Blogger of the Day…

I never understood the idea of blogging. It’s been around for a good while, and I’d hear about this blog or that blog but this communication method never seemed to resonate and hit the mark with me…Seriously folks, why the heck did people spend so much time online, documenting certain aspects of their lives, if not all of it including things I’d consider too much information (tmi)?  Did these bloggers really think people cared, that we’d follow their daily postings about what they wear, who they talk to, and what kind of dog they have? So they like a certain clothing store or music genre or taking trips to find amazing vintage clothing, furniture, and etc…big whoop.  Or at least I thought so!   I admit it…I had this certain opinion of bloggers, the know-it-alls, the share-it-alls, and the ego kings and queens.  You know the type…

Well, it’s confession time…Read below and feel free to chuckle at how wrong I was with my prior opinion about bloggers…and yes…let me say for the record that I’m eating crow with a good amount of ranch dressing on the side right about now for being so opinionated and ignorant before I came to my new-found insight… oh go for it and LAUGH your butt off at me…it’s really ok! Ha! Ha!  

Overall, I believe that self improvement is a good thing…and I’ve had way too much time on my hands lately so I figured why not find something I’ve always wanted to improve and just go do it!   Well THAT decision was easy…the hard part was deciding what to do especially since my life recently has taken so many twists and turns and I’ve managed to lose touch with myself during the past couple of years (long story for another couch session!).  And that was my problem…I lost myself, my identity outside of being a mom, and definitely my overall sparkle for life.  And I’m the type where I look like I feel and trust me…I was really starting to not care about what I put on in the mornings…yuck! I wouldn’t even want to hang out with myself!  Problem. BIG problem!  So…looking frumpy, dressed in a way that said I didn’t care at all was definitely NOT me and needed to change if I wanted to help myself get into a better mindset.  So this was it…I knew what I needed to do.  Research...information...but where? The Internet of course!

I came across this blog by accident.  I was searching the Internet for do-it-yourself projects, fashion ideas, and style and http://www.lovemaegan.com/ popped up in the results…so I clicked on it and started reading…There was just something that seemed to captivate me and this site became a crazy secret obsession of mine for some time (I think I spent two to three hours nightly checking out her blog archives and her links to her other favorite blogs).  Needless to say I was hooked.   So while my kids and their dad thought I was on Facebook or chat sessions with friends (haha!), I'd check out her blog, what her past and current outfits of the day were, and even go as far as saving pictures for future "outfit" references.  I’d quietly read her articles after the kids went to sleep, reviewed her fashion comments, blog postings, and mentally think about how I could incorporate some of these new ideas into my own fashion sense…if it was even possible since we had differences in our styles.

After the kids went to school and as embarrassing as this seems, I would remember one of her many creative “looks”"and see if I could manage to create something similar from my many closets and tubs filled with clothing and accessories I've never worn because I could never figure out what to do with them.   At first I felt like an idiot, reading a blog, dressing up with nowhere exciting to go except on errands, to the grocery store, or to my kids’ schools…exciting huh? But then my girls started commenting on new outfits I created and how I was looking that I started feeling better. I even learned how to get my hair to hold curls for more than 30 minutes no joke…yes I know that sounds trivial but I’ve been trying to master this unsuccessfully for 20 years and one tiny little blog post answered my prayers to this enigma and gave me a head full of awesome curls that could manage to outlast the Florida humidity!  Better yet, I didn’t have to use curling irons, hot rollers, or anything except a headband to do this and sleep! That in itself was enough to win me over! Lol!

So…LoveMaegan, the blogging diva, the first blogger to completely convert my way of thinking about bloggers and the value they can provide, is the one who unknowingly helped me take a few necessary steps towards feeling better about myself.  Someone who is my complete opposite, someone so unexpected, someone who appeared to have it figured out shared some of her jewels of information and wisdom with me via her blog.  Let me simply say that while the crow didn’t taste so yummy, I’m certainly glad I happened to come across her site! A heartfelt Thanks to LoveMaegan!