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A New Year / Back to Blogging

Posted by | January 06, 2015 | BAMBINOS | 12 Comments

My Dear Readers,

It is a new year, and I’m going to try to get back into blogging. I slowed down with it a lot over the past couple of months. And I missed it. Interestingly enough, though, the people who seemed to miss it the most were the bambinos. They love looking at the blog, and they’ve been verbal about the lack of photos lately.

A few things were going on this fall that led to my blogging sluggishness. 1) I wasn’t feeling it. I was weary. I’m tired of being the one who is taking the photos all the time and chronicling the big events. And I was feeling a lot of pressure to blog certain events in a certain way.  2) Our “good camera” is in need of a major overhaul/repair, or a total replacement. Which is pricey, and which we just haven’t prioritized. So we’ve been using our iPhones for photos and to be honest, it just isn’t very artistically inspiring. 3) Our blogging platform died on me, our photo-editing program has been problematic, and our photo-organization system is a wreck. It has taken months for Braydon and me to try to sort out all this technology-related stuff and try to figure out how to proceed. In addition, I got a new computer and a new phone this fall… which wreaks havoc on blogging. “Technical Problems,” as it is called. 4) I was working on a couple of big academic projects this fall that were requiring a lot of my creative energy. I was feeling creatively zapped by 11pm, with zero zest left for blogging. But now those projects are now pretty much wrapped up.

I’m ready to get back in the saddle. I’m kicking the new year off with a major compilation of our blog’s most popular posts. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time (and often get requests from readers for this). Today I took the time to put this together. I’m working on gearing up for more daily posting in 2015. In the meantime…. I hope you enjoy this:

READERS’ FAVORITE POSTS~~  http://johnson-mccormick.com/readers-favorite-posts/

Happy New Year!
~Heather

12 Comments

  • Gail McCormick says:

    So glad you’re back!! I’ve missed the daily cheer that offsets work on climate change (and I do know that it’s not always a bed of roses for you). Looks like the cat isn’t quite ready for blogging. 😉

  • Kate says:

    Yay! I’m so glad you got your zest for blogging back Heather — I can really empathize with your reasoning for the blogging lull, as a lot of those reasons have applied to my creativity outlet also. I look forward to continuing to follow your 2015 blogging adventures! Thank you so much for remaining public and out there and proud in the Adoptive and Dual Career arenas as you know your posts mean a lot to me and others. Those favourite posts are great — I enjoyed reading through the lists! Love that photo!! Wishing you all, many great adventures in personal development and fun times for 2015 JMs!
    – Kate

  • Julie Fritz says:

    Yay!! I have missed you!

  • Nicola says:

    Awesome news- my commute wasn’t the same without you guys! Happy 2015!

  • Tricia says:

    Yay! Welcome back ( and so glad that you took your break when needed!).

    Will you tell us about the renovation??

  • Candis says:

    Happy, happy. Joy, joy!

  • Ashley says:

    Welcome back and Happy New Year! Hope you will share more recipe blog posts!

  • Brook says:

    Welcome back! I found your website via a post on Facebook ( the viral “Cute Black Boys..II”) and became enamored with your lovely family and writing style. I am slightly embarrassed to say I read a great deal of the blog archives during the holiday season and I feel like I have witnessed your bambinos grow up in just a few short weeks! I look forward to continuing this journey with you in real time.

  • Gloria says:

    So glad you are back!

  • Em says:

    Welcome back! :)

  • Greg says:

    Welcome back! I missed keeping up with the J-Ms. :-)

  • Anne says:

    I missed you so & glad you are back. I thought of you on Christmas Eve, while I was sitting in an old Lutheran church in Cleveland. I wondered if you kept up on all the Christmas traditions!? This blog always inspired me to make sure I am purposeful , and try to RELAX during the crazy holidays. Happy 2015!

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