Since I last blogged, we have bought a house, 2 kids have graduated from high school and one now lives out on his own. Oh yeah, my husband and I have a full house with a combined total of 6 kids. Age ranges from 21-11. It's pretty fabulous having them all past the age where they can flop together a sandwich as to not starve if I am sleeping in on the weekend or whatever. We now have 3 high schoolers and a middle schooler. Since all that just isn't enough I watch my goddaughter full time during the week and another sweet wee one (who is now my adopted niece) and they are 2 and 3. They keep me on my toes, teach me a ton about myself, keep me real and in touch with all things princess :) they are little rays of sunshine and I am so proud to be their auntie!
Currently I am smack in the middle of the journey of trying to get fit. Before I started this 2 months ago I hated working out. Now I actually look forward to it! My neighbor and I have become good friends and we have been pushing each other through this adventure. We have even started.... Take a seat you guys... We have started running. Well not full blown marathon running or anything but we are running. I hate anything that makes me sweat. Let me rephrase that. I USED TO hate anything that made me sweat. Now that I have turned 40, sweating is key to getting this body to change! I will tell you all more about that in another post.
I have always crafted. Always. Not always beautiful crafts, but I have tried pretty much every craft and most I love. It keeps me calm and my brain good and busy which I love and need ;) so you will see tons of that. I have a bunch of goals for this year that include getting my blog up and running (check) and getting an Etsy store running again and possibly even do a few craft shows this year. I need to push myself out of my comfort zone and hopefully encourage a few of you to do the same!
So welcome to this journey! I can't wait to see where it brings me over the next few months and I am looking forward to feedback from you as well.
Let me leave you with a few not so well known facts about moi!
1) I make almost all of our cleaning products
2) I have a freakish obsession with coconut oil
3) I try and craft SOMETHING every day
4) I love cooking but don't love using recipes so I am not the best baker
5) I could watch Eight Legged Freaks, The Proposal, Pitch Perfect, Doc Hollywood and Footloose every day and nothing else and be perfectly happy
6) I have the heart of a gypsy... I would move once a year if that was a even moderately stable environment for our kids
7) after 13 years, I still have a mad crush on my husband
8) our household has 3 dogs, 3 cats, a bearded dragon, 2 snakes and a guinea pig.
9) I would have a small farm if I could
10) living off grid sounds like heaven to me
11) I am heavily tattooed and my husband is a tattoo artist
12) "normal" isn't in my vocabulary and not something that I encourage anyone I know to strive for
13)glitter makes my world go round
14) I'm 5'3" and my husband is 6'3" so we are quite the sight when we are out and about
15) my nieces think that Sleeping Beauty's Castle is " AUNTIES HOUSE!!!"
16) I live in Southern California so I don't really understand weather other than "nice"
17) I have awful anxiety
18) I love leopard/cheetah print and wear it as often as humanly possible
19) my kids are the most amazing people I know. I have no idea what I did to get to have them as my children, but I am forever grateful for them
Okay, that's probably good for tonight. This is gonna be fun so stick around! xoxo a.
