I have a new home!

As I mentioned a couple of months ago, a new site has been in the works and I've finally moved!  Whee!  The magnificent people at Waxcreative Design built me a beautiful site, so please jump over and leave a comment.


The site is designed to consolidate all the social media.  You can read the blog there, and connect to me on Twitter and Facebook. As far as this blog, I'm closing down the comments, however please feel free to leave a comment on the new page.


The address is www.jeanniemoon.com.  I hope to see you there.


Jeannie

New site

A couple of months ago, I mentioned I was having a new website designed.  Well, after questionnaires, color choices, design decisions and content delivery, the new www.jeanniemoon.com will be going live by the end of the month.

If you check the site right now all you'll find is a placeholder, but never fear, the team at WaxCreative is doing their special magic and a new and pretty site will be there soon.

Hope everyone visits when I move into my new cyberhome.

Love,

Jeannie

Changing It Up

The blog is going dark for a while.  I've been trying to manage too many social media outlets and I finally decided I needed professional help to pull it together. So, look for a change of venue and a major redesign in a few months.

Until then keep looking for me on Facebook and Twitter. I'll be there when I need a break from the writing.
xoxo
Jeannie

Pay It Forward II

Allyson Peterson, also known as Crazy Writer Girl gave me the "Stylish Blogger Award."  It's lovely of her to do and it gives me the opportunity to pay it forward and draw your attention to some wonderful bloggers.  Follow these people. Read them.  They are funny, wise and have provided me with a tremendous amount of support on this writing journey.  My online friends travel the road with me and I appreciate every one of them.


First, I have to tell you some things about me.

  1        I know the difference between boarding, roughing and cross-checking.

2.        I got a tattoo when I turned forty. It’s awesome, but I wouldn’t do it again.

3.        Sleeping annoys me. I fight it and do it as little as possible.

4.        My favorite guilty pleasure is Nutella right from the jar.

5.        I’m a bag whore.  I love totes, purses, clutches.  You name it; I love bags.

6.        I really like ABBA.

7.        I’ve been in more than one professional sports locker room.

Now for the bloggers.  I'm supposed to list fifteen...I'll do my best.

Patty Blount

Charissa Weaks

Linda Grimes

Helen Sayers

Julie Musil

Michele Shaw

Sierra Godfrey

Sandra Cormier

Tawna Fenske

Jessica Lemmon

Abby Mumford

Kelly Breakey

Muffintopmommy

Rebecca Lynn

Elizabeth Flora Ross

Whew!  Made it! (There are actually sixteen blogs)  Truly, if you need to add some interesting, clever reads to your day stop by these blogs.  They are, indeed, stylish!  Hopefully those bloggers I've mentioned will bring your attention to someone else by paying it forward.

New year...new commitment.

Hey, everyone.  I've emerged from my cave and I've decided the blog gets one last shot at life.  I will do this by posting once a week.  I'm thinking Sunday mornings, since I'm usually up at the crack of dawn while the rest of the house snoozes. And if I have to set reminders on my calendar to make sure the post gets done, that's what I'll do.

If this is going to be successful, it's going to be because of a routine.  You'll notice I didn't say anything about not having enough time.  I have time.  What I don't have right now is structure.

Routines helped me survive the years when my children were small and I was teaching full time.  By getting into a routine, the kids knew what to expect, and even better, my husband and I knew that week to week, we had things under control.

From doing grocery shopping on Friday nights to knowing Monday night we were having pizza for dinner, the predictability made our busy lives easier.  I do believe I need to get back to routines even though I don't have the little kids anymore.  When I slip into schedule chaos, I get nothing done.  I get frustrated and stressed, and right now, since there's a lot going on (family, work, school play, local RWA stuff, writing...) I need predictability.

So tonight we're having a sit down and we're going to figure out how to make life more manageable.  It can be done.  If I could do it when I had three children under the age of five, a full time job and a demanding graduate school program, I can certainly do it now.

So what about you?  How do you find time to write amid all the other things life throws at you?