The introduction

My first post here. But not by any means my first post ever. I have been blogging for many years and have recently found I needed to start fresh for reasons I won't bore you with. I'm Midge (shakes hands with you...and you...and you). I have an amazing husband of almost 9 years, Cam. And two kids, Riley (girl), who's 4 and Declan (boy), who's weeks old. These names have been changed. I will say that my name is a nickname a coworker once gave me and it just kinda stuck.

I've been thinking about a new blog name/persona for MONTHS, no joke. But unfortunately it's not as easy as just picking a blog name, it's picking the twitter handle and email address to correspond with the blog name. And in my symmetrical world they all have to be matchy matchy. It's terrible, I'd think of something, get my hopes up that this...THIS was "the one" and then I'd do the cross check to figure out if the blog/twitter/email names were available. Or if they weren't was I willing to settle on adjusting the name slightly...the answer to that is "no." And then one would be available but the other two wouldn't be. And when I'd check why it wasn't available and find that the person who did occupy the blog or twitter name abandoned the page YEARS ago and it's just sitting there in interwebz neverland, collecting dust. Irritating, doesn't begin to describe the level of frustration.

Then we went on vacation for the past week and I basically slept, breastfed and breathed possibilities of blog/twitter/email names. Names swirled and flew around my head like some cartoon character trying to solve an algebra equation. It wasn't until we were on our ride home today that it clicked. "Taming Volcanoes"! YES! Eureka! Oh GOD...please let it be available on all 3 platforms!!! I quick whipped out my iPhone and pulled up the web browser and searched for the URL and twitter names in and out of service on my phone. The suspense killed me, but it appeared as though I was in the clear. I couldn't wait to get home and do the final sweep to make sure I was in the clear. Sure enough...SUCCESS!! Whew...what a relief. I can finally "BE" something again instead of hiding in a corner of the interwebz.

So why "Taming Volcanoes"?

Well, that's just what I do...or so it feels. Kid vomit? Diaper blow out? Life struggles? I field all sorts of eruptions. Life spews many different...eh hem...colorful...things our way, I accept it's challenges and tame it. It's a blog name that can grow with me and my journey through being a wife and mother, among other titles. I think I can stretch out here, be at home! So I hope you join me on this wild ride, maybe take a walk with me across the lava flow now and then. Relax and enjoy. And thanks for reading.