Things look a little different around here and that is because I’ve transitioned. I’m still a PEACH, mind you, and I reckon I will always be a PEACH. I have, however, moved all my fruits and nuts out of Blogger and on to WordPress. I kind of can’t believe I did it. By myself. I’m feeling good about it because this change has been long coming, but there were always mountains too high for me to climb … in my mind. Would I need to pay someone to help me so I didn’t screw it up? If I did it myself, would I screw it up? But the biggest mountain was the story I had told myself – that the blog was not worth the effort because it was just a blog.
My just-a-blog has been very, very good to me since I published my first piece. The thing is, I didn’t start writing a blog so that it could give back. I wrote because I needed the outlet, and writing has always been that outlet for me. It’s true that I’ve often wished my blog would become a springboard for other writing opportunities, and, in fact, it has. But while those opportunities come and go, I still need this space. This move to a WordPress is my way of neatening things up a bit – moving the furniture, adding a lamp, filing old paperwork – so that I can keep doing the thing I love to do.
There are many things I need to learn about this platform and this theme that I chose. There are a bunch of icons on my Dashboard that are new to me and fancy Widgets I’d like to consider. Much like recipes in a cookbook, the screenshots for this Theme looked far better than my blog is looking right now. I’ll get there. In the meantime, I’m just going to keep writing. I hope you’ll keep tuning in. I do love to entertain, and now that I’ve moved the furniture around, there is more room for us to sit a spell.
I love it. I’m glad that you put the time into the switch but, more than that, I’m happy that you have decided it was worth it.
It would have been less painful to let my blog wife do it. She knows lots of stuff. But, I am glad I did it myself.
Maybe she can help you with Jetpack and sidebar widgets.
I would like that. I prefer bells & whistles to plain & fine.
I’m a slug for taking so long to comment, but better late than never: the place looks gorgeous! Congrats! Also? I like the clean look! I know you’re not designing by popular vote, but still. Makes me feel all fresh and post-enema!