Habit of the month follow-up and the new month

I am later getting this posted then I wanted, but here it is anyway:
Wow!  Is anyone else amazed by how quickly November seemed to pass?  As I review the habit for November, being thankful, seems that the habit was not necessarily something new that I did this past month.  It was simply an extension of what I seek to do anyway.

My thankfulness cards that I was to write in each day; well, did not get written in every day.  About half of them are used.  Rather than trying to finish it off the last week, I just let it be, continued on until the month end and now am tying it off and putting it my folder for review next year.

With all that is happening in our lives in December (well, it may not be that much, but as I stand looking ahead at it, it seems very mountainous), I am not seeking to establish a new habit.  Rather, perfect and hone the ones I have been working on this year.  Specifically, I am thinking of my follow through with projects and ideas and the act of completion in the task I undertake.

All in all, I am seeking to have a joyous, blessed and wonderous Christmas season and start of a great new year!

Niche follow-up

After reviewing the idea of a niche for my blog, here is my conclusion.  I really just want to write about life for now.  Nothing specific, but the things that I am doing and facing.  There are several interests, or maybe hobbies, that I have and that is what I enjoy . . . what I chose to spend my time on -- my niche, my life. 


I really don't have "free" time as one might typically think of it, for everything I do is for some reason.  I plan and clean and organize so that our household functions well and we enjoy our surroundings.  I read, study, and work to expand my knowledge, be better at what I do, and kept what I do from being all about the baby's next feeding or the kid's homework or the housework.  My down time still has purpose: the cross stitch picture is for decoration in my bathroom, my blog reading is for learning and inspiration, the walk in the morning is for a mental break and the physical exercise, the craft with the kids is for developing creativity - mine and theirs,  even the movie I watch with my husband or the card game we play in the evening is an investment in him and our relationship.  


When I wrote about finding a niche, my wonderful mother sent me several definitions of the word: niche.  One particularly captured my attention, "

a comfortable or suitable position in life".  So, my niche is my life.  At least for now, that is my blogging niche.

Starting the week . . .

Well, this morning started out very slow around here . . . things were kind of a mess from a home management standpoint and physically I feel awful . . . I have a severe head cold, the worst in years, and it has really made my body feel terrible.  Usually Mondays are my cleaning days and I start the day with some time blogging, reading and writing.   This morning, knowing I wanted to post something and not being sure where to turn to start, I did a Google search for blogging basics.  (I am learning how to do this in the way I would like and definitely need some guidance.)  I found Melanie Nelson at Blogging Basics 101.  What a great resource she appears to be.  
One of the first things she says to do as you start blogging, find your niche.  OK. so . . .  niche, huh? Well,  . . . what is my niche?!?  This will be interesting!  Abby suggested several questions to get one thinking along the line of they could choose as their niche.  So this weeks assignment for myself:  find, better said, define my niche.  I am sure it will change and grow over the years, for I hope to be doing this for a long time to come, but for now what would I like to define my online writing as?  Well, next week, I hope to have a better idea - for now, on to my blogging "homework".  
Now, that I have spent my morning reading, writing, and drinking coffee (around playing with my son and putting him down for his nap - not an easy task this morning), it is off to clean and pick up, maybe squeeze a nap in too, my head is starting to feel a bit fuzzy . . .