Well, hello! I have always wanted to start a blog, but never thought that anyone would be interested in the things that I am interested in. After searching around, I found that there are a lot of blogs out there that I really enjoy! But they did not put together EVERYTHING that I like to look at and do. I was looking at one blog here, another blog there. I was thinking, "If they were all just on one blog that would be so much easier!". So, here I am creating my own blog. So bare with me if it is a little newbie-ish, but hopefully I will become a seasoned bloggess and you will enjoy this as much as I will.
This year only has a couple months left and boy, am I glad about that!! There has been so much stress, death,and negative things happening to me and everyone I talk to. My motto for this year is
"2010 can kiss my butt!".
This year started off pretty rough for me. My Mom had a cancer diagnosis in 2000. She had Kidney Cancer and one of her kidney's were removed. She was cancer free for those ten years and then had her Thyroid removed due to polyps found in her thyroid. Those polyps came back with 3 different types of cancer, one including the Kidney Cancer. It came to be that the Kidney Cancer had spread to her thyroid, pancreas, liver and was in Stage 4. Everything went very fast and we lost her very early at the age of 53 on May 24th, 2010.
My Mom is one of 10 kids! *Yes I have a huge family!* She was one of the hubs for everyone in the family. She was fun loving and an awesome Oma (grandma in German, she insisted my sons called her that, very cute) to her grandkids and loved all of her nieces and nephews.
My Mom holding me, one day old.
Oma and my son oldest son
She was a Cancer survivor for many years. She also had Ovarian Cancer when I was in high school.
I miss her more than words can say.
I see a lot of my Mom in myself (whether I like it or not!). Her nickname was Crazy Mary, if that tells you anything of how fun she was. She loved joking around, dancing, and knew how to get a party started. I hope to carry on that legacy :)
I deal with her passing day by day and hope to be able to share my thoughts and feelings with anyone else out there who has also lost a parent sooner than they expected.
I am currently reading this book, and so far, it is very helpful.
I will also be turning 30! this year! With that, and my Mom passing I have decided to just live life to my best definition of happiness. I have to say, I am still learning. But I am really starting to live by the motto-
You only live once!
Here are a few things that I have been doing to be the person I want to be:
Dreads!! I began my dread process a couple weeks ago and let me tell you, it is a process! Everyone says let them be, but I have been a hairstylist for 7 years and I am leaving them alone to my best ability. What inspired me is the blog theorganicsister.com. But I got a lot of info on starting them from here. I will let you know how my dreaded journey goes throughout this blog.
The Future Begins Here
I also LOVE tattoos! I have 6 so far, these are my most recent:
One of my best friends, who is a hairdresser too, and I got matching ones. On our inner arms.
I think peacock feathers are beautiful and they also symbolize change in a person's life.
I also LOVE thrifting! I am hoping to get some skirts and dresses with fun patterns and revamp them with my *beginner* tailoring skills! Here are a few of my finds.
All of these clothes plus two shirts, and 3 sheets with fun patterns that I will upcycle
into something else, for $34! Right On!
*bear with me, my camera is getting fixed and this is a phone pic*
I will end with some things that are keeping me interested and busy!
- My kids cannot get enough of this homemade playdough
- I am going to make a bunch of these upcycled aprons for Christmas presents
- Great way to recycle your movies, books, and video games.
- Purchased one of these, and received it in the mail yesterday can't wait to wear it tomorrow!
I love you Steph. Hang in there, we are all thinking about you! Can't wait to see your finished dreads.
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