Fresh start for fall

Hey.

It's time for me to dust off this ol' blog.

(No, this has nothing to do with the fact that I messed up my Wordpress blog by not renewing the domain and having a weird URL redirect set up that I can't figure out how to undo). 

So, what's changed in my life since 2014*? Not much...just a couple of career changes, moving to another house, celebrating more anniversaries with my husband, keeping our doggo alive, and the little task of raising our daughter, who was born in 2016!

Phew!

I haven't been writing much on the blog that shall not be named. I haven't been super motivated, and like most people this year, I've been in a funk. But, recently I decided that I am in charge of my attitude and shaping my life into what I want it to look like. I make the decisions about what I want to do, who I want to surround myself with, and how I spend my time. Of course, there are things that I must do, and I have to be respectful to my family, but I have to pursue things that make me happy.

Wow. That's a pretty deep and rambling way to say, "I felt like blogging again."

Here are my goals for this space :

1. Clean up/delete/hide old posts - Some of my old posts are just clutter that are taking up space on here. Since I've been reading approximately 17,000 books about clutter lately, I want to unclutter this space.
   
   
2. Figure out what I want to use this space for - I think I want to make this a space for writing random posts about marriage and motherhood, joining linkups, book reviews, and sharing some of my at-home side-hustles. I'm open to suggestions though! 
   
   
3. Make and stick to a posting schedule - Part of being more organized is actually creating a schedule and sticking to it. There are so many content creators who stress the importance of creating a manageable schedule and sticking to it, rather than making big, lofty goals about how often you're going to make something new. I'm so, so, so, so bad about having an all or nothing mindset, so I'll tell myself that if I can't post 8 days a week, I might as well not do it at all. That's ridiculous. Some beats none any day.
   
   
4. Earn a few pennies - There's no shame in wanting to make a little ad revenue. Help a girl out here. Iced coffee and Hatchimals get expensive...
   

If you're still with me, thanks for reading! As I get things more solidified, I'll share my plans here. I know you'll be waiting on pins and needles until then! 

*I haven't published original content on here since 2014, but I'm in the process of bringing my Wordpress posts over here, so it'll look like I've been way more active on here. Fascinating, right?

Life Lately : Volume 6

I haven’t done one of these updates since July! I’m sure all of you have been waiting for the next one with bated breath! 😉

• The fall semester at work has been really busy! We’ve got a record number of students enrolled, and we’re implementing a new system, along with a lot of projects that have carried over from the summer. Not to mention there’s this freshman student that just will not leave me alone. He even has followed me home before. (It’s my husband!)
  
  
• Fall TV is back! Since we don’t have cable and use an antenna, we don’t get NBC. I have to stream This Is Us a day behind everyone else. Although, my mom did offer to FaceTime me last night while she and my dad watched it! Ha!! Some of the new ABC shows look pretty good too. Anything you all are excited about watching?
  
  
• Somehow I’ve gotten involved in three Bible studies this fall! Two are online, and one is at work. Will and I went back to church last weekend for the first time in over a year. Perhaps, someone is trying to tell me something…perhaps…
  
  
• Charlotte has been sick all month with various things, but she’s growing a ton of teeth! She has a huge one on the top in the front of her mouth. It looks like an adult tooth! I guess it’s time to start looking for a dentist!
  
  
• Do you ever look up how old celebrities are? I usually start with just one (like Cher after seeing her Gap commercial), then I fall down a rabbit hole. I lead a busy and productive life, obviously.

This was well worth the absence in August, right?

It's a Scary World Inside of My Head...

Does your brain ever get full of nonsense? Do you ever just have weird thoughts that you have to get out of your head, partially because they're taking up space, and partially because you want to see if anyone else is as, er, odd as you?

Just one of the many weird things I've thought would be funny...

No? Just me? Well, in that case, enjoy some of the bizarre things that have been occupying my brain lately...

• Would Miss Piggy and Maxwell the Geico pig be friends? Am I being pig-ist for assuming that just because they're pigs they would get along? It seems like she would enjoy hanging around someone with extra money to spend, and we've seen from some Geico commericals that Maxwell can be quite the ladies' man.
  
• If Maxwell stole Miss Piggy from Kermit, would Kermit fight him? Who would win in that fight?
  
• How small is the world's smallest watermelon?
  
• Would the world's smallest watermelon have seeds? Would they be tiny or the same size as the seeds in a conventional watermelon?
  
• How strong is the world's strongest baby? How would that be determined?
  
• How fun would it be to watch a baby strongman (or woman) contest?
  
• Would the world's strongest baby have to carry his or her parents instead of them carrying him/her?
  
• When I eat wasabi edamame, do my little mucus people (like in the Mucinex commercials) feel like they're being firebombed? Or do they just think that someone has turned up the heat in their little jazz club?

Phew! My brain feels lighter already!

Feel free to add your own thoughts...or to tell me how crazy I am! ;-)