Decisions, decisions

My Blogger homepage informs me that I have written 900 posts. 900!

So the question now is, do I

A. challenge myself to a 100-posts-in-100-days marathon

or

B. close the blog?

A sounds fun, but B is tempting. There are so many things I want to blog about and write about, but it's so challenging to find the time. I know everyone else is busy, too - readership has dropped off.

Plus, we started this blog years 7 ago to keep in touch with far-away grandparents, but even they rarely if ever stop in (I think Facebook has swayed most everyone away since it's quicker and easier).

And since I sort of loathe Facebook, I'm left with blogging (which sometimes feels like spitting in the wind) or trying something entirely new, like not blogging and working on writing projects instead.

I've even thought of starting a brand new blog under a pseudonym and enjoying a new project where no one really knows who I am, just enjoys what I write for what it is.

So, I'm mulling things over. I am SUCKING at keeping up on things. As the kids get older, I'm busier than I've ever been, including during graduate school.

Take today - it's the first day in WEEKS that we haven't had something going on (technically, we did have plans, but we had so much to do, we couldn't get to it). So we're desperately trying to catch up on stuff, work on a lot of things for our business, do some yard work, housework, return some emails, update some technology . . . you get the idea.

And that's when the mailman rings the bell and has me sign for a certified letter from the IRS that said they were about to seize our property and fine us almost $15,000. Mark and I about fell to the floor - we were lightheaded and shaking all over. NOT a fun thing to get in the mail. We pay our taxes and we know we're on top of our quarterlies, but that is a terrifying thing to get in the mail just the same.

We've spent the afternoon making phone calls to find out that it's a "clerical error." Some other guy with the same name as Mark has gotten 2 notices already and hasn't paid his taxes, so they sent this notice to us - computer error, wrong Mark, wrong address.

See? It's this kind of non-stop stuff, along with all the other day-to-day stuff, that makes keeping up on things VERY challenging. My family is my top priority. I can be doing things with them or get on here and blog about them. Ideally, I'd like to do both, but given a choice, I'd rather be with my husband and kids.

So, what do I do? Try to do both? Blog more? Stop blogging? Move to a country that has no mean, nasty, stupid IRS? You know, they have a lot of nerve sending out scary letters to the wrong people after how they were exposed earlier this year. We have our own small business and work our tail ends off to be responsible, tax-paying citizens. Finding out it's a clerical error is a relief, but I could've done without the horrible, initial shock.

Anyway. Decisions, decisions.