Recently, a blog friend of mine closed down her comments on her blog, because she had enough.  Her blog had a purpose and it evolved into something else.  I’m not sure if she is closing shop for good, but I’ll miss her and the conversations I had there.  All of a sudden some of my other blog friends are shutting down their blogs or have just abandoned them, and I wonder if they are ok?  If you guys still read my blog, can you comment here or email me to let me know that you are ok?  I’m assuming that stress is taking a toll on everyone these days, because it is certainly kicking my ass.  It has got me thinking about the whole to blog or not to blog question that has been in the back of my mind since I started.

I want to keep my blog going.  But it is a lot of work and remember, I do it for free.  I get a bunch of email, and I answer everyone, because my god, they took the time to read what I’ve said and asked my advice or gave me theirs.  But my blog keeps me away from reading, and espeacially reading other people’s blogs.  I have no free time.  By the time I come up with something to write, finding pictures and either scanning them or downloading them, I’ve spent two or three hours on a blog post.  After taking the day off blogging today, Ive decided that I’m going to keep doing it, but with certain conditions.  When I began this blog in January 08, I thought I would use it to to help me begin writing after a long spell of writers block.  I write about many things, and a few posts that I have written have become huge thorns in my side.  People are acting completely crazy on those posts, and I can’t keep up, nor do I want to anymore.  I have ADHD, and I bounce all over the place, trying to keep up with all the comments, and the rest of my life.  I can’t keep up, and I’m tired of trying.  I spent two hours responding to comments last night.  So, I’ve closed down all commenting on quite a few posts that have gotten out of hand.  There is one more left, and I’m letting you all have one more day to comment all about them.  I work, I’ve got a family, a few illnesses and an upcoming surgery.  I want to write about other things, better things.  Plus I want to write my memoir.  I just can’t keep fighting people on here about stupid stuff.  I mean, I’ve had a person fake her deaths here, WTF?

I realize that it is an honor to get any visitors or comments here on my blog posts, and I want to thank all of you who visit me and comment regularly or from time to time.  I’d like to “meet” more of you who have never commented, or are new but shy.  I’m curious as to who reads this blog, and what you would like to talk about, or what you want me to talk about.  I love books, movies, music, travel, photography, tv, designer purses, clothes, nature, animals, hiking, jewelry, shoes, hairstyles, decorating, education, etc.  I’ll talk politics a bit, and of course celebrities, and just about anything else I can think of, except for my family in detail.  I keep them tucked safely away.

I am exhausted, because I started a new medication that has kept me awake and cleaning just like Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream.  Remember when Ellen was cleaning the house like a crazy person when she was on her uppers?  I cleaned for ten hours straight today.  I hauled shit up and down two flights of stairs all day.  You should see my closets.  And I have Fibromyalgia, which kicks my ass and never allows me to be this active.  I can’t stop moving or thinking.  You get the picture.  I am exhausted, and I can’t sleep.  My heart is pounding, my mouth is dry, and I haven’t felt this hyper since 2003.  When I say I’ve had enough, this means I really have had enough.  Please, I’m begging you, no more chatter or emails about them, ever.