Another Reasoon I am starting to DISLIKE facebook

An acquaintance  recently told me that I have a perfect life. Huh? I barley know her. Why? I asked. Well, all of your fb posts are so positive and you and your family look perfectly happy. :o Stop...hold the phone! We are not a perfect family. Yes, we are happy (most of the time) and I love my family so very much. But perfect? NOPE, not even close. We have bad moods, messy house days, and typical trials that every family has.
So, I went to my profile and read through my posts. Wow, it does look like I have a perfect life. Does this mean I am fake? No, I abhor negative posts, it is draining for me to see how bitter and negative people can be. I try to only posts the good because I don't want to be the cause of draining another person. Did I do more harm than good? Is facebook just an illusion? The whole reason I signed up for facebook is to keep in contact with family and friends. Are we all fooling each other? Are we really connected if we only let people  see what we want? I feel like I just got dosed with a huge reality check. Literally.
I feel like my facebook days are numbered. I want to really be connected to the people that matter to me. I do not want my self worth to be defined on fb. Plus, I am a bit of a people pleaser and do feel hurt when someone removes me as a friend. Even if I don't care for them much myself. I spend too much time scrolling down the page, feeling the need to read every post. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I NEED to get off of fb. I love to read so many wonderful post written by my fellow homeschool friends and I always find so many wonderful resources on fb. However, is it really worth all the a fore mentioned?  I can still stay connected through forums and also gleen lots of resources from them! I am going to do it! I am! I am quitting FB!!! I am starting today...I will let you know how I do. =)

What are your thoughts about facebook? Have you ever felt like quitting or is it too important to you?

It has been so long...

My hubby asked me how blogging is going, since he hasn't heard me say anything about it lately.  Hmmm...It HAS been a while. Its facebook! I know I have said this before, but it is very true. I post pics and events that happen daily or weekly. Easy Peasy. Too easy. Even with the time line on fb, its not the same. I love looking back through the years on this blog and see what we have done as a family and homeschooling. So, I have come up with a plan. I am going to blog every Friday. I will include our week in review, my weekly menu and of course pictures. I may even have Bre do some updating as well. I am trying to wean myself of of facebook anyhow.

For now, I will add some photos...See you Friday! ;)

 

October 2011 in Pictures

Bre decided it was time to donate 3 feet of hair to Locks of Love. =)

Family Photoshoot

Our lovely daughter  Cassie(the photographer) took our pictures last weekend. We were wet and cold but had a great time. Tomorrow she is taking pictures of Matt and I at the place where he proposed over 2 decades ago. =) I can't wait until we can get the whole family together for pictures...just have to get everyone in the same place at the same time. ;)

My thoughts on year round schooling

I have done the research and wanted year round schooling to work for us. I love the face that schooling this way allows for the month of December off as well as a week break every 5 weeks. I tried it and put everything I had into it. The problem is that we are just way too busy during the summer months. We are on the go almost every day. Now you could argue the fact that much of what we do could be considered educational. But, as far as lesson plans, book work and written work goes... Nada. Maybe because my kids are older it is more difficult. Ty works, has summer plans with friends as well as our family adventures. We have CAP activities, camping, rifle courses, Archery, weekly hikes,reunions, picnics, daycations ect... How do busy families make this work?

Breanna is always doing something creative, does that count? Ty meets new and interesting people at work as well as working the cash register, does that count? Open to ideas and suggestions because I really would love to school year round. =)

I feel bad...

for neglecting my blog. Facebook is just so much easier. It is also a time waster. No matter how much of a limit I give myself, I find  that I am on FB way too much. There are so many things I wanted to blog about over the summer. I am thinking of signing off of FB for good. Only problem with that is, I won't be able to see all my grand baby's beautiful pictures that Cassie post and I will also feel out of the loop. Such a dilemma. lol   How do you deal with FB? What to do, what to do? I think I am going to stay off for a few days and see how much of a  withdrawal I get and see how much more I can get done without the pull of FB. =) My goal is to blog weekly, like I did in the past. We shall see...