On This Day In History...

Okay, maybe not Ancient History or anything but today is a milestone for Sexy Housewife. One year ago today I created this bloggy thing. The hubby had been blogging for a while and I never really saw the point. I liked helping him customize his blog and move it 3 times. I would offer the occasional post or comment but that was about it. I didn't really think I would have much to say on my own blog.

But last September was a tough time for the Sexy Housewife. The hubby was working late and I was tired of sitting around watching TV every night. The kids and other stresses were wearing me out and I needed a place to vent. I started out by trying to connect with some people in Yahoo chat rooms. That didn't go quite as planned. It seems that everyone in all of these chat rooms was looking for love or some facsimile of love. Even in the parent rooms! Not what I was interested in!

Then I started searching for blogs. I found some "Mommy Blogs" that were fun to read and that helped a lot. I found out very quickly that I was not the only stressed out mom. This, in and of itself, was such a comfort. I started commenting on a few blogs and checking out more. Posts on other blogs invoked thoughts that required more space than I felt I should use in the comments so I started Sexy Housewife.

I wanted to be completely anonymous and strangely enough Sexy Housewife was the first pseudonym I thought of. I am not normally conceited about my looks. I don't think I look bad but I would not normally classify myself as "sexy". I have never really thought of myself as a housewife either. But there it was, the perfect cover. Consider it a self-fulfilling prophecy if you will. I needed something to make me feel better about myself, my decisions in life, my many different roles and this blog and all the people I have met through it have done that for me. I am a strong, confident, intelligent, attractive woman.

I didn't even tell The Hubby about my blog at first. Partly because I didn't know if it would last. Partly, I needed to test it out before I opened it up to him. But mostly I felt that he would laugh at the things I chose to write about. I wanted to write about interesting parenting issues but also just day-to-day stuff, funny anecdotes and the like. No hard-hitting political topics here!

It has been hard to find time and inspiration to write as often as I would like. But overall, I am happy with how my first year of blogging has gone. I do want to get back to writing about some meatier topics so stay tuned for that.

What have I done to celebrate today? You know, the normal stuff, cleaned the house, ran errands, watched some Gopher football. We will have some steaks on the grill later because the weather is awesome right now.

Finally, a huge "thank you" to everyone that has stopped by during that past year. Whether you are a regular reader and commenter or shameless lurker, know that I am glad you have found something here to interest you. I have truly enjoyed meeting so many fun people!