The 20 steps of starting this messy blog

After weeks of nail biting (not literally), and a lot of consideration, I decided to start a blog. And this is how it went-

1. Research best blog platforms

2. Decide on one

3. Click on a side ad that seemed better.

4.I sign up for it and pay.

5. Discover I don’t need what they offer (I don’t want to design my own website).

6. Call customer service because they offer a 30 day money back guarantee and I want my $137 back.

7. Spend five minutes repeating- “it’s not what I need. Really. I don’t understand the website” while the customer service rep repeats “it really is an average price for web hosting”.

8. Get set up with the correct and cheaper option.

9. Begin attempting to edit blog.   Baby decides he will NOT sleep alone any longer. Must snuggle. NOW!  Storm rolls in and two year old abandons phineas and Ferb to come hang in the bedroom with us.

10. Laptop battery low. Plug it in and switch to iPad.

11. Discover that while the iPad works for the site, it is slow. And auto correct sucks. 

12. Two year tries to shove pacifier in the babies mouth and wakes him up.

13. Dog come in from outside and shakes off her wet dog smelling fur right next to me.

14 . I am horrified to discover that between all the aforementioned ^^^,  I have somehow named the blog “messy ho” instead of messy homeschool mom.

15. I fix this, then try to find my blog on the phone so I can make sure it’s actually changed because I don’t want solicitation emails or anything😣

16.  Find out that approximately 532 other people have named their blog or website “THE messy homeschool mom”.  The only thing original about my name is the fact that I left off the the. (On a side note, that’s the first time very ever used “the” twice in a row. It’s fun.)

17.  Nurse baby. Go back and forth on mixture of feeling heartened that so many other moms must be like me so how awesome is that, and being upset that the name I thought of is so not original. Should I change it?  Nah.

18.  Figure out some more editing stuff, and get this wonderful idea that my first crazy messy funny mom post should be about my mis- adventure starting the blog.

19. Still can’t find the blog on the Internet. What the crap?

oh well. If you can see this and it still says “messy ho” PLEASE let me know!!

20. iPad battery is perilously low.  Messy mom OUT! 🤗❤️😋