I have finally done it! I splurged. I now have a domain name.
Aaaah. It feels amazing! I've been blogging since 10-10-2010. Very amateurishly, and sadly, very inconsistently. I created my first blog after reading an article in Woman's Day magazine. Just another small article about small and simple ways to make some cash. It had been almost exactly three years since we had to close our restaurant and money was a painful subject for us. My husband did odd jobs. It had taken me nearly 9 months to find any kind of job. So yeah, money was all but non-existant for us at that time. And really, just over the past year have we really started to feel comfortable with spending a little. We have no credit cards. We have no cable television. We buy rice and popcorn in bulk at our local Sam's Club. Ain't nothing wrong with that. I really think we are happier now. It was a long, hard, dark couple of years. We struggled to hang on to our house. And though we have a ways to go on paying off the mortgage, we can make our payments on time with a little cash leftover. So back to my blogging...My first blog (www.sumofthisnthat.blogspot.com) was built and designed (and redesigned several times over) as a way to make some cash. I wrote about life, about family. I posted to Facebook and Twitter. My sister consistently read and commented on my posts, clicking on advertisements with each visit. It was very near a year before I saw my first pay out of one hundred dollars. But by then, I was hooked; bitten by the blog bug, so to speak. Also, around that time was when I was starting to realize that I was beginning my mid-life. Weird changes, emotional roller coasters, weight gain.... The second half of my life was looking rather dull. With the kids all getting older, I started thinking about doing things for myself. My brain, oddly enough, seemed to be suddenly realizing that I could do things for me: I could go grocery shopping by myself. I could lease a car on my own, and choose (within limits of course) what make and model I wanted. I could take college classes. I could hange out with the girls after work. A whole new world was coming together. So I decided I needed to be a little edgier in my blogging. I could talk about what I was going through. And a whole LOT of other women would totally be able to relate to me. And www.mysupermidlife.blogspot.com was born. Since both of my original blogs were tied together with Blogger, whoever had read Sum of This n That, could easily find My Super Mid-Life, and vice versa. Which meant that my 'writer's voice' couldn't truly be heard and I still had to keep my 'edgier' blog more on the PG side of topics. You know what it's like when your parents get smart phones. And they're in their 60's. And you post on your edgy blog about having some wine..... Next thing you know Mom is calling you: You shouldn't say that stuff in public. Dad is worrying now. He thinks you're an alcoholic. Really Mom? Thanks for knowing and trusting your daughter. Then your sister calls: Mom called. Her and Dad are really worried. Just don't mention drinking alcohol anymore. Mkay. And then I mention the emotional roller coaster that I'm beginning to experience, and all of a sudden there are a zillion comments from different family members: I'm so sorry. I'm praying for you. Keep your chin up! Oh no! What's wrong? Oh my gosh! Nothing is wrong. It's just, you know, that time of the month, multiplied by a million because you're 40-something! Thanks for the prayers and the kind words. I love you all. But really? You couldn't sense the sarcasm? Oh that's right. You can't. Because I had to keep it PG. Another year or two has gone by and we are not rich by any means, but I've been saving up for a few things. We've gotten our tax refund, and it occurred to me as I was checking my third blog (Yes I built a third. The intention there was to of course, be edgier (again), but this time keep it anonymous. That never seemed to go anywhere. I couldn't think of a good name for it. I couldn't ever come up with a plan of attack so that I could write about what I wanted, but people wouldn't know it was me. So part of my portion of our refund was put to getting my own domain. And here it is. Take a look around - though there isn't really much to see as of yet. Enjoy the font, the background and the colors - all painstakingly chosen. So again, here it is. I've given you an ever so brief history of how I got to this point. And I sincerely hope you will join me in talking about some of the ups and downs, struggles and triumphs of mid-life, spouses, kids, jobs, etcetera... I plan to continue building my blog and making it more readable and sharable, engaging and entertaining, and relatable. Enjoy!
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