I'm beat. I babysat for a little boy in the church all day 8-4ish. My stomach is doing odd things tonight so I'm not really up for writing. Today I've entered the world of "facebook"... but I'm not sure that's a good thing. Mostly I was curious to meet up w/ some friends I've lost touch with to see how they are doing.

I've been thinking a lot recently about blogging, and computer time ect... and having a serious debate w/ myself on how good it is or isn't. While I see value in keeping up w/ friends and family, I am seeing another side to it, that I'm not sure I like. While this modern world provides us w/ so many advantages that the old world didn't have... I'm wanting to learn how to keep that all in balance and take from the old world and some of it's advantages over the new.

I have a constant struggle in my mind over this b/c so much of our lives is centered on the computer these days.. my recipes, my pictures, my scrapbooking, my friends, my family, videos of my kids, e-mailing my hubby at all hours to keep in touch, my devotions, my best place to stop for healthy and wellness questions. While each and every one of these activities isn't so bad on their own, when combined that can make for a lot of hours on the computer. So what's the "right" thing to do? resort back to scrapbooking by hand so I don't feel guilty? resort to storing more cookbooks in the home and flipping through them when I'm hungry so I don't feel guilty? Is turning off the "you've got mail" sound the same as turning off your house phone? I mean I use my e-mail like the phone many days. Can I just abandon it? or will someone be upset b/c they couldn't reach me via e-mail. I'm not quite sure what the answer is to all of this? I'm searching for answers... and anxious to find a good book that discusses living in this day and age, or God could just save me some time and come down out of those clouds and tell me what he wants for my life! :) now wouldn't that be easier?!