Juicy Tidbit Tuesday *My Secret Place*

Now that it's officially "Juicy Tidbit Tuesday", I guess I won't leave you hanging. (it's nothing that exciting, but I'm happy to finally share this with my friends and family)

Here's the thing: I started a private, anonymous blog way back last fall (before everyone started bugging me to start one) as a safe place to air my feelings, whine, vent. . . you know, all of that. Last year was not a great year for me, but I found that every time I wrote a post about something difficult I had gone through, I immediately felt better. The best part of this online "journal" was that it talked back. I have met some great people and found a wonderful online support system.

Now, this doesn't mean that I don't have great friends in the real world, but I didn't want anyone to have to worry or stress over me. (silly, I know) Sometimes it is easier to voice your stresses to a neutral third party-- one who doesn't know everything about you, someone who can give you some very non-biased feedback. Just in case anyone wanted to know why I didn't share this earlier.

Well, after a while, my year improved (and continues to) and that blog became more of a creative outlet for me instead of just a place to whine. I love to post my photography, I found that I actually LOVE writing, and I have even picked up some pretty cool tech-y skills!

I have over one hundred posts there now and have been keeping a daily running/video log of my daily runs (or lack of) and songs that correspond with my mood. Jake made some cds for our Oregon trip from this list and we ended up with 10 AWESOME mixes for our drive! Of course I'm very biased because I picked them.

As you can imagine, it was taking a lot of time to keep up three blogs in addition to all of my other daily duties, and I am now on a mission to simplify my life! I am going to keep maintaining my family blog for all of the usual updates and such, but instead of keeping up my "Yep There's More" page, I am going to combine some elements to my 'other' blog. I would love if you all came to see my little world here, but I do keep this fairly anonymous, so if you comment, please don't use our full names or references to our town etc...

I have had quite a few discussions with friends and family lately where I wished that I could have just sent them a copy of one of my 'Kspin' posts, and I realized that I wasn't really sharing all of myself with those I love and care about the most. Often times I have found posts by surfing through the blog world that I really needed to hear that day, and I'm hoping by sharing this maybe someone will hear something that resonates with them as well. At the very least, you will all see how crazy I really am and that's always fun too!

I hope you all enjoy it and aren't mad at me for keeping it secret for so long. I really want to keep it a place where all ideas and thoughts are welcome and respected, so if there is ever anything you would like to know more about or discuss, just email me or leave a comment.

Please keep in mind that this other blog is in a much more public forum, so if you comment, only include a link to you blog if you want a lot of visitors :)

Before I send you to my site, I want to thank all of you for the love and support you have all shown to me and my family. No small act of kindness goes unnoticed (even if you don't hear it from us) and we feel very blessed to have such strong connections with our friends and family.

Okay. Now you know my secret. I told you it wasn't a big deal, but I hope you all enjoy it anyway! If you have any questions about any of it don't hesitate to ask! Also, please remember, this was just something that I thought would forever be private, so please don't be offended by any of it. It's just my rants and ramblings...enjoy.

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Another Juicy Tidbit

I know it's not Tuesday, but I do have a juicy tidbit coming up very soon. And no, it's not what you think! (really) Just come back in a few days and see...