Craptastic days that end with rainbows

Stressed. Behind on every single thing I could possibly be behind on... and maybe then some. I have half finished posts and articles everywhere and my desk is a mess. My brain is fried. I started this day with the feeling that this is the day I would get caught up - and then some. 

Yeah.

Not so much.

Instead I spent half the day getting the boys costumes ready for school tomorrow. They will each dress up as a character from a book they like. While I spent part of the week stressing over what the boys wanted and I could not make, I took the advice of Cissa and gave them choices of what I could make.

It took me an hour and a half to pick up the craft supplies but I came in under $16 so that was pretty awesome. I did however have to break my ban on Jo-Ann...but it was for a good cause because I love my kids (even though walking through those doors after all this time made me die a little inside).  The things we do for our kids, right?

The costumes came out really cool and the boys are excited to wear them tomorrow.  It did however eat a giant portion of my day, so nothing got written or posted anywhere.

Straight from dinner we hit up Reading Night at school and all I could think about when we pulled up is the work I should have been home doing instead.  The boys were yelling with glee over this rainbow so I stopped and snapped a photo for them.  Here it is.

At the time all I could think about what my craptastic day.  But in the end, I enjoyed the time with the boys at school.  Tomorrow is another day right?  Which I will kick off by dressing the boys as a hedgehog from Apple Trouble, the tree (yes I said the tree) from Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and the man in the yellow hat from a Curious George Christmas book we have.  And after I take the twins to their class, I will go into the Big Guy's class with him.  I am telling the class tomorrow about what its like to be a Blogger.

Wish me luck.  (Maybe after that I'll actually get home and you know, get caught up on blogging or something.)

Help needed

OK y'all I could use a little help. 

As a blogger I can sometimes be addicted to checking my stats.  My traffic is constantly increasing, yet I don't seem to hear much about it ON the blog.  While I do hear people comment on blogs less these days, I have noticed that I get way more comments through Facebook, Twitter and in person.... which has left me wondering if maybe it's not so easy for people to comment on my actual blog.

Last night one of my friends let me know she has made several comments to my blog which never seem to appear.  Al and I checked it over and all I found was 2 comments from Jo-Ann Fabrics that landed in my spam comment folder (that I didn't even know existed).  And all this time I've banned Jo-Ann... hmm.

Long story short I'm in need of some responses - on the blog, facebook or twitter - doesn't matter where.  Please let me know if you have had a problem commenting on the blog in any way.  If it's too hard I want to know that too.  I am looking to change over from Blogger to something else soon that might make things easier.  Any input you have would be helpful! 

Thanks loves!