Friday, September 29, 2017

Blogging - Looking Back - Part 2


  I started another blog on October 4, 2013 and I called it A Little Bit of Everything. I changed the name and the web address because I changed my email. I couldn't merge my old email that my original blog was under and the new email so I decided to start a new blog. This blog lasted until June 11, 2016 with a big gap in posts between May and December 2014. During this time I got involved in a relationship that ended with my heart being devastated after I dropped my guard and allowed myself to love again. I don't get over heartbreak quick or easy and writing seems to help me heal. Or at least keep me busy so I don't focus on the hurt.
   As I  begin another trip down memory lane, the first post on my new blog tells of the new addition I made to my household. My wonderful pup Rosie. This blog is more of a mix of memories, events and projects. I talk about places and things I've done, classes I signed up for, photo challenges I participated in, goals I set, 52 Lists Project, Project Life progress, projects I completed, baking ideas, products I tried and my start into woodworking. This blog is definitely more if a diary style blog. A lifestyle blog. When I first started reading my posts I wasn't sure of what I thought about it. But as I kept reading I find I like it. It's nice mix. I very well may keep this style up.
   I started Project Lift again in 2014 but didn't complete it. I don't think I got up to February done. I also started a PL album in 2013. I got further along in that year but still didn't complete it. I don't remember if I began a Project Life album for 2015 but I know I did for 2016. I have one for 2017 and I am doing a lot better toward finishing it than I have in the past. The four years I've not completed are projects that will be added to my long term Project Bucket goal list.
    2016 is when I discovered Ali Edwards and her One Little Word class.  I signed up and chose the word Focus. I did get almost five months worth of lessons done and then life derailed me. My mother came for a visit. What was going to be a two week visit ended up a five month stay. There were so many things my mother wanted to do that after her debilitating surgery in 2008 she has not had the opportunity to do. Then she had to have emergency heart and was not able to return home until she had completely recovered. It was during this time that I quit blogging.
   I enjoy sharing and writing about my life. I find this to be very therapeutic for me. I often think "Maybe one day someone will do a google search and find my page. Maybe I'll have a post that will help them or give them an answer to a question they have or just make them smile." Sure I would love to make money from blogging as so many others do but that's not my main goal here. My goal is to just share. Share the projects I make and how to make them, give reviews of products I've tried, tell about places I've been, progress I'm making on projects I'm doing, and well, you get the idea. A lifestyle blog.

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Down Home at Dee's

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