So I’m a pretty shy person and blogging is completely out of my comfort zone, but I’m a 31 year old mama now and I decided to just go for it. Put on my big girl pants and all that ya know. I’ve thought about starting a blog for at least 5 years and I’ve just never done it. Who wants to read what I have to say? Do I even have anything interesting to say? I’m not sure of the answer to those yet, but here we go.
I’m a stay at home mama to three beautiful, strong-willed, adorable babies (two boys and a girl) and they are my world. I know. It’s cheesy and cliché, but honestly, I can’t think of anything I would rather be doing with my life right now than raising these babies. Of course there’s other things I would like to do someday, but this is where I need to be right now. It’s for sure not always sunshine and daisies over here though. Well, maybe if the garbage truck ran over the daisies. It’s chaos most of the time, but I’ve really been trying to soak it all in lately. Just like all the older ladies in the grocery store say, “Oh mama enjoy it all” and “you’ll miss it someday”, I’ve been intentionally trying to slow down and savor more moments with my kids. Even on the days where I’m counting down the minutes and tracking my husband’s location until he gets home from work so I can tap out for 20 minutes. I try to find those glimmers that just give all the good feels and hope that they turn into core memories I can savor when my babies are grown.
I also love to read and DIY all the things. Absolutely love power tools (I bought myself a paint sprayer for Mother’s Day last year). Being able to build and fix things and decorate my house just makes me feel good. Also, books are just so, so good. Actual, physical books are The Best in my opinion. Yes, they take up space, but I dream of having a library room in my forever home someday. With a rolling ladder of course. I may be on the verge of being a book hoarder and I’m very happy to admit that.
The last few years I’ve been working on my green thumb too. I used to be a plant killing machine and envied plant ladies who can grow all the beautiful things. I’m no master gardener, but I’ve been able to keep quite a few plants alive now and I’m pretty proud of that. I have a lot of learning still, but some day I will officially be a plant lady too.
Anyway, if you’ve made it this far Thank you for sticking with me. Hopefully you enjoyed some of that and you’ll come back for more of my words. If not, that’s fine too. I’m totally okay with not being for everyone. Confidence comes with age right? 🙂
-Dani