Saturday 29 June 2019

I'm not Northumberland Mam anymore! Introducing Life As Kim!

For over 6 years I have been Northumberland Mam but we have moved house and we are no longer living in Northumberland (I will be blogging all about that soon) so I thought the best thing to do was change the name of my blog too.


When I started blogging I knew nothing about blogging! Nothing at all! I didn't know the done thing was to use your own URL. All of these years I have stuck with the free blogger address and I have been happy with it. I made a point of sticking with it after a nasty troll said I wasn't a real blogger because I used the free blogging platform from Google. I knew I had to change my blog name. Not living in Northumberland and being called Northumberland Mam didn't make any sense and I didn't want to start a new blog. 6 and a half years is a lot to just drop and start anew so the only thing for it was to buy a domain name and add that.

To be honest I did not have a clue what I was doing but with the help of a lot of guides online, YouTube videos and a few stressy moments it's working and I am now "Life as Kim"! If you notice anything which isn't quite right do let me know. I still have a few things to change over like my about me page and social media buttons but I'm getting there.

I will be changing my Facebook page name if they ever let me, I tried earlier but they were having none of it. I will have to change it slowly. Ugh. I have already changed my Twitter name to @LifeAsKimBlog. The name I wanted was taken, obviously by someone who has hardly tweeted so I added blog at the end. hehehe I have reclaimed @NorthumMam and it is just sat there doing nothing as I didn't want someone else to claim it and pretend to be me. I am sticking with my old names on the rest of my social media accounts as they weren't associated with Northumberland Mam. 

Over the past 6 months I have had so many blog names in my head. I had decided on one and even made blog and social media headers but then had a change of heart. Choosing a blog name is hard. It was so easy first time around but top tip, don't use a place name in case you do move out of the area. lol

 Nothing is going to really change on the blog. I will still be doing my Meal Planning on a Monday, Word of the Week on a Friday, Project 365 on a Saturday, a photo on a Sunday and maybe a review in-between. The header has changed and I have had a tidy up on the sidebar to the right and that's about it! After the trouble people had with themes on their blogs earlier in the year I really don't want to go changing too much.

So there you have it. I've changed my blog name. Please do correct me when I call myself Northumberland Mam. It's going to be a hard habit to break!
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13 comments :

  1. hello @Life as Kim, sounds a sensible name, sums it up and as the girls get older and they appear less then the title is still appropriate

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  2. Love the new title for your blog and hope all went well with the move :-)

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  3. Oooh love it ! So much going on - new house, new blog .... go you !! :)

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  4. I love this, it's more about you. I love your blog, so glad it's not changing too much lol xx

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  5. LOVE LOVE LOVE! Exciting times ahead :) xx

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  6. Congratulations! That didn't take you long at all to sort out! Love the new name. Look forward to reading more on the blog about your new life away from Northumberland.

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  7. Good for you for making the change! Well done and best of luck with it. You've done amazingly well over the past 6 years, here's to (at least) six more!! xx

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  8. Choosing blog names is a nightmare when you start and I always liked your old blogging name. Life as Kim is even better and fits all changes in your life. Congratulations in handling all the changes in real time and blog time. Looking forward to dropping by each week to see what's up with the family. #MMBC

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  9. Welcome back and fab name 👌 X #mmbc

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  10. Congratulations on the move and the change, I think you have been feeling ready for a while, best of love with all the new starts lovely lady x

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  11. That seems to have gone smoothly. The move and the blog name change. I like the new name. You're right about it being so much easier the first time to think of a name. I'd be going round in circles trying to settle on a new one. Looking forward to hearing about how you are all settling in. #MMBC

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  12. I hope with it being more 'you've that it encourages you to write more of those things you've always wanted to write. Brave nove, but I reckon you'll do just fine. :)

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