{"id":19177,"date":"2012-01-28T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/?p=19177"},"modified":"2012-01-28T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T20:07:09","slug":"meet-the-contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/meet-the-contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago this week I said to my husband&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Do you think I should start a blog?\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After about fifty attempts we finally found a name that wasn&#8217;t already in use,<em> The Happy Housewife<\/em>, and I started writing.<\/p>\n<p>I never imagined how big (and how much work) this website would become. Last year I told my family I didn&#8217;t think I could continue managing the site because I was having difficulty balancing it all.<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, my family insisted I keep blogging.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve all chipped in and helped with chores, carpooling, meals, and even some blogging responsibilities, and the site kept growing.<\/p>\n<p>This year, in order to keep my sanity, I&#8217;m adding additional writers to the site. I&#8217;ve already previewed some of their posts and I know you are going to LOVE them! They are some of my favorite bloggers and long-time readers, and I&#8217;m excited to be partnering with them in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a long-time reader, you probably won&#8217;t notice much of a difference. \u00a0I&#8217;m still writing here every day. It&#8217;s just that you&#8217;ll also be getting some great content from smart, funny, crafty, and creative women.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/contributors\/\">meet all my contributors here<\/a>, so click over, read about them, visit their websites and say hello.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My kids when I started blogging&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/\/happyhousewife.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/dsc04836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>August 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2011\/12\/Christmas-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago this week I said to my husband&#8230; Do you think I should start a blog?\u00a0 After about fifty attempts we finally found a name that wasn&#8217;t already in use, The Happy Housewife, and I started writing. 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