Yes, you are right. I no longer stay at snowflakes dot nl but here in my new home where I belong. I bought it last year but my lease with snowflakes didn't end until recently, so here I am, spiffing the place up a bit. I also needed time to get used to the transition, finding that connection that makes me feel at home as I've felt with the one I just left behind. I have been linked to snowflakes since July 2003. That's almost five years of blogging there. Even though I still find it rather hard to grasp the idea of a new place, I think it's about time I move on. When I read or hear the word snowflakes, I think, hey that's me or that's mine or I am snowflakes, but not really, you know. I was bound to that word for years yet I was still searching for something that is truly me and mine, until I found this. The things I write about, my writing style, my interests, my age, my waistline, they are not as they used to be. Things are different now and this is where I want to be.
Wow, time surely does fly.
I used to write about very mundane things. I still do, but not as much as I did back then. I remember writing about plucking my eyebrows in the wee hours of dawn, cracking myself up with my nonsensical thoughts, my constant enemy that are zits, Dutch school, oversleeping and not sleeping, finding myself, the weather, and a whole bunch of stuff that when I read again, I smile and laugh at my silliness. It's funny, in a feel-good kind of way, to read about the progress of my life. That I did grow and will continue to grow. That behind those words and paragraphs and pictures, I remain the same person with a couple of features added in the process. Though life is filled with lots of questions, insecurities, doubts and pains, it is also full of joy, love, good and happy memories, awesome friends and loving families. I've come to accept that things are not always nice and dandy, but at the end of the day, I am always thankful for the life I have and the people who are always there for me no matter what and who love me for who I am.
Keeping this blog is a really good thing. It may sound corny but I am really happy that I have this venue to share my life and things that make life beautiful. I am so blessed to have met many wonderful people like yourselves who keep me company all these years and leave sweet comments and thoughts that make my heart skip a beat. Thank you for being my friends, even though a whole lot of you I haven't met in person yet. But, who knows? We might all get to sit together and chat like old friends over a cuppa and cheesecake. The world is not so big after all.
Oh, before I forget, please change your links and help me make this place warm and cozy.
Welcome in!
xoxo,
Gracey
Posted in Good Things | Comments (12)
drunkenlily at May 21 2008 | 01:21 |
new home! congratulations!   Thanks! |
odette at May 21 2008 | 03:57 |
| let the housewarming party begin! i sure want a cuppa and a slice of cheesecake with you please. i want to let you know that i'm so glad we're friends, and will always remember how blogging kept us connected and inspired in doing what we love to do. Thanks for being my friend, Dette! We'll definitely have a lot of cuppa and cakes to consume. Just get yourself over here already! |
SleepyJane at May 21 2008 | 10:02 |
| Awww, congrats Gracey! I'll adjust my link asap! I love your new home already! Yay, thanks Nic! |
Tizzalicious at May 21 2008 | 11:12 |
| Your blog looks great! Hi Tizz! Thanks for dropping by. :) |
JavaQueen14 at May 21 2008 | 12:04 |
| Hello Gracey! Love your new address, very sweet. One thing, I cannot add you to my google reader for some reason :( It makes it hard to keep up with you. I'm just going to have to do it the old fashioned way and make "a mental note" to come back here! I cannot believe you've been blogging for THAT long. 5 years is really a long time. You are lucky to have all of those memories all typed out- I heard about blogging for years but I think until you actually "do it" you can't understand how awesome it really is.... I have you bookmarked now! Thanks JQ! Yes, 5 years is a long time but I'm so glad I got into blogging. I'm lucky indeed and I don't think I'll ever want to stop blogging in the near future! You can now subscribe to my rss feed! Just added it. :) |
odette at May 21 2008 | 16:18 |
| you're one of my featured friends! please head over my blog. :) Yay! Will do this soon, ok? Thanks! |
toni at May 23 2008 | 06:12 |
| Happy new home! :) Put in a feed so we can subscribe to your blog! :D Thanks for the reminder! I just added it. :) |
Claire at May 25 2008 | 13:49 |
| Congrats on the new home! |
caryn at May 25 2008 | 16:53 |
| congrats on the new home gracey! and happy blog anniversary! |
Jess at May 27 2008 | 01:04 |
| Change is a good thing! Finally an rss feed ;) |
Sleepyjane at May 28 2008 | 11:12 |
| Dude! Did you go away on hols or something?! Where are you? |
odette at May 28 2008 | 12:07 |
| i second the motion, SJ. how're you gracey? i hope all's well with you. |
