"Tour Israel series" Button

In case my other blogging friends are interested, I have created another button for your sidebars.  This one will direct your readers right to any posts labeled "Israel" on this blog.  Since there are many posts to come on this topic in the near future, I am hoping this will be a great resource for you and your readers.  

The fun is about to begin, so come on over {and invite some friends along with you}!

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And, just in case you were wondering, I typically only blog 1.4 times a week.  Yes, I know... the exactness of that statistic is pretty humorous, but I just checked out my blog stats and that is the number I was shown.  

However, you are going to be seeing me around in blog-o-world a lot more often while we are in Israel.  Typically, I guess you could say I have a personal conviction about how often a person should spend on the computer... especially when that person, like me, has many, many other things {ahem, people} that need my time.  And those precious people are oh, so much more important than this screen I am looking at.  

Anyway, what is my personal threshold for how often a person should blog?  Well, apparently for me that has come to the grand total of 1.4 times a week, {though my goal is twice a week}.  You other bloggers have to make the decision of how often you should blog for yourselves.  I'm just a "1.4" gal.

Really, my blogging "time goal" is simple: more than anything, I don't want my kids to think of me as a "computer mom."  In fact, I don't want them to think that their mom knows much of anything about a computer so I try to sneak in my posts and e-mailing when they are not looking.  Also, I don't want to use my blog to show the world that I'm a great mom (like seems to be a popular blogging trend).... I'd rather spend time just being a great mom.

But, for these two following reasons, I am going to be blogging more over the next couple of months:

1)  Hubby is encouraging it.  This is definitely #1 for me.  

2)  I have the time.  We only came to Israel with small suitcases and some schoolbooks.  We are living in a small apartment that only takes a few moments here and there to keep clean.  There are no measuring cups, measuring spoons, or baking utensils to encourage me to bake (and I'm already missing it.)  

Hubby and I were sitting at the park together the other day, and he said, "Our children are always going to have an affinity for Israel and Jews because of this time of playing right alongside them in their homeland each day."  A moving statement to this Mom.  I love it.

So, since hubby is encouraging me and since I have the extra time for awhile, I am making an online journal for my children to encourage that lifelong affinity.  If you are blessed and learn more about the Bible and Israel in the process, then I will consider this undertaking a success.    

So, stay tuned....!