Way back when I started this blog and this whole Social Media roller coaster ride, my mentor/guide, Nancy Masse, told me not to post every day. She told me not to get caught up in the “I have to post something today because it’s Monday” or Tuesday, or Wednesday thing, because it would be a short road to a big burnout, if I did. So what have I ended up doing? Listening to the little OCD demons in my head, that’s what! I’ve been making myself crazy trying to write an article every day! Now, let me interject, here, and say that I haven’t burnt out, yet, that’s not what’s going on here, but if I don’t let something slide, I will, real quick!

Some of you may have caught a couple posts on Twitter, last week, about the incredible amount of work that’s been coming in. Great news for us, let me tell you! Well, I went into the weekend with 30 restoration projects (paid), a very tough OPR restoration (volunteer) a very large genealogy project (paid), a huge scanning/printing project (paid) and two Random Acts of genealogical Kindness projects (volunteer). I also have a presentation to prepare for Aug. 25, and another for Oct. Add to all that the fact that I have to clean my house and am responsible for all the yard work and upkeep/maintenance of Casa de Smith, well, time is not on my side! On Saturday I got five more client restorations. Over the course of the weekend, I finished three, and nearly finished two more, restorations. That still leaves 30 to do plus the other projects. I realized I had no time to write a blog post, and might not be able to for some time.

SO…I’m taking Nancy’s advice (again), finally. I’m not going to be posting every day. In fact, it might be quite random for a while. I’ll finish up the Wednesday posts because there’s not that many left and my Great-Great-Great Grandfather was kind enough to write them for me. I’ll also be starting a new project (I know… smart, huh?) with the help of my friend Erik Bernskiold who has designed a rockin new blog for me! It’s a three day a week round up of the best articles from the great people in MY blogesphere, all of you! It’s called The Frib, and it’s an off shoot of Fribble Friday, a sort of community newspaper of our community!

I’ll still be dropping in on Twitter and the NAPP forum, hopefully, daily for little bits of time, just to say hi and see how y’all are doing, so be sure to holla back!

Tags: News, Projects, Work