I started my very first blog, Midwest Musings, in May 2006, using iWeb to compose and post. I chose iWeb partially out of fear: I didn’t think I had a strong enough tech background to blog and I figured that Apple’s program would be straightforward and easy to use. By May 2007, I needed more space and was ready to move to Blogger – The Speckled Egg was born. Fast forward to 2009: I was feeling more confident and was eager to have my own website, deal with hosting and other issues, so I moved to WordPress and rebranded myself as simple + pretty.
While The Speckled Egg posts have always been available at simple + pretty, until now, the year of posts for Midwest Musings was only accessible by clicking through a link from the sidebar. As that site will go away this June when Apple stops supporting mobileme, I thought the Christmas holiday was a good time to consolidate my 5 1/2+ years of posts. What started as simple “copy + paste” project soon turned into a whole lot more keyboarding than I’d bargained for. Nevertheless, the effort was worth it: I’m proud to say that my full blogging history is now available at simple-pretty.com. Better yet, it’s all searchable, too. I hope you enjoy having a more comprehensive resource. Moving the posts was a bit like re-reading a diary – I was surprised at the ways I’ve changed, and smiled when I realized that some of my quirks haven’t changed a bit.
I look forward to another year of posts + discoveries and invite you along for the journey. Please share your comments + opinions; I enjoy hearing from you.
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It is so worth retaining isn’t it? I often refer to my blog to remember when key events took place.
I’m about to launch my blog’s redesign and did a very similar thing. It was fun to look back at hoards of posts and I re-categorized everything (almost, still a bit more work to do…). Congratulations, I love having you on my reading list & look forward to more from you!