Explained in Thirty Seconds

Day 1 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge on SITS (a few days late).

I had a hard time with this, mostly because I'm not sure where I am going with this blog. Today (if today was Monday, which it obviously isn't, but let's pretend) I am supposed to write an elevator pitch for my blog. How do you explain in thirty seconds something that you aren't sure about?

So I pulled from my "About Me" page, which I had worked so hard on.

It reminded me of where I started. Even though I haven't been blogging all that long, I had lost what I wanted to do here. I'm afraid that I was starting to think of this as a "baby" blog, which it was never intended to be. This blog is supposed to be my release, my path. While I will talk about the baby, and some of the things that we are doing, he isn't my focus here. I am.

So, my new (work in progress) elevator pitch:

A new stay-at-home-mom trying to guide her family through the changes of their new lives while not loosing herself in the process.

The Challenge

To help motivate me, I'm going to join the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge with the SITS Girls. I'm late starting, so I am going to be playing catch-up, and I hope that it won't take me too long.

This is me throwing my hat into the ring.

Early in the morning

About a month ago, I had to take an early morning trip into the city to fulfill some bridesmaid duties. Due to the limited Sunday train schedule, I arrived much earlier than I needed to. Since it was one of those rare times when I was sans baby, I grabbed a hot tea and explored. It was cold, so I was glad to have the tea. At least it wasn't snowing, being the weekend before the storm(s).

I had forgotten how peaceful the city can be, especially early in the morning. There are fewer people, and less traffic.

Taking in the sites and sounds reminded me how much I miss the city.

Sometimes I miss my old life where I could quietly walk around Manhattan, not having to worry about where I can change a diaper, or when (and where) I can breastfeed.

Not having to worry about how to get around, if the subway didn't go where I wanted, I could easily jump in a cab.

And while sometimes I miss walking through Times Square before it gets crowded, I wouldn't change my life now for anything.

You Capture: Happy

I'm a little late getting this up, but I couldn't resist.

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

This weather is killing me. We've had snow, snow and now some more snow. To be followed by freezing rain. This winter has been awful, we've been stuck inside when I really do have an outdoor baby. We are going a little stir crazy not getting out. I miss my mommy group, I miss the baby classes at the library and I really miss the stroller walks that I took with friends when the streets weren't covered in snow and ice.

To make it all even more annoying, we came so close to going to Florida this weekend, but the plans fell through. I was really looking forward the sun, to not having to bundle up, to being somewhere that I have never been before.

Oh well, I know that we can get through this. How long until spring?

I'm Back!

I mentioned that I would be busy in January. Well, part of that was that I was traveling to England to visit my grandmother for her birthday. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things, and I have a few posts coming soon. I am also still working on the redesign and would like to have something new to show in February.

Looking forward to this year!

The End of the Holidays

January 6th. The twelfth day of Christmas. The day my family would take down the Christmas decorations, as it really was over at that point. The day that my house goes from this:

to this:

I know it's a mess. I need to clean. Please don't judge.

But while it is the end of the season, it's also the beginning of a new year. While January 1st is technically the start of the new year, it is surrounded by the holiday fog. So I am getting a late start on my resolutions.

I have a very busy January, and probably won't be around too much, but that will change in February.

My plan is to have the redesign completed by the end of this month. Starting in February, I'm going to be starting anew. I want to do more and explore with the Baby, and I want to figure out the balance between being "Mommy" and being "Me". I plan on coming here for my release.

See you all on the other side.