this is the day my life will surely change
Dear Internets,
I’m feeling mission-statement/state-of-the-uniony today, so bear with me. I’ll make it worth your while in my next post.
This is not my personal blog, in the most basic of senses; I hide behind the Miso Soup lady on my About page because Misosouper is not a blog about Anna the person, her life and her kids. Which explains why I’m not included on Babble’s recent list of Top 50 Mommy Bloggers. GLARING OMISSION, people.
Misosouper is a construct, a figment behind which I can be shielded from nasty e-mails and FCC regulations. (Joke! Bah!) This aesthetic choice makes it easy for me to strip myself from this site, to slack when I don’t feel like posting, to pull back when I’m giving too much.
And in 2009, I had to pull back, almost to the point of putting the site to pasture. The quick recap is this: at the beginning of last year, I was very, very sick. Then I became pregnant. Then I was very, very sick, while pregnant. Thank goodness that all this resulted in the happy ending of my sweet baby Penelope, but still. Hard road.
What I’m trying to say is this: 2010 will be better, both for me and Misosouper. I vow to invest in this blog, to bring you bigger, better giveaways, gift guides, and a more regular posting schedule. I vow to answer more e-mails. I vow to interact more with other bloggers.
One more thing, and I’ll end this confession: up until last night, I had a secret space on my desktop. The Lazy Drawer, as it was affectionately called, contained hundreds of links, to dead or dying products that I had sourced ages ago, some of which I no longer even liked. I found myself resorting to the Lazy Drawer more and more, which is–surprise!– why I was so bored. The Lazy Drawer is gone; I’m taking daily, exciting archaeological expeditions through the internet, which is–surprise!–why I started this site in the first place.
To honor this fresh start, I’m giving away a Lifetime Premium Seller’s account at Zibbet, a global marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, fine art, and craft supplies. That’s right: lifetime, as in for-evah, as in if you win, your life could surely change. More details in my next post.
Love,
Me (yes, the girl in the photograph)
Tags: meta
January 5th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
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