Not the first

I must confess, this isn't my first attempt at a blog (others didn't last very long, unless you count xanga...which I don't). Since I've entered into this new phase of life, finishing up school (grad school graduation in December 2011) and recently getting married...I'm trying lots of new stuff that is kind of intimidating but less so when I can post about things and share the mishaps along with the adventures of experiencing all this new stuff.

Also, this "inspiration" for starting a new blog comes from a break down I had a month or so before the wedding (which was in August 2011). The breakdown was birthed from seeing all these amazing blogs with these Christian moms who seemingly did a craft a day or made some amazing food item and were making their kids' clothes all while taking insanely wonderful pictures along the way...I can't do that and I felt like I needed to (like I wasn't a good person or something because I wasn't living up to these blogs...yes, I know that's crazy and such but it's the standard I was beginning to set for myself, gross). Not only do I have this Korean expectation within myself of what it means to be a good wife and mother, I also have this Christian self-imposed and sometimes community-imposed expectation plus the worldly one and then seeing all these blogs, well, I had to stop and breathe and even realize I might not be the only person who feels like that. I am of the Disney Princess generation PLUS this new blogging generation and that's a LOT of expectation on my life that is not healthy...

I want to try lots of things but the reality is, it won't happen every day and sometimes it's just going to be hot dogs and maybe some homemade mac and cheese (which I've found it only requires some pasta shells boiled and then a bit of milk, salt, pepper, and whatever cheese is in the fridge!) or a homemade birthday card that's white card stock folded in half, handwritten words and some stickers I have lying around...

This blog is intended to be a journal for me to look back on, a place for my husband to see what I'm up to while he's busy studying hard and working two part-time jobs, and for friends and family (and even strangers maybe) to be encouraged to try new stuff and not be overwhelmed to feel the burden of being perfect and doing it all.

I'm planning to actually do the things I've been pinning on Pinterest (if you aren't sure what that is, don't ask, it will consume your life...sometimes in a good way)...and then adapt the recipes I actually try and attempt some of the crafts that are actually doable for me (on a budget). Hope that sounds okay to you. If you don't like it, feel free to move along...but if it intrigues you then you are welcome to join me on this journey. I may be throwing some God things in now and then as that's basically my life but this won't all be quoting Scripture and such, and I'm learning to accepting that it's okay. There won't be a daily craft or food item but when I do make something, I'll write about it and put up photos when I can (yay for my iPod touch). Even if I don't do anything "special" each day, I'll still post regularly.

Here's for hoping this doesn't become another dead blog in a month or so... woohoo.