Too real for glam
When I was little I said I wanted to be a blogger. I didn’t. I said I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to write the next Harry Potter. That didn’t happen though – well not yet anyway. But now the journey has started like this. Blogging. I think I prefer it! What better than to tell the story of my own life – as I’m living it!
So why would someone be interested in hearing my story? I don’t know… but you’re reading this aren’t you? And I love telling it.
So how does one educate oneself to become a blogger? Uhm… I did some research anyway and I came across some quite glamorous mom-bloggers. Living in big colorful cities, they walk their adorable rosie-cheeked babies in top-notch strollers, dress them in the latest and hottest and feed them the healthiest and home-madest. Their husbands are equally well-dressed and their apartments too.
I suddenly felt like the outsider of “blog high school” and these women were the skinny cheerleaders. But after days of attempting to make my life look as “Give me a B!” as possible I gave up and had to realize that if I was gonna write well I would have to tell the truth.
So here it is! My ordinary life!
My life isn’t flashy or colorful. I’m a newlywed for goodness sake! Our life is so spicy we look forward to movie night on Friday, buying our $90 bikes felt like Christmas morning and we wash more laundry in our sink than at the laundromat. My newest t-shirt cost me $9.50 at H&M and we pretty much only own the food in the fridge and the clothes in the drawers in our current home.
It’s a hard transition going from daughter in the home of your parents (married 23 years) to wife in yours and your husbands home (married 0 years). I realize many newlyweds I’ve known have attempted to recreate mini versions of their former-life homes, grocery lists and wardrobes.
But where’s the fun in that? Isn’t the point of the newlywed stage to learn how to live together and make ends meet? I say, enjoy the pink stage of marriage where the only entertainment needed is Netflix or a long evening walk hand in hand talking to your beloved that you can finally spend every day with!
So that’s us.
As my idol Pam Halpert once said, “There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kinda the point?”. WWPHD
October 25, 2013 @ 4:41 am
Så sandt Rebecca! Nyd den tid i har sammen nu.. Bare jer to med pasta og ketchup til aftensmad og at date night er en is og en fodmassage. Det skal nok ændre sig hurtigt nok hvor man har ‘brug’ for noget andet.. Fordi der er andre ting der fylder i hverdagen. (siger moren der synes hun laver mad hele tiden og drømmer om en weekend på spa).
October 25, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
Love this!! Truth is definitely where it’s at….and the beauty of everyday/ordinary is priceless!