Happy New Year! Today is my official blogiversary. Our Fifth House is 3 years old today! I actually started the blog in the fall of 2010, but I only posted a handful of times. I didn’t really commit to “being a blogger” until 1/1/2011 – it was my New Year’s resolution! How’s that for resolutions you actually keep?!
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If you’ve been around from the beginning……God bless you and thank you so so so much! I know how horrible the photography was way back in the day. It’s kind of like looking at old middle school pictures of yourself; it hurts your eyes. For those of you just joining in, you may not know that I started the blog on a whim. I had no real plan of action…………no goals…………..no dreams………I just thought, hmmmmm, maybe if I start a blog about creating a home I’ll get inspired to actually start doing something creative with our home.
We’d moved so many times (6 times in 10 years) and I was tired of starting from scratch. Fresh starts are great and all, but the idea of moving is way better than the reality of what moving actually means. Boxes up to your eyeballs, learning the ins and outs of a brand new city, finding new doctors and friends, it’s a lot to take in……………..and when you add in the regular life stuff, like having babies, losing grandparents, well it can take your breath away and leave you feeling uninspired and really
overwhelmed!
(leaving Pittsburgh)
And so that’s where I was three years ago on this day, I was at a low – probably one of the lowest lows – but I was also determined to not let that low get the best of me.
To say that this blog breathed new life in to me might sound a bit overly dramatic, but the honest to goodness truth is – – – it really did. And the funniest thing about the whole thing is that while I started this blog as way to chronicle my journey on the road to “finding home”, I had this whole crazy epiphany thing happen as I’ve realized over these years of blogging that home really isn’t a place………that home is really about a state a being.
I’ve learned that no matter where I live or what my house looks like I’ll always be home if my heart is filled with joy and contentment.
You may have noticed that the look of the blog has changed a little bit over the past few months. One of the main things that changed was the tag line under the title……..it used to read: creating a home for the fifth time around…….and now it reads: where home isn’t a place, it’s a state of being. And that’s truly a reflection of where I am and where I’ve come from. My hope and goals for the blog in 2014 revolve around inspiring you to fill each day with joy and to foster contentment in your heart and in your home.
Three years ago I had no idea where this blog would lead. Who knew the idea of rolling sheets instead of folding them would land my name in Family Circle magazine?!
I’m excited for the year ahead and am so very thankful to all of you who have made this blogging journey so fun! Here’s to a year filled with joy and contentment.
Very well said! I am a new follower!