So I am officially a SAHM! (Stay-at-home-mom) The last 4 years I have spent trying to keep a failing business afloat. We have closed the doors of the business and now I can focus on keeping our family “afloat!” That is where my heart is anyway. And so my family is in recovery. Some of the changes are easier than others. Back to cooking and homemade meals, but with that also comes coupon clipping and bargain shopping. (I actually enjoy both.) More time together also means more time cleaning and shopping together. That too can be a double edged sword. Last night I watched “American Idol” for the first time with my 7 year old. That was interesting, but not probably how I would chose to spend most evenings at home. I am excited for our changes! I’ll keep you posted on how its going, but mostly I want to use this blog and this time to process the near insanity of the last few years. Because I have changed, but some of those changes are still in process. So I need a place to vent, process, think, write, whatever. More on that later…
A New Season of Blogging November 12, 2007
It is Monday morning in early November and the wind is roaring at speeds of 65 mph outside our Pacific Northwest home. My two oldest girls are gone at play dates and my 4 month old is fast asleep. My husband is at work. I am here enjoying the first couple of hours I have had to myself in I don’t know how long. So I have born a blog. A blog I have been thinking about starting for a year now. I have been trying to decide what exactly I would blog about and have decided not to pigeon hole myself.
I have started this blog without telling anyone I know. I am hoping this will achieve a certain amount of honesty on my part. Because I need a safe place to proclaim “I don’t like my 6 year old today” when she has pushed me to the brink of my motherly patience. Or maybe it’ll be “I absolutely despise my in-laws!” when my mother-in-law comes to my house for only the third time in 10 years only to denounce my parentlng and tell me there is something clinically wrong with my 9 year old! Or it might be “I have the greatest husband ever!” even though I don’t want him to think too highly of himself, that I would proclaim it to the world in a blog. This way no one will no…except me and you!
I hope you will leave me notes along the way about the seasons in your life too. This way we can celebrate or commiserate together. Who knows what this new season of blogging will bring. Here’s hoping…
