Category: Blog

You know what day it is!!! Yep it’s #transformationtuesday 😀 Each week I make sure to tell a small part of my story, so that all our new followers can get an idea of who I am, and why they should stick around. WELCOME to our 115 new people this week <3 Would you believe these pictures… Continue reading How I Got Younger

This is it kids, we’re home. Everything we own, including this adorable gift from our property manager lol. She clearly understood we didn’t have much :p I love that we are essentially starting over. We can be anything we want, do anything we want and build any life we want. When you have nothing, you… Continue reading When You Have Nothing, You Have Everything

For my first official post as an Austin resident, it’s time for #WomanCrushWednesday!!!! This week I am crushing on a friend from waaaaay back, Sarah Howbert <3 Drop some love in the comments! Every week I choose a woman from my life to celebrate just for being her. I know some people use #WCW for celebs… Continue reading Woman Crush Wednesday – Sarah Howbert

Wow it has been such a crazy ride. We’ve been totally free, no real address, no real home, for 300 straight days. Just me, Snow and Charlie, with everything we own in our car, and our wifi hotspot =P I think it’s so classic that on our 300th day of travel together, Snow and I… Continue reading 300 Straight Days of Travel!

I was watching my niece paint this the other day. I know, I know, I don’t even have my own kids and I’m already subjecting you to kid art LOL. I promise it’s worth the read 😉   Before she started painting I got the full run down of what was going to be on… Continue reading How my Niece Taught Me to Keep Going

You may have noticed I spent the last week hiding from the internet. LOL yeah that’s what me “offline” looks like, I know it’s like a regular person’s busy day :p Seriously though, I have something to share with you.Sometimes in life you have a picture in your head of what something is going to be.… Continue reading Wait, this wasn’t the Plan!

Whoooo!!!! It’s #womancrushwednesday!!!! You know what that means grin emoticon Yep, today I am woman crushin on my Grandma, Margaret Ongstad <3 <3 <3 Every week on Wednesday I take #WCW as a chance to celebrate a real woman from my life that I respect, admire and love. A lot of people use it to celebrate… Continue reading Woman Crush Wednesday – My Grandma

Obligation to other people has always been the biggest reason I’ve never committed suicide. I remember 5 years ago at my lowest low, the one thing that kept me from it was what it would do to my mother, and my grandmother, or my best friend. I wanted to believe that “no one would care”… Continue reading It Takes a Community, Thank You!

I am so fascinated at my own growth sometimes. One of my biggest issues used to be wanting things to go my way. I needed to control things, know what was going to happen, have a plan, etc. I would get anxiety or anger over things that I only thought were up to me. Turns… Continue reading Worrying Can Wait

Every time a new nonsense weight loss fad pops up on the scene I just have to stop and say thank you. The more crazy it is the bigger the thanks. Some of these companies make me want to send them a gift basket for how much easier they make my job 😉 I’ve been… Continue reading Thank you, Fad Diets!!