Taking A Blogging Break During The Happiest of Holidays

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taking a break for a happy and peaceful holiday season

I so loved all the comments on last Friday’s post about changing up holiday rituals that are no longer working. And I meant to respond to them. I had also said I’d post about our everyday rituals yesterday, but instead I wound up going to Grand Rapids with my sister-in-law to eat lunch and wander around antique stores–er, I mean, finish my Christmas shopping. And last night my husband and I went to dinner with some great new friends. Now, as it turns out, I don’t feel like doing much in the way of work–as I told a friend, I just feel like staring at twinkle lights, sipping cocoa, and listening to Bing.

And I have so few chances to do just that. Blogging has a way of taking over your life, and as much as I love it, sometimes I need a breather from the obligation of churning out fresh content while also trying to enjoy my family and bake cookies and wrap gifts and keep my house from looking like an evil elf threw a kegger in it.

So I’m going to seize this moment and take a little blogging break. I’ll be back sometime next week refreshed, centered and ready to give 2010 a fair send-off and welcome the New Year.

If you celebrate, I hope you have the merriest of Christmases. Give your kids a big hug and take it easy on yourself if your presents look as though a three-pawed cat wrapped them. (Mine do, too.)

Happy holidays, happy moms!

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Meagan Francis

I’m Meagan, Publisher & Creator of The Happiest Home. I'm a writer and mother of five who has been honing the fine art of satisfaction during my seventeen-year evolution into a (usually) happy mom. Here on The Happiest Home, I share what I’ve learned–and am still learning–about family life, motherhood, and the pursuit of happiness. You can read all my posts here.

11 Comments

  1. Christine

    The time I’ve given myself away from blogging in the last few weeks has been reinvigorating. So take this time. You deserve it! Have a super holiday, full of laughter and good food.
    XO

  2. Boston Mamas

    Have a wonderful break Meagan! And it was refreshing (validating?) to read this because I’ve been mulling what to do about blogging this weekend and through next week. I still want to continue on with #reverb10 on Pop Discourse (miraculously I’ve participated every single day so far in December), but I’ve been thinking about not posting daily at Boston Mamas during Laurel’s winter break.

  3. Olivia

    Merry Christmas to you, too! I recieved the Sonoma cookbook and we are excited to pick a recipe from it for Christmas.

  4. Adventures In Babywearing

    I love this! I feel the same way a lot. I hope you have a great break. I want to sneak off to Grand Rapids with you again in the new year, too.

    Steph

  5. Rachael

    Enjoy the break, and merry Christmas!

  6. Amy @ Frugal Mama

    Good for you, Meagan! I so agree. In fact, I decided to do the same, starting last week. I weighed all the things I had to do and wanted to do, and decided that it wasn’t worth it to kill myself (and be a grumpy mom) to keep “working” during the holidays. I felt unprofessional taking this time off, but in the end, I had to say, oh well! And I’m loving my unplugged break. I hope you do too!

    Warmest wishes,
    Amy

  7. Mom101

    Everyone deserves a holiday break. Even bloggers. If only it was paid.

    Happy holidays mama xo

  8. Maggie

    Happy Holidays Meagan!! Enjoy your break!

  9. Maggie

    P.S. Recieved the cookbook today, its wonderful! Thank you!

  10. Amber

    I hear that evil elves DO throw the best keggers. 😉

    Merry, merry Christmas!

  11. Darcy

    Lots of people took blogging breaks during the holidays, the holidays are insane! enjoy a break and you’ll come back better than ever!