Recently I became aware that I let my domain expire for Teh Wifey. Maybe I should have been a bit more disappointed but honestly, I took this opportunity to embrace a name change. I want to give my little corner of the internet new life and just like a company that wants to freshen up their branding-I'm switching things up.
Of course anyone who has a blog really struggles with picking a name unless they just use their name itself, which I tried-already taken. While I loved Teh Wifey because Wifey genuinely is my nickname from Boyfriend, my inner feminist hated that I was letting a title, given to me by another, identify me. That is partially the reason why I have welcomed the circumstances for a fresh start.
My last name gave me obvious opportunities for play on it. I was originally going to go with the Phantastic Four but there were a few things that just didn't feel right-with the biggest one being that we are not a family of four, but a family of five when you include (our very important to us) dog. I just felt SO guilty leaving him out. Beyond that, someone mentioned that adding a number is very final and hard to change-while she may have been joking that we might decide to add another kid to the mix, I suddenly became concerned I was tempting fate by declaring a final number. What can I say-I'm pretty superstitious.
Over the last few days, I've been reading my previous posts and reflecting on what I write about. I've discussed everything from miscarriage to birth, our travels, the good and difficult in raising children. Falling in love, hardships in long term relationships-I try to include a little bit of everything. Even if I don't feel it when I'm experiencing it-I realized that when I am writing I always tend to look back with a filter of understanding, with a perspective that I really do have a great life. Some may even say a fantastic life.
So here is to new starts...here is to The Phantastic Life.
