"I hate/love my cell phone!"

This is what the title was to an article I read in a magazine the other day, but I don't remember which magazine it was in, wish I did though so I can re-read it again.   Basically this is how I feel about my laptop.  I hate/love my laptop!  I hate it because I love to type down all my thoughts on my blog and my two kids blog/diary of their lives so I don't miss a thing.  I enjoy writing, though I'm no expert, but like to record the things that happen during the day with either myself, my husband, my kids, extended family, ect.   Another reason I love my laptop is that it's the outside to my world of being a stay at home mom.  I can connect with friends on Facebook, Twitter, email anyone I'd like to and stay in complete (well almost complete) touch with those that I'm not in close contact with.  I feel connected which is important to me.

I hate my laptop because when I check my email there are a ton of messages and I feel obligated to reply out of being polite, which ties up a lot of my time pulling me away from the household duties that I should be doing and more importantly limits my time with my two young kids which should be my priority above all, with the exception of my husband.  I love to read the replies that I get on my blog and get a little 'tickle' out of them (unless of course their bad or sad).  I love my laptop/computer because it gives me something to do that I want to do, something I enjoy; self teaching myself many Internet things like creating blog buttons, working on my photography editing programs, and doing favors for friends. 

So, even though I've said this before, after reading this magazine article I plan to once again, try to discipline myself and prioritize the things that need to be done and downsize the others. 

The same goes for my Nikon.  I love/hate my Nikon.  I am a photoholic and snap away at everything which I love because it captures memories I long to keep, yet I hate my addiction to my camera because I miss out on the beauty from my actual eyes, not to mention all the fun.  For instance my kids birthday party this past Saturday; I had my Nikon in fast mode to take pictures super fast to never miss a 'shot', but behind the lens I missed out on playing with my kids because I was too worried about getting 'the moment'. 

Please pray for me so that I can conquer these addictions, because addictions are so very hard to break.  I don't mind being on my laptop or using my Nikon at all but I just need to limit the use of both of these. 

I'm going to be praying that God helps me in these two areas and that through that He will provide the right time frames for me to accomplish the things I need to as a wife and mother.  Will you please pray for me too?  Thanks if you do!