Le Blog Title - Coffee N Conversations #13

Ok, I really fell off the wagon last week when I said that I would try and blog at least 4 times a week. I usually write posts on my lunch break and I was out at job sites Wed-Fri so that kinda made it a little impossible to do. But even with that I am really tying super hard to accomplish the goals that I set out to do. I am really focusing on the no soda. It's so hard. It's my only addiction!

So I missed the last coffee and conversations with Kalyn and Lauren. But I am not going to miss out on this weeks! This weeks questions: "What's the meaning behind your blog title and why? Do you believe you have upheld the meaning's purpose?"

When I originally started to blog I had a blog titled "Feels Like Home." I did one post and never formatted the page. I then forgot about it and created this little space on the internet. I knew that I had wanted to start journaling my life with my hubby but coming up with a title that suited us was hard. One day, on a drive out to the beach, we passed a street that we always laugh and say, "One day we are going to live on that street." It is Kimball Road. It's funny to us because our last name is Kimball....spelled the same was as the street, not ble. Then it popped into my head to use that as part of it. We both had names that start with D, and honestly we only have one letter difference between them so 2D Kimball Road. Which has now morphed into DD Kimball Road.

The tagline on my original header was "A Journey through the roads of life as seen through my eyes." That is exactly how I still feel about this blog. Back then, when I had this header, I was in a dark place. I was going through a lot of stress and emotion. I was also just learning how to use photoshop, hence the poor quality of the header. The "Kimball Rd." photo, is an actual photo of the street exit sign off the 126 freeway. I liked it because a lot of the posts were emotion filled and the cracks symbolized that I was breaking but still staying together. I had my wonderful hubby get me through that dark time. They weren't all bad times, and I did post a lot about all the fun things we were attempting to do, hence the Lifetime of Memories tab and our yearly bucket list was born. This was a way for us to move through the muck and truly enjoy life.

Once I was able to dig myself out of the dark place, I felt an update to the blog was necessary. I didn't want my readers to feel I was still there. I was still dealing with pain and stress, but was much better and wanted this outlet to showcase my talents and all the crazy things that went on in our life. From the attempt to purchase a home, to wedding involvements and eventually my All Things Crafty tab that is a place that showcases most (not all) of the things I do crafty outside of this blog. Being creative is a stress reliever and the place I like to go to relax my mind. I started to re-learn HTML and was working towards formatting and creating a nice look to go with my stories, my photoshop skills are improving! I still talked about the journeys and all the happenings in our life.

This was my header for over a year. I liked it and the color, but after my ectopic pregnancy last year, the focus of our life switched. Even though we had been trying to start a family, the loss made it more real and the fact that it might be something that we need to work at. I re-vamped the header and I update the tagline to read "A blog about life, love, and the journey to becoming mommy." as a way of motivating myself to talking about the struggles of starting a family. I have written about it here and there. However sometimes I feel like it's a dark and personal place and I want to keep this place a happy outlet. Although I think now, when I originally started this blog, it was a place to journal and keep my thoughts, desires, and everything happening in my life there. I guess I started to only want to talk about the good things, and that isn't really realistic. I still talk about our journey....it is the focus of this little place I call DD Kimball Road. It's a way to share about our life with our very large family that is spread across our country, but to also share with my readers that I am the same as you. We all have problems and we all have wants, desires, and sometimes a little encouragement goes a long way to help! That's what I truly love about this community, the support and encouragement from all the lovely ladies around the world who also keep their lives on a little place on the internet!

So with all that being said, I want to continue to do the things that I set out to on this space of mine. Continue to write about all the happenings going on in my life with my hubby, our lovely pup and everything that comes with life. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I will update you all on our journey to become parents periodically and continue to share my crafts, bucket list checks and recipes as they come. I may start to add little design boards here and there as well! If there ever is anything that you wish for me to write about, or a topic that is interesting to you, please don't hesitate to email me or leave me a comment!

Thanks to all of you old and new who share in my journey here at DD Kimball Road.