So, I'm going to just apologize right now. I'm sorry for this rambling post. I'm sorry for the overuse of ellipses and all the run on sentences and grammatically incorrect things I am about to throw at you. I just have been thinking a lot lately...about blogging...about this blog and what I want it to be.
If you look at the archives of this blog, it looks as though I have been blogging for about three years. That is incorrect. I have actually been blogging for almost nine years. I started blogging in the summer of 2005 as a newlywed with a new puppy, living in her first home. Nobody read my blog. But then people did. I shared a little of this and a little of that. I was very careful never to use my full name or my city or any other identifying facts about myself. I was terrified that my employers would find my blog - I didn't have ant. When Blogger and Google merged, my anonymity was lost, and I made my blog private. Luckily, I reatined a lot of my readers. In 2009 when my daughter was born, I switched to Tyepad and kept my blog private, requiring a username and password. People kept reading, but it was private...which didn't go over well with the scrapbooking powers-that-be. I was actually told by a bigger name (at the time) scrapbooking company that they loved my work, but I had to have a public blog to be on their design team. In 2012, I finally created this blog, which my "scrapbooking ONLY" blog. I put scrappy stuff on here and that was IT.
Fast forward two years to now. I am busy trying to maintain two different blogs - the personal, private blog and this one. I feel like this blog is at a crossroads. It's becoming painfully obvious that I don't scrapbook often enough to maintain a "scrapbooking-only" blog. I would have about four posts a month. That's no good. I've added random bits here and there trying to keep it current, but up until recently, my posting has been pretty sporadic. Also, for the first time in my entire blogging "career," I am not working outside the home. I feel a little bit more comfortable putting myself out there in a way that I never would have before. I also really enjoy sharing things other than scrapbooking, and I think (hope?) that most of you are okay with it, as well. So - this blog is going to evolve a bit...in fact, I'm sure you've already noticed it changing.
The question is...what do I want this blog to be? A scrapbooking blog? No. We've already established that. A home blog? No. I'm a terrible home photographer, and although I like sharing photos of my "new old" house, there wouldn't be enough of that to sustain a blog. A "mom" blog? HECK no. In fact, while I will definitely share activities and events that include my children, I will save the personal details about their lives for my personal/private blog. A DIY blog? Um. No. I can't DIY anything! ;)
So, from here on out, I guess this will be a blog about a little of this and a little of that - scrapbooking, music, kid crafts, vintage finds, home posts, around Madison, etc. I'm removing "scrapbookery" from my title, though it will remain in my web adress because you just can't change those things. ;) I apologize to those who care about the scrapbooking and may be annoyed at the change. I hope you'll stick around for the scrapbooking posts, no matter how few and far between they are. And a big thank you to everyone who visits and reads. I know you're out there. I see it in my stats...even if you don't comment. ;) I'm excited about the direction this blog is taking, and I hope you'll join me on this new adventure.
