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Today, I am 33! And while the majority of the day is pretty normal with school and daily routines, I did get to celebrate this past weekend and had a wonderful time! Plus, I get to go out with my sweet man tonight as well.<\/p>\n
I went to dinner on Friday night with some of my best friends to celebrate my 33rd birthday, and while I had an amazing time, (truly, amazing friends right here) a question was asked that has kept me thinking.<\/p>\n
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I was asked how I am feeling about turning 33.<\/p>\n
And my answer was somewhat jumbled as I couldn’t quite articulate what I was thinking or wanted to say. I’m not even certain I knew<\/em> what I wanted to say.<\/p>\n It’s hard not to compare myself to others; specifically, to others in the same field that I am in.<\/p>\n This little blog of mine started out as a baking blog. Did you know that?\u00a0 I simply shared recipes, my baking creations, etc. It was called Lady’s Makes and Bakes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n But as we had children and life became busier, I found myself baking less and wanting to talk about and document our family life more and more as a somewhat ongoing memory book.<\/p>\n Fast-forward a bit and my little side hobby has turned into more than just an occasional thing to do, but something I am working on toward a larger goal.<\/p>\n I don’t exactly know what that goal is and wasn’t able to explain it very well to my friends, but it’s something I was hoping would be a little more than it is at this point.<\/p>\n What exactly?<\/p>\n I’m not sure.<\/p>\n Blogging takes a lot of time.<\/p>\n A lot!<\/p>\n And it costs money to keep it running, too. So it’s definitely an investment.<\/p>\n But I do think it is worth it!<\/p>\n I love this little space and all that it is, the people I have met because of it, and the memories I can look back on.<\/p>\n But if I want it to be more and take it to the next level, I would need to dedicate more time to it.<\/p>\n Time I am not sure I want to commit to at this point in my life.<\/p>\n My priority right now is my family. I have young children and a home to maintain. And you know what?<\/p>\n That’s great.<\/p>\n And they’re great. And I need to remember that more. They truly are my greatest accomplishment.<\/p>\n So I think when I am feeling down about my little side gig, I just need to look around (or probably in my lap) and remember why God has put me here and led me down this path.<\/p>\n Because it is the path I would choose over and over again.<\/p>\n For now, I will continue to do as I do here, and I want to thank those of you who continually stop by. I appreciate it very much!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And just for fun, 33 random things you might not have known about me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And that’s it!<\/p>\n A huge thank you to my amazing husband, super sweet friends, and their wonderful spouses for taking me out for my birthday and making me feel so special! I appreciate you all very much!!<\/p>\n Here’s to a great year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I am 33! And while the majority of the day is pretty normal with school and daily routines, I did get to celebrate this past weekend and had a wonderful time! Plus, I get to go out with my sweet man tonight as well. I went to dinner on Friday night with some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n