An explanation of January blog post dates

I made a goal before this new year started, that I wanted to write blog posts two times weekly, and I wanted to publish a website.  I wondered if maybe publishing some of the experiences we’ve had as a family could be helpful to others.

I decided I wanted to write every Monday and Thursday.  They are two days of the week that are not totally scheduled up for me.  I have faithfully written every Monday and Thursday this year so far, except this week.  I flew to Washington for a surprise visit to my mom for her eighty-eighth birthday.  Monday was her birthday and I spent the day with her.  I am going to write on Saturday to make up for it this week.

Writing has been the easy part.  Publishing the writing has been much harder for me.  Both figuring out how to do it with my limited technical knowledge and opening myself up to judgment of others by making things I’ve written public.  I know my website and writing will be no where near perfect.  Part of making a goal to write twice a week is so that I can improve my rusty writing skills.  But more than that, I have huge social anxiety which begs for anonymity.

One of my techie sons (thanks Chris!) worked out the last of my problems with publishing my website this week.  I’m hoping to get the blog posts I’ve written up and running today.  If you notice the date on the post is not the same as the date it was posted, it is because it has taken me all month to actually get them online.  I’m calling it a win, for this sooo not tech savvy grandma, to have gotten this all up and running before the end of January!