I haven’t been here in awhile. Here’s what’s happening in my world:

• I photograph my first wedding TOMORROW! I’m way excited but a little nervous too. I’ve bought extra batteries, an extra memory card, borrowed my sister’s zoom lens (Thanks, Jen!!!), practiced a bit, and researched how to take photos in low light with no flash. I’m feeling pretty good. I need to spend a little more time this morning researching a bit more; things like posing wedding portraits, how to best take photos in sunlight/cloudy/etc weather. Trying to cover all my bases.
• Had a pregnancy scare last week. No baby. (That’s a good thing.) I have another post coming about that. Fun times.
• Bought pumpkin spice coffee yesterday. That makes my whole world good.
• My new blog is going well. I have two posts up and several planned that are almost ready to go. I’ve had two comments from total strangers! Now if I can keep ’em coming back… If you’re interested, follow it here.
• Bought a Halloween costume. I’m going to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. My job kind of requires me to get into this kind of stuff. I don’t mind. Too much. I wanted to be something that senior citizens recognize. I ordered the costume this week only to find out I had a friend who had a costume I could have borrowed. Shoot. Oh well. At least now I’ll always have a Halloween costume in my closet to break out.
• While shopping for said Halloween costume, I drove down to the local Party City. Drew said he had seen their ad and noticed they had Dorothy costumes. I went to look and unfortunately, this was the best they had.

            I work with senior citizens. This will just not work. Of course, it was

            better than the Diva Dorothy costume they had.

              Because the first Dorothy’s skirt wasn’t short enough.

              In the end, I found this costume.

            I think this will be more fitting to wear in a senior citizen center.

            I promise I’ll take pictures.

This blog has been a wonderful outlet. I’ve loved sharing random stories, craft projects, and ramblings about nothing. It was perfect when I was feeling unfulfilled and needed something to bring some purpose back to my life.

But recently I’ve realized I’m trying to turn it into something that it was never intended to be.

Drew and I created this blog to share about our life together. The original intent was to share about some of our mission work together, like our trip to Nicaragua and our plans for the Hope Community dinner.

Then I hijacked it. And my loving husband allowed me to, while he embarked on a separate project for himself; his comedy blog. He interjected a few posts here and there, but on the whole, it’s been me. I believe it’s time to take this blog back to it’s original purpose: a platform to tell our friends and family about our life. I will continue to post my random posts, but hopefully my husband will feel more welcome to put his random thoughts as well.

I have recently been reading an ebook on blogging: 31 Days to Finding Your Blogging Mojo. (If you’re a blogger and feeling kind of stuck, I highly recommend this book.)  It was written by a guy that spoke briefly at the Quitter Conference. He’s been blogging for over 10 years and has lots of great advice. The more I’ve read the more I’ve realized that the blog in my head is not this blog. I’ve been longing for a focused, concise blog that I can pour my passions and energy into.

I’ve been spending a lot of time writing lately, particularly about worship. I am passionate about worship, but suddenly there’s a huge disconnect toward it. I’ve been writing a lot about that to try and find some answers. I’ve realized that I need to devote a blog to that and that alone. So, with the help of my tech-savvy husband, I will launch a new blog and project next week. We are fine tuning it and I am super excited to see what happens with it. Stay tuned!

I hope that you will join me on this new journey, but if not, I’ll still be here.