Remember, months and months ago, I used to post every day? Do you remember that? I bet some of you are breathing a sigh of relief that I don’t do that anymore. I gave it up in favour of quality over quantity.
However, it seems when I stop forcing myself to write every day, I look back at the end of the month and wonder how I managed to get so few posts together.
It’s harder now, I’m splitting my time between three different blogs (this one, Veronica Foale and My food blog, in case you’ve been busy like me lately) and I’m running shorter on time. I’ve also found another thirty or so new blogs that I like reading and added them to my reader.
Anyway.
Today I logged into my reader, after sort of glancing at it for the last few days and gulped. Lots of new posts in there. Lots of people I want to keep up with. I’m not sure if I actually have the time to click through to everyone though.
So here is your chance. If you’ve written something in the last fortnight or so and you think I haven’t seen it (you’re probably right), leave me a comment here with your link and I’ll click over and check it out. Promise.
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We’re in the countdown to Christmas here.
Tinsel hangs garlanded around the edges of the house. Pretty beads drape themselves from spare nails, hung willy nilly everywhere, threatening to decapitate me in the middle of the night.
Isaac spends a lot of time looking warily at the tinsel, wondering if it is going to eat him while he sleeps.
We don’t have a tree up though. We’ve been busy and lazy and haven’t gotten around to it.
Do you think I could borrow one of Kelley’s? I hear she has hundreds.
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Geneticist appointment:
Question:
Do you think the children have Ehlers Danlos?
Answer:
Isaac: definitely, very hypermobile, bruises easily, Â happy to diagnose because his skin tears.
Amy: shows signs, very hypermobile, very bruised, very stretchy skin, however no dislocations yet, or skin tears that I can remember. Probably. Bring her back in two years for another clinical examination.
Until then, he is writing me letters of diagnosis for Isaac and a letter to be given to Amy’s school when she starts (in 13 or so months) to say that she has clinical signs and no, her mother doesn’t beat her, please ignore the bruises she is sporting.
I call that a good appointment, considering in children, most doctors refuse to diagnose until they’re thirteen.
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Okay, confession time.
I don’t have time to respond to every one’s comments via email anymore.
So please, if I suddenly stop emailing you after you’ve commented, don’t stress that you’ve upset me! You haven’t, I’m just having to cut back on time expenditures. If you ask me a direct question, I will probably still answer you, otherwise check back on the blog because I will answer in comments.
I hate those blogs, you know the ones, where the author never responds, never visits you back and doesn’t comment in their own comments. I don’t want to be a blogger like that. If I’m not emailing responses, likely you’ll see me in the comment section alongside you.
Of course, if you email me outright I will respond, every single time. It’s only polite.
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So um, that’s me.
Of course, half the reason I’ve been absent is due to a trilogy of books that sucked me in. If you like fantasy novels, I highly recommend Cecilia Dart-Thornton’s The Bitterbynde Trilogy. It is very very good. Curl up on the couch and read for 3 days straight type good.
Now I’ve got to hunt down some of her other work to immerse myself in.
Yay.
Oh! Also! Kristen, over at Wanderlust, she is collecting flags on a little widget thingy. She is a little manic about it (in a good way), so if you live somewhere ‘out of the normal’ click over to her and let the widget find your flag. Or tell your friends in different countries to do it.
I haven’t been very good at commenting lately myself either and I also feel bad about that. I have got through some tonight, but still have heaps to do.
I love the sound of curling up with a good book for 3 days!
I rarely respond to people’s comments unless they are direct questions. I am awful like that and I often feel guilty BUT I always comment on people’s posts. That’s what I have the time to do. I can’t read and comment and reply to people’s comments so the replies get sacrificed mostly. Oh well. I like to think people don’t think badly of that because I am a reasonably faithful commenter.
I loved that fantasy trilogy. The first book was so imaginative and different from anything I had read previously, I really enjoyed it. I had no idea you were a fantasy nerd. It is my guilty secret.
I’m a very bad (kinda) blogger that didn’t know it was bad manners not responding to comments! I will do better, I promise!
Hey Veronica – thanks for the plug (and the flag love)!! I have to say that I’m impressed with both your and your mom’s return emails when I comment. I think wordpress makes that easier because it gathers the email addy when readers leave a comment (unlike blogger). I respond to some, but not all, of my comments in the comment thread, but do notice that not all readers come back to check on the dialogue, which is understandable. It’s just not a great medium for carrying on a conversation, is it?
I’m sure while we all appreciate hearing directly from you, we do want you to concentrate your time on your priorities: your family and your writing (or for me: my family, my writing and my flags)!
Lazy Blogger. Heh, that should be my new blog title. I post maybe once a week now and rarely comment. I still read, just have very little time to comment these days.
Where the fuck did I ever have time to comment and post the way I used to?
Given the fact that you a) are a mom b) are a horse owner c)are a mom d) are in the throes of Christmastime and e) are a mom, you are understandably forgiven!
