A New Blog!

Greetings!

If you'd like to read more of what I have to write, check out my new blog at:

www.leahatha.com

I am sure that I will post here from time to time, but posts there will be more frequent.

Blogging Cont'd

So.  It turns out that my husband is down for the blog project. Domain & hosting purchases and all.  I am thankful that he is so supportive of my dreams & schemes!

I'm typing this on Blogger's new interface.  I must say that it's not too shabby!  I'm currently battling a migraine while the rest of my family sleeps.  Looking at this computer screen probably isn't helping matters too much, but my tossing and turning was disturbing the rest of another.  So.  Here we are.

What about you? Any suggestions for domain purchasing and blog hosting?

Blogs & Things.

So.

After much thought, I decided to launch a new blog. My hope was to make this blog work for me so that I could raise some extra income for our family, while also raising our son. I heard wonderful things about WordPress & chose a new name there, only to discover that if I want it to truly work for me, I need to buy a domain or pay $30 for WordPress to be my domain host & allow me to control my blog.

So.

What to do, what to do?

It appears that Blogger will allow me to have some control over CSS, but Blogger would also own it.

And I'm not one for having my work owned by anyone else.

So.

It would seem that I need to do some looking around & talking to my husband about it.

Stats

Today, I took a peek at my stats. As it turns out, folks from the Netherlands and Russia have viewed this blog the most-nearly double the views when compared to my home country. Also, the most views occurred when I posted back in February promising to write...but then didn't.

As it turns out, I decided to start blogging elsewhere. However, blogging there hasn't taken off, either. This girl needs some discipline!

So, citizens of the Netherlands and of Russia-thank you. Thank you for taking a peek at this blog, and perhaps even reading a post or two.

I'm blogging in my head

In the time since I last posted, if I am recalling correctly, I've (re)married and had a baby boy, who is nearly six months old. To say I've been busy is probably an understatement. The weird thing is that I've been drafting blog posts in my head, but not writing them or posting them.

No time.

I had time, I just didn't manage well enough for this. And I want to (re)vamp, or (re)design or (re)do this blog, but I'm a perfectionist and have been unable to do anything, because I'm frozen by it.

So.

Until I decide if I'll keep the blog here, or what I will do with it or until I getaplantogetherofwhatIshouldwriteaboutonacontinualbasis; I'll just do it. I'll just write. And then we'll all see what comes of it.

Eight Minus Jon & Kate?

The tabloids have been buzzing this week about the indiscretions of Jon and Kate (from Jon and Kate Plus 8 fame). I admit to watching several of the show's episodes and enjoying them for the most part with one cringe inducing exception: the way Kate treats Jon. I am sure that taking care of eight children all day plus working around a camera crew is stressful in addition to the everyday things. I can't speak from the experience of having eight children, but I can speak from the experience of going through a painful divorce. The pain that this is going to cause those children, now and in the future, is a huge price to pay. The stark truth is that perhaps this could have been prevented with a bit of respect...

Long time, no post

Today I went with D. to Luhvuhl to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I don't know why I wanted to go there; I had been once when I was in high school with my mom and some family friends. At the time I thought it was the nicest place I'd ever eaten and I can't think of too many teenage girls who wouldn't find the horse drawn carriages wonderful. I was excited to see several teenage girls all decked out in prom dresses, with their (white!) tuxedoed dates standing next to the horse drawn carriages. One carriage looked amazingly like Cinderellas, but none of them went for a ride. While we waited for our table, I spent my time looking at all of the beautiful gowns (and frankly, some slutty dresses) and thinking back to a time that I am ten years removed from.

It's crazy how different my life is now compared to what I thought it would be. Back then, I thought I would be married with at least one or two children. At the least a stay at home mom or a part time worker. I had no plans for college.

Fast forward to today. I have taken classes off an on over the years and I'm about halfway to a four year degree. I find it incredibly ironic that I work for a branch of the government that lives and breathes postsecondary education. I have been married and divorced. I have no children. And my life is so much more than I ever thought it could be. I've traveled to Africa, flown on planes and connected with people I've never bothered to think about before. I have (tentative) travel plans to go to California in late summer, and a man who is so crazy about me that it borders on ridiculous.

In fact, my biggest fear lies in which good path to choose, because I only want the path that God wants for me. Yes, I really am that blessed. I suspect the day is fast approaching when I will have to make at least one decision. And it could be the most painful.