Blogger Identity Crisis

Do you see the beauty? The glorious, pristine, FRESH look I have created?

I am bouncing up and down in my chair with excitement/pride. 

All afternoon I spent on RE-CREATING my blog.

Though its simple, I feel it expresses ME more.

And thats what a blog is all about right? Expressing oneself!

So of course here is a BEFORE.

Then look AROUND the BEFORE at the AFTER.

I was a sponge today. And one of those MASSIVE old school sponges that look like they should be sitting on the bottom of the ocean floor. I soaked up so much information about HTML and editing that my mind is FRIED.

Why the change?

Well on Saturday I admitted to my friend Margaret that I was having a "blogger identity" crisis. 

I was torn with the blog name that I had created. "Accomplishing Motherhood", was a name I choose over a year ago. It was the boost for my alter ego on ditching the baby weight, and completing my first half ironman. I had been lost in a haze of major PPD, and needed to push through.

Now that was THEN. This is NOW. I have found myself. I'm somewhat out of the haze and I working and achieving things that I have only dreamed about.

This blog is not ONLY to submerge myself in the MOMMY world. I am not ONLY a mommy! I am CHRISTINA too!

So this blog is for me. For all I want to be. To reach out and find friends with the same crazy interests as moi!

Soooo...

I Had an epiphany while I was on the treadmill today. I happened to be in the womens workout area on in the gym, they keep all the "lady" channels on in there. I was watching the LIFETIME channel, while listening to my IPOD (multitalented like that) and Greys Anatomy came on.

I NEVER watch that show, just cause I dont have time, so dont freak out. But I was somewhat reading the subtitles, and then I saw my name "CHRISTINA". I guess one of the characters in the show is also named Christina. When I read it, I thought "what a pretty name, wait thats my name!", it was the first time I thought as my name as PRETTY.

Then it hit me, I saw my blog page appear in my head. I saw it all.

CHRISTINA

Thats it! So simple, just my name. Why do I need a special blog name to be myself!?

So I came home, put the kids down for a nap, and went to work...

A shout out to Lindsay over at Scenic Glory for helping me out by answering a SIMPLE HTML question that I was STUMPED on. She got back to me so fast, it was a relief. Was on the verge of pulling my eyebrows out. (NOTE: need to get brows threaded).

Also I dug through The Coffee Shop blog and read all her tutorials on blogger editing.

I could cry with the gratefulness I have for all the bloggers out there, that take their time to create tutorials for other bloggers. Or stopping what you are doing to help a fellow blogger.

*smile.

So what do you think? The good, bad and ugly. I want it ALL. 

 I am still in process of putting the final touches, but I will be there soon. 

Learning and growing.