What’s this blog all about, anyway?
Hey, I’m Brittney. I’m a 30-something mom of almost four pretty great kids. (Well, three are pretty great. One has yet to prove herself, but if kicking and stretching and somersaulting in the womb is a sign of greatness, we’ve got ourselves a prodigy…) My husband is an all-star man, and we have a boxer puppy. I’m a bachelor-degree-toting technical writer, a home-projects enthusiast, and a slug who moves up and down the roads under the guise of “running.”
I also sometimes have trouble keeping the 10th Commandment, “Thou shalt not covet.” It’s not a disease, not yet, but I’ll occasionally find myself browsing the cyberwaves for hours on end, wishing I had This, wanting to do That, yearning for the time and means and talent and kid-free life to pull off The Other. To combat my selfish, wallowing tendencies (okay, I’m getting a little dramatic here. Just play along.), I started this blog to document my daily Journey of Joy.
The rules: (1) One photo each day to illustrate something that brought me JOY. (2) I have to explain why it brought me JOY, even if it sounds cheesy or lame or superficial or even snarky. Yes, sometimes I find joy in snarkiness. Judge me. (3) Every. Day. (4) For at least one year. (5) Unless something really crazy comes up–Real life comes first. Then chocolate. Then this blog-diggity. Then, about 10 slots down, cleaning my house. (6) You may call me “Maestra.” (7) Yeeps. 5 minutes of making some rules, and I’m already giddy with power. Easy, tiger.
Some days this task will be easy. Some days it will be hard or weird. Some days I may be so bugged and joyless that I’ll snap a default pic of peanut m&ms. (Note: When it’s one of Those days, be gentle with me. Compliment my shoes or my wit or the unspeakable talent I must possess to be successfully growing a fingernail on each and every finger.) But I’m convinced that gratitude is the balm of… Shoot. Lost my train of thought. Insert something profound here and pretend I wrote it, mmmkay?
Basically, I’m very blessed. I love my life. I even like my life. And I want to get caught up in finding the joy in the every.single.dayness of it all.
Wanna join me? Sweet. I’ll bring snacks.
I’m here!
I’m here too!
Love the idea of your blog….hits home for me so I’m in too!