm’s Mom Ever Had This Moment?
by tysdaddy
16 May 2010 at 02:32
What ever it takes to keep the blog goddesses happy. And we all win with these gems . . .
P. J. Harvey, eh? Never was much of a fan, but since you said so, I’m off to find some . . .
tysdaddy´s last blog ..Of Buses and Banality
by jams O'Donnell
16 May 2010 at 03:26
Ah what a delightful pair they are!
jams O’Donnell´s last blog ..William B and Jack B Yeats
by muskrat
16 May 2010 at 08:13
I have to listen to that same nudge from time to time when 2 weeks passes. And, I’m glad when your title references a song that’s mainstream enough that I recognize it!
muskrat´s last blog ..i’ve never been happier to be wrong
by SciFi Dad
16 May 2010 at 09:30
There are certainly less cute ways to pay the bills.
SciFi Dad´s last blog ..The Band
by kitty
16 May 2010 at 14:25
ditto
kitty´s last blog ..konichiwa
by arizaphale
16 May 2010 at 20:52
Ugh. I know what you mean! But I must say this is the first time I’ve had a chance to listen to a track over here for a while and I really enjoyed it. Never heard of PJ Harvey. Guess I’m too old. Can you burn me some more???
Can we assume that swimming has been going well?
arizaphale´s last blog ..Team Up Thursday: Looking Up
by RubyTwoShoes
16 May 2010 at 21:13
I love that track from PJ, its amazing how the sound of her came flooding in as soon as I read your title.
I find it hard to carve out time with only one child and no current job!….the internet sure can suck the hours out of the day if you let it…
by courtney
17 May 2010 at 01:10
I’m not feeling the blogging mojo lately, so my blog has been neglected. I can’t chalk my laziness up to lack of free time, though. It’s more of a lack of motivation. Perhaps I need a sugar mama ad to kick me in the rear end.
courtney´s last blog ..Oh, Hitler, You So Funny!
by Courtney
17 May 2010 at 04:23
I’m on a blogging break, actually, an entire writing/editing break in general, and I told myself it could last as long as six months if I wanted it to but already I feel a keen itch to get back to it- to all of it. I do think blogging can feel like just one more thing to deal with and, with so many bloggers out there it is easy to lose the writerly joy that comes along with blogging -
by NATUI
17 May 2010 at 04:30
What in the world are the boys sitting in in the bottom pic? It looks like a mini tub? Nice to see you in the pool with the boys, though. At least getting out there with them for activities like that take you far away from the blog and computers so the quality time is truly quality time.
NATUI´s last blog ..Ace of Clubs
by flutter
17 May 2010 at 13:45
I’m glad you’re here. That’s all.
by sarala
18 May 2010 at 12:16
Time–if only there were more of it. My kids are 18 and 12–I’m almost back to where I have a little of my own time to spend. Just a little.
sarala´s last blog ..Squared
by Nigel
18 May 2010 at 19:55
Time management, family life and PJ Harvey all in one post – who could want more! I’m a huge PJ fan, though I think her first album, ‘Dry’, is still her best. In fact it’s a downright classic in my book.
Nigel´s last blog ..My own good old flawed life
by Joe
21 May 2010 at 22:24
Just one kid and a full time job has been killing my blogging productivity.
Joe´s last blog ..Going to Cougartown
by Allie
22 May 2010 at 23:48
Those pool pictures are so cute!
I totally understand how hard it is to get the blog thoughts into blog form. I downloaded a speech to text ap for my iPhone, thinking I could talk things out sometimes. Unfortunately, my brain doesn’t quite work that way, so talking my thoughts was harder than I had imagined, and the software didn’t work that well, so it all looked like some kind of mob code. The fat man walks alone. . .