Simplify

I decided to change up my blog's appearance...yet again. I started this blog for myself and I in the past months I have been getting back to blogging for me. The layout of my blog, the design and all of the buttons and columns were just distracting...to me, at least. I went simple. My favorite color is green, thus the green theme and the calming background. So, that is that.



Kaitlyn is teething so I have been busy trying to soothe her...I think she is getting her 1 year molars already!!! Argh! I can't believe she will be 1 in a few weeks...craziness.



It is so fun to see Nolan and Kaitlyn interacting, playing and learning from one another. Nolan is definitely Kaitlyn's favorite person in the world. She lights up when he runs into the room.

April is such a difficult month for me. My daughter and my mother celebrate their birth, my father died in April last year and 12 years ago yesterday a high school friend, best friend, killed herself. It is certainly an emotional time for me and so a few weeks ago I finally decided to see a counselor. I have been twice and it is really good to get out all of this yuckiness, for lack of a better word, and try to see that I am still alive!

Wait. Something is different, right?

So, I decided to change my blog. Not just the layout but the actual blog name and overall theme/feel of the blog. I wasn't identifying anymore with the person who created "The Proudest Monkey in the Mommy Jungle" blog and I was feeling trapped as to what to post.

I thought at great length as to what my blog could possibly be about and I came up with a list a mile long - none of which, by themselves,  could sustain an entire blog for very long.  I'll post this list at some point as part of my "About Me" page update, but right now I feel as if I made the right decision.  There are still a few things I want to fix/update/add to the actual blog layout but like all things, it will take time - it's a work in progress.

miscellaneous
1. composed of varied things - made up of many different things or kinds of things that have no necessary connection with each other
2. each being different - each being different or having different abilities or qualities from the others

mommy
somebody's mother (and in my case, two somebodies)

I love being a mom, and right now I feel like that is my entire person, my entire life. But I do actually have other interests and I want to get back to exploring those as well.

Welcome back. Welcome to Miscellaneous Mommy.