Is There Anybody Out There? {Once Upon a Time...}

 

Once upon a time, a 29 year old housewife, mother of six, and harried homeschooler, sat down to write a blog. She didn't really want to but she loved to write and her friends told her it would be a good idea. Turns out, it was. (That was the same year they told her to get Facebook. THAT was a BAD idea.)

For several years, said housewife blogged silly stories about faith, family, and food; participated in weekly linky parties like Pink Saturday and Vintage Thingie Thursday; and just generally enjoyed hanging out with her online friends --- the majority of whom were retired and elderly ladies from whom she learned some amazing decorating skills...

When this housewife was about 33 years old, she discovered the world of SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCING. "Oh!" said she. "There are actually people out there who will pay me to do this thing I love?" Before long, she found herself at the mercy of clients and brands and media-ish managers, and there was no time for tea parties and pink doo-dads. Only hashtags and staged photos and a whole lot of free stuff sent to her door.

Our hapless heroine was raking in the dough, but her spark had fizzled and her joy was drizzly and after about six years, she decided to give up the glamorous life of a social media influencer. Her happy, chillfully sweet blog had died long ago, replaced with the boring sameness of Hashtag Hades, but now it was time to bury that, too. 

Oh, she's tried to come back. Over and over, she's tried. But life got busy, kids got big, and many of her old blogging friends had retired theirs, as well. It wasn't fun anymore without the same old friends.

But now, as she reaches the end of her parenting years and gets ready to step into blissful days of bare-minimumness, 47 year old She wonders --- is there anyone out there who remembers her? Can the bones of this once inspirational space yet live again? Are there other bloggy friends to be made? 

So readers, I implore you. If you find yourself within reading distance of this plea, please reach out and say hello. Let me know you are there! Should I find the intestinal fortitude to once again revive this eclectic collection (eclection) of thoughts, pictures, and sillinesses, would there be anyone there to read it?

Pink Sunday #3: My Home Library Finishing Touches

 

Welcome to Pink Sunday! Feel free to link up all your PINK posts below!

This week our family took a spring break from school to focus on rearranging, decluttering, and playing Musical Daughters! One of my sons finished building a bedroom for his sister in our basement so she's moved in there, oldest daughter has moved upstairs to a room of her own, and two youngest daughters have moved downstairs to another room with the fifth daughter. Haha! 

I've been working on decluttering and decorating my library/craft room. I just finished putting up the twinkly lights before I sat down to write this post.

I started putting together this library about a year ago. One of the first things I added was this pretty pink chair and book cart. The Holly Hobbie dolls and pink pillows are gifts from my Mom. 

My Mom also gave me this neat antique mirror. I love the folk art style so I dressed it up with these cute things I found at Michaels a few years ago.

Here is one book corner. This is where I keep my own collection of nonfiction books. Most of the nonfiction books in our home are in the school library area in the dining room for now. 

Here is another book wall. The two shelves on the left house the books I've not yet read and the other two are where I keep my fiction collection that has been read.

I've got one more portion of the room to finish --- this area is where I plan to put my art desk that is currently in my bedroom. To the right of this area are shelves full of crafting supplies. I'll save that for another post.

Happy Pink Sunday!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Linking with:

The Homemaking Party: Decorating For Spring!

 

Welcome to The Homemaking Party! I've been decorating for spring! I love decorating with birds this time of year --- they remind me of all my sweet babies (that are not so much babies now!) My daughter, Lynzie, made me this little pillow long ago when she was about 11 or 12 years old. It's so precious and I put it out every year.

I don't think I'd ever seen a bluebird before moving to NW Arkansas and now I see them all the time. In fact, I believe one is making a nest in the eaves of my covered porch this year! I don't mind!

Hope you've all had a great week! I'm excited to see what you've got to share for The Homemaking Party! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Linking with: