Breaking The Silence (Plus A New Theme)

I have been neglecting this blog for the longest time, as I have been focusing on my WordPress blogs. I barely login to my Blogger dashboard anymore, even less since Paulie and I decided it would be best to drop our Blogger design services and concentrate on WordPress instead when we launched our new WordPress design shop. Surprisingly, this blog is still a PR2, although its Alexa standing is laughable.

Why don't I just delete this blog, you ask? I have trouble letting go of things, see, and this being my very first blog makes it even harder to let it go. This blog has seen the worst of me, and has quietly withstood an era when I didn't know you were supposed to think before you publish things online. Hee hee. But hey, without those immature posts I wouldn't have grown as a blogger, yes? So I'm keeping them, and I'll read back over them to remind how foolish I was a few years back. Sounds like evil fun.

I experienced a fierce attack of minimalism addiction early this year, which is why WAHMaholic, Beauty Queen Gene, I am A Svetlana and Vector Dad suffered from sudden makeovers which left them stripped to the bare minimum. Is this a sign that I've matured with respect to my taste in design? Maybe. Doing away with all the clutter has been therapeutic for me, at the very least.

Anyway, I was asked by a former Blogger design client to tweak her site, which led me to check out this blog. I was shocked at the number of images vying for my attention when I looked at the page, and right then and there I chucked the design out.

A couple of hours later, the new design is done. I've lost count of the number of times this blog has received a makeover, but I'm rather pleased with this one, so it's staying here until... well, as long as it can stay online.

The colors of this design seriously made me crave for a macchiato. Anyone up for coffee?

Mom Forum

When I became a mom, I felt an instant connection to other moms I meet, whether online or offline. I know that we have a common interest, no matter where in the world we are, and that's to do what is best for our children.

And while some people think that working online can be lonesome, but in my case I don't find it so, because I was lucky to find a couple of awesome forums that share the same interest (earning online), and at the same time the members are mostly moms.

In my everyday discussions with the members I have learned a lot about pregnancy, baby, parenting and relationship, but most importantly, in them I found several women that's already close to my heart, and for that I am forever grateful.

One of the sites I'm talking about is mom forum, and I am partial to this group because in them I felt that I truly belonged, that I can share every and all concern that's bugging me. I have been a member for almost a year, and there's never a single day that I felt left out, that I felt like I can't post what's on my mind.

In today's world where technology is already an important factor in parenting, I am thankful for fellow moms in mom forum who seem to have the correct answer for everything. From knowing how much time I should let my kid play on her iPad, to how old should I let her start using Facebook, I was enlightened by the ideas shared by moms from around the globe, most of which I tend to agree to.

So if you're a mom, whether old or new, and want to belong to a community of moms who are smart and warm, don't hesitate to visit us at mom forum and start sharing immediately. I hope that like me, you will find the online companionship of fellow moms around the world entertaining and enlightening, a true a breath of fresh air.