Beginning again

It's time for a fresh look. Long overdue actually. When I started my blog in 2008, John and I were about to head out on an adventure...moving to a tropical island, not knowing a soul except each other. So, "Pitt Adventures" was an appropriate name. and adventures we did have. Living without an air conditioner or a car, getting chased by a cow, battling scorpions and roaches, experiencing earthquakes, hurricanes, beautiful waterfalls, and making friends that will last a lifetime were just some of our life there. Experiences that I wouldn't trade for anything. We moved to Saginaw Michigan in 2010, which couldn't have been further, in many ways, from our sunny island. It was an adventure, nevertheless, learning how to drive in (heavy duty) snow, adjusting to northern culture (yes, it's the north to me :), having a baby!, and making even more friends. After Saginaw, we became nomadic and moved to Baltimore for 3 months, then Chattanooga for 3 months, then to Nashville for 9 months. One big adventure, I tell ya.

But, now all our travels are over. For at least another 3 years, and while I'd like to say that every day in the Pitt household is an adventure, it really is not. There are a few days that are "extraordinary", but most days I find myself enjoying the predictability and, at times, monotony of being a stay-at-home mom. and there is peace that comes from knowing we will be in one place for a few years.

As we've gotten further and further from the island, my blog has become less about "adventures" and more about lots of different things. I do love baking, but I think a baking blog would never survive with me. too boring. I love "deep thoughts" but I think I'd take myself too seriously. My son is incredibly cute, but if my blog were only about him, I think I'd have about 1 reader. My mom. I have strong opinions about some political issues, but really who wants to hear about those? So, as I've been pondering what I wanted this blog to be about or named, I kept coming back to the fact that most of WHY I write this blog is for me to remember, document, learn, and ultimately to grow. So, when I start to wonder if anyone is reading my blog or not, I remember why I started writing in the first place.


I have a memory of when I was 6 years old. My parents were very close to getting a divorce, my father was gone a lot, and the general attitude of my household was not one of peace or joy. Yet, somehow in the midst of all that, this moment was given to me. It was dusk one summer afternoon, and I decided to go out to my swing set. On my way, I stopped by the kitchen to grab a brown frosted plastic cup and filled it to the rim with my favorite comfort food, cottage cheese. The sun was setting on the horizon, enough to glisten the tops of the hay bales in our front yard. I sat on my swing, eating my cheese, and for that moment I was peaceful, joyful, and free. And if I'm honest with myself, I spend most of my life searching and longing for that place again. where I can be free. Free to not worry about what others are thinking, free to be quiet or be loud, free to have an opinion or keep it to myself, free to be me. Thus begins a new era of my blog, where you might see posts about my latest baking creations, or of my musings on life in general, or about my incredibly adorable son....but hopefully under it all, you will hear the under current of a woman who is longing to grow, to simplify, and to be free.