Stamps and nerds

I went to the post office today to buy some stamps.  I left without any doubt whatsoever that my nerdiness had reached epic proportions. 

Because of stamps.  

Here I am again

Well, I'm back.  After abandoning this blog for over a year, here I am again. Several things have changed for our family since the last time I shared anything.  My husband started a new job, we moved, new state, new house, new time zone.  Lots of changes for us.

I decided to start up with the blog again because I need to keep myself motivated.  I'm turning 30 soon.  Yikes.  Its funny how you can pretend for years that 30 isn't a big deal.  Well, now, its staring me in the face and the whole thing is a little depressing. 

I know I am so blessed.  I have a husband I love very much, 3 amazing kids, health and a home I love.  But 30 is such a milestone.  I feel like if I don't accomplish something now, its never going to happen. 

My goal is to finish a book this year.  It probably won't ever be published.  I might be the only person who ever reads it.  But, if I don't finish it this year it probably is never going to happen.

At this time, this blog only has 3 followers.  One of them being my mother, Hi mom! So I suppose it is a safe place to admit a secret without getting too much attention.  No one really knows this, but I've been writing for years.  I have a few half finished stories on my hard drive but things happen and life changes and I find myself in a different place than when I started them and there just isn't a connection anymore. 

So, here is the goal.  Keep up with the blog and finish the book.  I can do it.  One of the boards I follow on Pinterest had a great quote.  'If you write one page a day, at the end of the year you have a 365 page novel.' 

I just will keep thinking of Dori from Finding Nemo.

'Just keep swimming.  Just keep swimming.  Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.'

What did you expect? I have 3 kids.  My mantras are always from Disney movies these days.