If you’ve been around here for a while, you might have noticed that Simply Mommie has been a little… quiet.
Okay, very quiet.
I’ve had this blog for a ridiculously long time. It started back when I was a stay-at-home mum, when a large part of my life revolved around the children, the home, cooking and trying to figure out how to keep everyone fed and reasonably happy.
There were recipes. Lots of recipes.
There were parenting stories, school activities, home-learning ideas, random things I discovered and, of course, plenty of photos of the children.
Those days are long gone.
The children are older now, and I’ve also become much more conscious about keeping their lives private. So the kind of personal family blogging I used to do doesn’t really feel right anymore.
For the past few years, Simply Mommie has mostly been home to advertorials and reviews. And while I still enjoy trying new things and sharing products that I think might be useful, I realised recently that I missed having a space where I could simply write about the things I’m interested in.
So… I’m bringing the blog back.
Just not quite in the same way.
These days, I’m more interested in things like food, baking, travel, beauty, fitness, everyday wellness and all the little things that make up life when you’re in your 40s.
I’m also getting older, which apparently means I’ve become quite interested in things like strength training, skincare, whether a beauty treatment is actually worth the money, and why my body sometimes refuses to cooperate with what I thought was a perfectly reasonable plan. 😂
There will still be recipes, because clearly I haven’t stopped feeding people.
There will probably be plenty of food because I still enjoy cooking, baking and trying new things.
There will be travel stories, beauty and lifestyle reviews, things I’ve bought and actually liked, things I’ve tried and wouldn’t bother with again, and probably the occasional random discovery that I think is worth sharing.
What you probably won’t see much of anymore are detailed stories about the children or photos of family life. Some things are just better kept offline.
But I think that’s okay.
Simply Mommie has been around for so many years that it feels a little strange to think of it as something that has to stay frozen in the version of my life when I first started it.
Life has changed. I’ve changed.
So perhaps the blog can change a little too.
If you’ve been reading since the early days, thank you for sticking around. And if you’ve only just wandered in, welcome.
I’m not promising a perfectly regular posting schedule because, well, let’s be realistic.
But I do hope to be writing here a little more often again.
See you around 🙂
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