Well, when I got that itch I became obsessed at looking at houses to rent. Hubbie would not hear of it. One night he
I know you must be wondering what does this have to do with blogs? Patience :)
While waiting for closing I started searching all the home improvements I wanted to tackle DIY style in our soon to be very first home SQUEAL :) And I came across a blog. My very first, Young House Love. I loved the simplicity of this blog. If they could do all these things so could we! I read all their past posts and took in all the information I could on how I could improve our house with little money and lots of elbow grease. I was a sponge. It was my crack. I would excitedly call Ryan over, "Look Babe. They tell us exactly how to paint our cabinets. Look how EASY it is. We can tooootalllly do that too :)"
Then one day I noticed their BLOG ROLL. I don't think they call it that but it's essentially what it is. Anyhow, I started reading all these design blogs and started bookmarking like crazy all the blogs I liked. Not only were these women inspirational(they are crafty like crazy) but they are so nice. Well, in bloggyland anyway. But I collected all these blogs to get inspired from and started bookmarking all my project ideas. I have so many it can be completely overwhelming. Lots of these women host giveaways or linky parties to showcase other people's creativity and talents. I always lurk and try and find new blogs and more inspiration. But that's all I ever do. I only look. I never post anything. I am afraid.
I started this blog for my husband. To keep him connected to what we are doing at home while he is on deployment. I also thought it would be great for our family (who all live at least 10 hours away) to see our new house and the boys. But noone knows about it. It's not even public. Only I can see it right now. How awful is that? I would love to open it up to my family and friends and even share ideas with other women like me out there but it's so intimidating. I have to remind myself that things take time. I am not going to have a showcase ready house right thisveryminute. It will take time. I am not going to be the craftiest motherwhatter out there. I need to be okay with that. I need to be more than okay with that. I need to be happy with it. Do you ever feel that way?
So here is my point. Do I take my little blog public and share it with others? Or do I continue to hoard it...? Haha... When I put it that way.... Also, does this mean all these posts have been a little creepy because essentially I have been talking to myself?
Oh and BTW one day soon I will have pictures of my house on my blog. Hubs won't let me load pictures on our ancient computer. Something out it imploding... I don't know. We plan on getting a new one in the near future. Maybe I'll go public then :)
Time for bed and a good book...