a year in the life...

...of a forgotten blog.

Ok, so I am probably the worst blogger in the world.. I promised to post every update, every change, every nook and cranny of our new house, and here we are almost a year later after my last post without so much as a hello or a happy new year.. tsk, tsk.

I mean it's just one year, right?  Well a lot has happened in that one year that I'm thinking of changing this blog's direction all together from just house updates (let's face it, once the housework and renos are done, the small talk gets a little awkward) to just life updates.. because I'm sure everyone is just on the edge of their seats, waiting to find out what is going on with our lives, right??

Ha, well.. This last week had me thinking that I needed this blog after all.  To moan, to cry, to celebrate even if no one is reading.  Whether it's about flooding in our basement or welcoming a new baby or facing new challenges, it's good to get it out (and your friends can really only hear so much)

So what had me thinking about all these things and posting again after a whole year of blog silence?? It pains me to write this, but our sweet little Olive, our three year old baby girl, was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and after the shitstorm of the ICU and the overwhelming influx of information thrown at us within a few days, I just needed a sounding board that didn't judge or made me feel like I was burdening them with the sadness that I was feeling even when you are, as a parent, expected to put on a brave face, or just one that really didn't talk back.  So put it on a blog (ha).... Crazy, right? but just maybe there is someone out there feeling the same way, going through the same thing, or someone that just knows exactly what to say or not say.

I started this blog originally with the hopes of documenting our "new" house journey (so we can look back and say "oh hey, I remember that crappy old wallpaper!"), but also with the hope of rejoicing in fixing something that just needed some TLC.  Little did I know that this blog, I'm hoping, can serve as something that we can look back on and see our little life's journey and rejoice in the success of surviving it!

So I guess the posts will be when the mood strikes.. I know there's been many times when I almost became that person on Facebook that just word vomits their entire feelings on their status only to find myself erasing the whole thing (because I personally get irked by those kinds of posts on fb).  This way, I can still get the benefit of the word vomit, but at the same time never feel like I'm force feeding  said feelings to entire group of fb friends and family (both close and casual ones), and I'm thinking if you've read this far down into this post already, you weren't bored by my musings.

I won't promise any more posts of updates, I've learned my lesson (and I really did for some reason feel bad for those empty promises) So I guess I'll just say thanks for reading and until next time.

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