So what now? Now that I’m done with the whole finding a domain name debacle – and now that I’ve associated myself with bad eating habits – what am I going to do with this blog? I liked the idea of doing something very organized with it like those blogs devoted to fashion, music, design, kids – but much like my many other intentions in life, I just don’t think I’ll be able to get it together.
I’m really not an expert on anything. And it’s even worse since I had kids and decreased my free time by about 99%. I love reading about clothes and style, but these days I spend more money on my kids’ clothes than anything else. I can’t pretend to be even a little bit cool when it comes to music, so that was never going to be a consideration. Most of my CDs seem to be labeled “Best Of”, “Greatest Hits” or “Gold” – or even worse, movie soundtracks or those compilation CDs like Jock Jams or Time Life purchases made while watching late night TV. And in the spirit of total disclosure, I must admit that the last time I expressed appreciation for music, it was a Wiggles’ production of Move Like an Emu (Have you seen some of their trippier techno renditions with the puppets? They’re excellent – and I think they kind of brainwash you.).
As for design, even though I grew up with a mother in design and a love of all things beautiful, I just don’t think I’d have enough to say. I’d rather buy a magazine or read my favorite design blogs. I can’t even fantasize about living in one of those magical magazine houses because I automatically envision my children leaving trails of crumbs and sticky hand prints all over everything in their wake. OR I think about how I’d have to baby-proof all of those French doors leading out to the infinity-edge pool – or some other mundane bit of paranoia.
Ultimately, I’m just not interested in writing another mommy blog. This is nothing against them since I currently enjoy several. But I’d feel like I was a big fake writing posts on great developmental toys and parenting advice, when I generally feel like I never quite do anything right. To be honest, I originally did plan to write about my experience as a struggling parent. Much like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, I often feel like I’ve fallen into a parallel universe. One where chaos reigns, logic is rotated 180 degrees and decisions are based on “whatever will make them stop crying.” I even had an idea for a blog name: mommyhole.com. Chris (my husband) just looked at me for a minute and then said, “please don’t do that.” Apparently, it wouldn’t reflect my PG-13 subject matter.
So what am I going to write about?…..What’s “my thing?” I guess I don’t have one – so my personal blog is just going to reflect that. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a cute story about my children, something I’m currently reading, yet another complaint about my husband’s inability to put his dirty socks in the hamper….I guess I’ll just have to see what develops. But at the very least, I’ll give anyone reading this a great sense of superiority when they see how much more knowledgeable they are on any given subject. Maybe even inspire them to write their own more informed blog. And just in case you’re interested, mommyhole.com is currently still available.