American friends, this is it. Today is the day that the incessent phone calls end.  The day that we’ll begin seeing more holiday shopping commercials than political ads.  The day that maybe your Facebook friends will go back to posting pictures of their dinners instead of ranting about this candidate and that issue.

I go out of my way to not talk about two big things on my blog – politics and religion.  And guys, I promise that I’m not going to start now.  But, today is one of those days that I just live for.  You may or may not know that in my pre-kid, pre-house, pre-blog life, I worked in elective politics.  It was a tired, stressful, crazy life, but man-oh-man was it exciting to me.

Even though I left that part of my life behind professionally, it still remains close to my heart.  I eat, sleep and breathe political coverage, and I’m one of the only people in America who is sad that the election is drawing to a close.

So today, I’ll act like this:

Tracy Flick from the movie Election

As the day rolls on, I’ll get anxious and want to stuff my face with this:

American Flag Cake by Glorious Treats

Once the polls close and the news media starts calling states, I’ll wish that I was sitting on this:

Map Settee by Frou Fru Gal

At the end of the night, at least I can rejoice in no longer feeling like this:

 

And finally, I can get back to working on this:

Today’s an important day.  This is it.

Have you voted already or are your going to vote today?  Let me know – just don’t mention who you voted for, because I don’t want my comments section to be come as divided as our country.

 

Wait.  What?

Yep!  Living With Lindsay is now Makely.  This blog has morphed into so much more than its original purpose of chronicling how hard it is for my family to live in the midst of my project chaos.  Instead, Living With Lindsay became a resource for tutorials, projects, inspiration, and a place to see what random things I’d hang from my ceiling.

I’ve been contemplating a name change for quite a while now, as I honestly never really loved Living With Lindsay.  I did a lot of thinking on it while I was on my 3000 mile road trip with the kids this summer.  It was the perfect time to do some good, inward contemplation while the kids napped and I drove along the open road.  I don’t get that sort of quiet, alone thinking time very often, and it really helped me to bring some things into focus.

Somewhere between Memphis and Little Rock, the name Makely popped into my mind.  It struck me because it was a form of something that you and I do the most – we MAKE.  We make old furniture look awesome again.  We make confident decisions about our decor.  We make our homes fun, bold places for our families to live.  Makely is just a fun way to describe what we are – We are Makely.

The name of the blog, Makely School for Girls, is meant to be tongue in cheek.  I don’t have all the answers and certainly don’t pretend to.  Crap, I probably learn more from you than you do from me.  I just thought it would be fun and memorable since it’s a blog with a lot of home decor tutorials.  It’s not just for girls – boys, y’all are welcome to be here, too!

The content and focus of Makely is not going to stray from what you found on Living With Lindsay.  In fact, all of my old content has moved over here (thanks to my genius husband, Tom).  I think we managed to lose a few of last week’s comments somehow, but I consider that a win with everything we’ve been working on behind the scenes for the past several months.

Later in October, you’ll see two new contributors join us here.  My husband, Tom, will be writing occasionally about basic DIY stuff.  He’s been threatening to write some posts for you all these years, so I’m finally taking him up on his threat.  I’m also beyond excited to announce that Michelle Hinckley from 4 Men 1 Lady will be contributing her fantastically bold vision in occasional posts, as well.  I consider it such an honor that she would choose to join us at Makely.

There are a few little things that have changed.  Obviously, my url is different now.  If you go to LivingWithLindsay.com you will still get here, but if you have this blog bookmarked, changing your bookmark to MakelyHome.com will get you here like a second faster since it doesn’t have to redirect from my old url.  My email and social media addresses have also changed, but again, they have all been renamed or forwarded so that I haven’t lost any of you in the transition.  Those are now:

Facebook:  http://www.Facebook.com/MakelyHome  (This page still says “Living With Lindsay” as it’s title, but I’ve submitted the paperwork for the name change to the powers that be at Facebook.)
Twitter:  http://www.Twitter.com/MakelyHome
Pinterest:  http://www.Pinterest.com/MakelyHome
Email:  Lindsay@MakelyHome.com

If you subscribe to my blog via an RSS reader or by email, you should still get those delivered as usual.  I hope that you didn’t get the same posts re-delivered after I changed the name of the feed, but if you did I’m very sorry.  That was a one time thing.  If you’d like to subscribe by email or an RSS reader of your choice, you can do that here.

A mobile site will be ready in the next few days.

There’s also a pop up that alerts you that Living With Lindsay is now Makely.  Totally annoying, I know.  It will (or should) only show up 3 times in your lifetime.  You can click the X to dismiss the box the first three times you see it or click the bottom of it where it says “Never see this message again.”  I’ll remove it completely in a month or so after I feel like the name change is no longer “news.”

 

Can you help me spread the word?

I’d love for you to help me spread the word that the name of this blog has changed.  You can Tweet, Facebook or Pin this post or my new name so the word spreads.  There are little social sharing buttons at the end of each post that let you do that with just a click.  You can also invite your Facebook friends to join us on the Makely Facebook page if you think they’d like the blog.  If you have your own blog, you can add Makely to your blogroll or even put my new button in your sidebar.

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Thanks for your support for the last few years.  I really appreciate each and every one of you more than you will ever know.

Alright, now let’s make some stuff!