I’m glad you gave advance notice that you won’t be sending email replies . . . you are the only I know who did it, and I might have wondered why you don’t like us anymore!! And I promise, if you add a comment to my posts, I will reply. 🙂
I glanced at the title and thought it was, “I have been a lazy bugger”
I try to answer my comments via email as soon as I can but sometimes I am too busy and then I get a backlog of unanswered emails and then I have written a new post and there are more emails. So I go and play in the mud instead and feel guilty about not responding.
I am a bit erratic like that.
You’ve become SO lazy you want us to put our posts HERE for your to read!
Martin – Yes, that’s the idea. I haven’t pressed mark-all-as-read yet though, so you might not have to do any work.
I can’t answer via email because the blog I use doesn’t seem to have the facility or I am very thick indeed and can’t work it out. Don’t worry about the individual email thingy Veronical it only makes me feel guilty anyhow. I try to comment on the comments on my blog – which i only seem to be able to post on about every ten days so you are not alone in not blogging every day!
I know what you mean though when not even a comment is commented on – not just mine when I make them but when someone has put a really interesting point and taken time and the author never responds it bugs me. But loads of things bug me so thats probably of no matter anyhow.
My house is decorated now too relying heavily on red and green randomly placed. Do have a tree but a litle credit crunched so by xmas day no doubt the decorations will be on it but little else. Am sure your mum thinks they may be bad for the planet!!
Geneticist good news to have it on record that it not the diagnosis’ but for future referrals or physio etc if needed. Especially the easy bruising thing for obvious child protection reasons.
Three blogs, horses to rehome, children, husband, Christmas, EDS – good grief Veronica and you are apologising for not blogging every day or replying individually to comments. Are you a saint? lol
would say happy crimbo and all that jazz but determined to do that on the thing that isn’t twitter on Xmas Day so its more personal.
i just like it when I open my reader and your blog is in it. If youve added 30 plus blogs please do share in your blog roll – I am lazy and its great when you do so much of the legwork.
Take care Veronica and hope Christmas brings you pressies and books and chocolate and cheer.
xoxoxo
Sweetheart it amazes me that you blog/reply to as much as you do. I have no idea where you find the time to do even half of it all!
Re diagnoses, sorry that it seems both children have inherited the EDS genetic material. On the up side at least you know now, and have it in writing, so will get the help and understanding they will need in the years to come.
Well, you can see from the above comments that we don’t mind at all if you don’t have the time to answer comments, or email. Because we all know just how busy you are, with two little ones, still sorting your Nan’s stuff, two horses, not to mention getting ready for christmas AND writing your other blogs. Add the recent wedding cake making and I really don’t know where you find the time, much less the energy.
Yep, I’m a bad blogger too.
I hardly ever respond anywhere and my visiting has gone down too. Am sorry.
Perhaps a new years resolution?
No you cannot have one of mine. HOW RUDE!
LOLZ.
Girl, I gave up responding in the comments cause I got accused of trying to bump up the comment count! WTF?
Unless it is a direct question, I usually respond to a comment with a comment back. That said I am STILL behind (only doing November!)
I’m here to join the Bad Blogger’s Circle. I’m blaming Dean though… I was blogging really well till he came over! /sulk! 😉
Lol it’s Christmas, you have 2 children, books to read and 3 blogs, you will be forgiven 😉
I posted about Christmas too.
That just made me think I want some new books for Christmas.
Kelley – accused of bumping up the comment count? Really? I’m curious, is there a blogger comment manual that I’ve missed? And is it permissible to leave an accusation such as that in a comment field, or should it be emailed so as not to artificially inflate the comment count? I can see I have a lot to learn…
Kristin
Kristin, you crack me up. I’m sure if we searched, we could find a blogger comment manual. Otherwise, I might have to write one…
so nice to hear from you 😉
btw how are the horses going?
Yes Veronica, write one. In your spare time. You’re up to 22 comments. I think this thread is going to explode soon.
It might. I’ve got backups though, so it wouldn’t be all lost. I can just imagine it though, a tiny little explosion of words and comment counting trolls.
I’ve struggled to find the time to blog lately as well. Life gets in the way 😉 I’ll be here to read when you do, though.
I’m glad to hear the geneticist appt went so well, that’s a big relief.
As for comments…I used to reply to every single one. Then it got to the point that I could either reply to comments or write a blog, so I decided blog it was. It bothers me, so when I have extra spoons I reply to comments, but that’s pretty damn rare. I think people generally understand that kind of thing though
In case I don’t get back before Xmas, happy holidays to you all, hope it’s a magical time for the children after your difficult year. Lots of love to you all, BG Xx
Having letters for the school is a great idea! I grew up not knowing what is wrong and this month was finally diagnosed with EDS. If I’d had a dx and letters it would have saved my parents embarrassment when officials were worried I was abused with all the bruises and injuries when my parents never laid a hand on me. That’s a great idea, you’re thinking ahead and it’s great that you are having them evaluated so young. Take care!
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