Welcome, friends!Nice to meet you…
I’m a bit of a newbie blogger so I am truly excited to be participating in Pensieve and Musings of a Housewife’s Blog Hop ’09!
My name is Jennifer and I began my little blogging journey on Tots2Tweens and totally fell in love with it. From that point I was encouraged to write a parenting blog called Momma Mania for my local newspaper. (I kept @mammamania for my Twitter name so please feel free to follow me and we’ll chat!)
I soon found out that blogging is kinda like getting a tattoo… you get addicted and just want to do more and more and more…. That is where this little blog came in. I just wanted to OWN my own blog. I wanted to write WHATEVER and not worry about it. Kid stuff, book stuff, running stuff, life… whatever I feel the need to dish about.
Personally, I’m at a bit of a crossroad in my life. I’m in my 30’s but just really figuring out who I AM. With each day I live, I seem to discover more about myself. I no longer feel the need to fit in and conform to what others might expect of me. That is a huge relief.
So why the title Hip As I Wanna Be? Well, there are a lot of reasons for that. But the reality of it is that as a younger person, I never gave myself permission to BE what I truly wanted to BE. I always second guessed myself and tried to conform to others standards. (Always such a people pleaser!)
So at this point in my life, I am a working mom on a quest to successfully juggle my life, my marriage and the mania of male offspring while struggling to get my mojo back. And based on the feedback I’ve received, I get the feeling I am not alone in this.
Who else is in the trenches with me?
30 comments on BlogHop 2009- Hello, Out There My Little Bloggy Friends!
steadymom
Hi there – visiting from the Blog Hop and saying hello! I have two boys as well (& one girl)!
Jamie
Jenny 867-5309
I totally get where you’re at in life. I’m finding my Mojo too (wrote a post about it just a few days ago!)….Glad to meet another 867-5309 Jenny! Bookmarking your blog!
Amy Bennett
Hi! Here from BlogHop! Your header is so cute!
Mutheirng Heights
I LOVE the tattoo analogy! LOL!
Great to meet you via the Blog Hop!
Staci A
I definitely agree that blogging is addictive. At least with the tattoos, the price kept me from getting too many!
momstheword
Just dropping by from the blog hop! Loved the picture of your two boys, lol! Boy mania, yup, been there, done that!
I think confidence is something that we gain as we get older, and it’s a pretty cool thing!
Linda
Visiting from the bloghop! Hello!
thatgirlblogs
hello! I also believe you can never get just one tattoo… just got my second one last weekend. blogging is so liberating, you’re right! came over from blog hop ’09, nice to meet you.
stacey
Visiting from the Blog Hop to say Hello! You have a lovely blog!!
Tina
Hi, I’m Tina and I’m a former people pleaser. (Wait that sounded a little like an AA intro…)
Anyway, I’m right there with you. It’s amazing how as we get older we start to say ‘forget what everyone else thinks!’ I think it’s a very, very good thing!
Andi
Visiting from the BH, I LOVE your header! I discovered blogging a year ago and I am totally hooked as well!
Patty Reiser
Having your mojo back is very important. I’m still working on this too.
Wishing you a scent-sational time blog hopping!
Patty
Andrea H
Just stopping by from the Blog Hop. I have two sons myself so I am right there with you! Have a great weekend!
Lola
Stopping by for BlogHop 09 and celebrating my birthday.
Hope you have a great weekend!
niki
Hi there! Niki from NJ here. Nice to “meet you”! I enjoyed checking out your blog.
🙂
Malissa
Nice to meet you! I love being able to meet everyone! You are all an awesome group of women!
Stacie
Hello there. You know I read this blog as if I were thinking this. Nice to know that there is someone going through the same thing. I am to the point I don’t care anymore what others think of me. I know I do at times still but I can’t help it. Really nice blog you have. Stopping by from the blog hop. Have a great weekend.
Jen
I agree with that tattoo analogy too, and am so glad to know I’m not alone in the trenches, trying to figure out who I am and getting my mojo back ;)Hopped in from BlogHop!
Alyssa
just hoppin by nice to “MEET” You
Beth
Hope you find your mojo – at least the journey to that direction should be fun.
Angela McCoy
I’m thoroughly enjoying meeting everyone here at Blog Hop ’09!
I have two awards for you over at my little home on the web. Please stop by and pick them up when you get the chance.
If you’d like a few laughs, feel free to read my post about the awards, too. :o)
Hugs,
Angela Mom’s Fortress of Solitude
Missus Wookie
Hmm tattooing hey? Well it is a lot less painful and you can change the design MUCH more easily.
Balancing marriage, parenting, working and I added in home schooling – oh yeah that sounds so familiar.
Nice to meet you from the blog hop!
Tanya Anna Wilson
I grabbed your link from the BlogHop 09! Nice to meet ya!
I hope you get a chance to stop by over at my blog, too.
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Karen ~Georgia Angel
Hey, Jennifer, just stopping by through the blog hop. Nice to meet you. I’m looking forward to following your blog.
Heather
Love the fun pics and your so-cute site! Nice to meet you! 🙂
SaraSophia
Can’t wait to follow along with you on your “hip” adventures…..stopping by to visit from BlogHop ’09! So glad to have found a new bloggy friend-I will definitely be following you from now on.
Please visit at http://tout-est-des-roses.blogspot.com –I would LOVE to have you!
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Ashley
I love your site, it’s too cute.
I am hop-ing over to you from BlogHop’09, I am #311. It is so nice to meet you!
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Ashley
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Aimee
Hopping by….great analogy comparing blogging to tattoos! Great to meet you.
Staci
Slowly working my way through the Blog Hop! I’m a fairly new blogger as well. I also like to just have a forum that is whatever I want to be when I want. Stop by and visit.
Jesica
I am a little late on the blog hop, but wanted to say hello! I love that you are finally to the point of being just as “hip as you want to be” – why does it take us so long to get there? I hope you are enjoying every minute of that freedom!