The Clarke Family News

Why - why am I such a procrastinator at times?

I feel horrible ... if you read my first two posts, you know I wanted to keep it much more up-to-date that the approximately seven months it's been!!! How poor on my part. Sorry kids. Time just goes so fast when you get older. By the time you read these logs, you'll perhaps understand that better. I always remember hearing as a child, how 'this is the best time of your life', and 'time just goes so fast'. Well, let me tell you - it's TRUE ! You better believe it.

Amazing. Amazing how fast time goes. It's the old cliche I know, but as I age, I understand. The last couple of nights have been a whirlwind of ... nothing, yet time has flown by. Trying to paint the family room with Amanda, your mother, getting erands run, etc. Keegan helped me change a closet doorknob out. A simple job - five minutes, quickly turned into a thirty minute task. But Keegan wants to help with any and everything - and he's only 22 months old. Of course I love to have him help - hold the screwdriver, hold the screws we remove, help screw in the the new screws. It's rewarding for me to see him learn, to see his fascination with new things - and he can't be torn away from the task, not with television, not with food, not with distracting noises from nearby. A simple doorknob, one he learned long ago how to open and close. Behind it lay the family food pantry, which among other things contain his fun snacks. Carson, you continue to sleep ...

Well, I'm off. After probably three or four years of wanting to do something like this on my own, this great site comes my way. Now I can just begin typing without having to deal with all the behind-the-scenes work. Ah, sometimes the internet is great indeed! So enough about that, now I have to figure out what I want. My initial thought, and what I'm sticking with right now, is that this blog will be about my daily life. Boring to most, interesting to few, outstanding maybe to none - but I want to record it. I have trouble remembering what I did two days ago. Perhaps this will help me. But my biggest reason for this is for my kids - my two sons - Keegan and Carson.