Tracy's Page

...I logged onto the computer, my blog and Ning and signed myself up again for the roller-coaster that is NaBloPoMo.

My life is rather different than it was 12 months ago - in some ways simpler, yet in others there are more demands on me and my time. Couple this with my native talent for procrastination, and you've got a recipe for a sit-com!

So drop by, those who dare, as I unpick my life, loves, frustrations, follies, Facebook, and other matters of consequence.

Sorry, couldn't help myself with that corny post title! Of course we do - it's the last day of November.

Thirty days of blogging every day...nothing to it, we thought at the beginning of November. Now we know better, but if we're lucky we've managed to surmount any obstacles and turn up to the page in one way or another. I cut it fine once - I had barely touched my hands to the keyboard when my wee man woke up, and I had to hurriedly type a few words to make my mark before packing it i

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Well, we're on the final stretch. Two or three more posts for most of us and we're done; we're over the finish line and reaching for the sports drinks, towelling off the sweat, and swapping horror stories of that really tricky bit not long before the final corner when we totally thought we were going to lose it.

Or is that stretching the metaphor a bit far? Am I getting a bit giddy with relief, with excitement, with fear of the Void...when there is no more NaBloPoMo? What will Life be

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Hey, some of us bloggin', photographin' mamas and others are hanging out over at Lotus' (aka Sarcastic Mom) place, doing a Sunday photo meme with our favourite shots from the week just gone.

Come and check it out:

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...is a whole lot about the art, craft and science of blogging! This NaBloPoMo thing has made me look long and hard at what my blogging is all about, what I'm trying to achieve, and what I hope my readers get out of it. I originally thought "Okay, a post every day for a month - sure, I can just write about my life and stuff, the wee man, throw in a few photos etc...easy!". But it's not that easy, and I have so many good blogs I really admire, and some of them are coming to read me no

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