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Welcome to the first ever blog post of, 85th + Austin. I literally have no idea why I am here or if this will even turn into a thing but here goes... I suppose I should start out with an intro. I am the Wife to a stud, Dan, Danimal, Dan the Man, Mother to two baby terrorists, Addison + Ty, friend to some of the best, interior design wannabe, impulsive re-decorator, fitness enthusiast, dreamer and I am still figuring out the rest. Things I am not.. writer + blogger. As we are all well aware, 2020 has been [insert expletive] of a year. I work in Sales for the Food + Beverage Industry and this year has been ASFSLIKJLKJLKJKJHFKKJ. I spent the year either being furloughed or just not as busy as I normally would be. I am a person that has to always have a goal or something to do so this year has been hard. I've been searching, yearning for something, for the love of GOD anything, to keep my head busy. I am sure you are screaming SAME GIRL! through your screen. So here I am, Nov 2020 entering the blogging world.
Lets take a walk through my jealous worthy attempts of giving 2020 life shall we... I have done workout programs, gained the Quarantine 15, lost the Quarantine 15, then gained the Quarantine 15 back again. I binged nearly every Netflix series, my favorite being, "Nailed It." I was convinced I could bake a cake from scratch and decorate better than anyone on the show which would then lead to me creating a successful small business from my newly found talent. Check out the 'Covid' cake I did for my husbands birthday. Lets just say the cake baking business isn't for the faint of heart and is a little harder than these shows make it out to be.
Lets see.. what else... my family had a stray kitten come along that we adopted as our porch cat. Jellybean stayed for a couple months, got us all attached (husband included, who by the way is deathly allergic), and then up and left without even leaving a note. Dan even made her a two-story, heated home. I was convinced this was going to be the start of O'Rourke Farms (we already have two goats, Billy + Gizmo). How cute, we become this cute little family, helping to raise the poor, homeless, unfortunate animals of the neighborhood. Purr-haps she will still show up one day but the paw-sibility of that happening dwindles more and more every day. I probably could have left that last sentence out but I am a sucker for puns #sorrynotsorry.
I slung some mud to a few Goodwill vases and lamps and thought maybe I can sell these on the FB Marketplace for people like me that can't afford to pay $400 for a ceramic table lamp but are too lazy to go to goodwill, pick up a $5 lamp and throw mud at it. Figuring out how to market this idea proved to be very hard. That then lead me to thinking, lets open an interior decor store. I mentioned this to my husband and he of course thought I was insane. Thank goodness he is the level headed of the two of us.
I think I have given you enough opportunities to be super jealous of what I made out of the year but in all honesty, I am super thankful for everything 2020 has given me. I have never spent more time or may never have as much time with my husband or kids as much as I did this year. I am so GRATEFUL. I was allowed, actually more like forced, into slowing down this year and took more time for myself. I spent time in the sun, went for long walks, went for picnics, got facials to reverse the effects of spending so much time in the sun. I am so THANKFUL. Most of all, I know I am fortunate when I say this, my family is healthy. I am so BLESSED.
What I hope to bring to this blog is light-hearted fun, mixed with DIY projects and whatever comes to mind that I think could be helpful. I am a hot mess so welcome to my hot mess of a life, enjoy the ride!
Virtual Hugs + Wine Chugs
Brit
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