Hi, blog readers! It's been a whole heck of a lot of time, hasn't it?
The last time I blogged, I believe I was living in New Zealand after my awkward and heartbreaking divorce. I'm here to say that I'm not living in Auckland anymore and I'm doing a lot better. In fact, I'm continuing on my adoption journey on my own! To keep a very long story short (that I do hope to further blog about), my daughter should be born like... right now. But she's staying put at the moment, so I'm taking this time to blog about what I'm taking to the hospital for her and for myself, as someone who is adopting a baby.
This list is just for myself and what works well for all of us. Some things will be the same, but other things will be different. Go with what works for you and your family!
What I'm taking to the hospital
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Hi, everyone.
There's been a lot of things happening in my life lately that I'm sure a lot of people are confused about. I think people on Instagram know, but I don't know if a lot of people outside of those people know too much unless I told them. And honestly, not everyone there knows.
I was very brief for a few reasons.
1. I didn't know what I felt comfortable sharing and omitting.
2. Not everyone needs to know everything.
3. I was (and still am) processing a lot.
But I hope that this clears a lot of things up. Please be kind.
There's been a lot of things happening in my life lately that I'm sure a lot of people are confused about. I think people on Instagram know, but I don't know if a lot of people outside of those people know too much unless I told them. And honestly, not everyone there knows.
I was very brief for a few reasons.
1. I didn't know what I felt comfortable sharing and omitting.
2. Not everyone needs to know everything.
3. I was (and still am) processing a lot.
But I hope that this clears a lot of things up. Please be kind.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Hi everyone! I'm back from being away and in that time, I got married! It was gorgeous and amazing and perfect, and I wouldn't have wanted it to go any differently. Married life is the best and I wouldn't want to go through it with anyone else, so I'm really happy that I was able to meet Josh when I did, even though I hated the idea of dating anyone at all when I was going through what I was.
I think I touched it on a previous blog post, but I've always been wanting to adopt, and now that dream is finally starting to become a reality! Josh loves the idea of adopting and I'm thankful that someone else shares my love of adoption. I knew going into this whole entire adoption process that I should leave it all in God's hands and to keep praying to figure out when the time would be right... as antsy as I was (and still am).
We've FINALLY been blessed with some answers lately, and while I've been documenting them, I thought it would also be nice to document our journey in blog posts, so I polled my Instagram followers and the overwhelming vote was to blog about it, so here I am! Read on to find out all that's going on! xo
I think I touched it on a previous blog post, but I've always been wanting to adopt, and now that dream is finally starting to become a reality! Josh loves the idea of adopting and I'm thankful that someone else shares my love of adoption. I knew going into this whole entire adoption process that I should leave it all in God's hands and to keep praying to figure out when the time would be right... as antsy as I was (and still am).
We've FINALLY been blessed with some answers lately, and while I've been documenting them, I thought it would also be nice to document our journey in blog posts, so I polled my Instagram followers and the overwhelming vote was to blog about it, so here I am! Read on to find out all that's going on! xo
Monday, May 21, 2018
Hey everyone!
It's been a week exactly since I've been back home in the Seattle area, and I'm happy that I'm able to sleep in my own bed in my own room! Yes, this is the same room I had to clean awhile ago. I'm not sad about it anymore though, so ha! Now that I've had some time to come down from spending almost two weeks driving across the country, I've also had that time to remember what it was that we listened to! We drove a U Haul from Washington to Washington because furniture wouldn't fit in his car plus all the other things he had. What we couldn't put in his car was put in there, and when I mean "we", I mean Josh and his friends put everything in the U Haul and I was sitting on the floor watching basketball.
U Hauls, fun fact, are really only equipped with radio, or at least that's what ours has. The good ole' AM/FM standard, but it has that area where you can plug in an adapter into the lighter to plug your phone into, so that's how we get music that way. It's pretty ghetto, and it definitely makes me miss driving an actual car (hint hint) that I can just plug in and listen to Spotify. But this experience also let me figure out what kind of music Josh likes, and he actually likes a couple specific genres, unlike me, who can listen to just about anything and everything.
More than music though, we've also been listening to audiobooks. Pre-trip, I couldn't stand audiobooks. I love books, but I love physical books that I can hold in my hands and smell that book smell. I don't like Kindle or Nook version of books, and I honestly would space out and not listen to audiobooks. Josh brought audiobooks up before we even left, and I told him that I wasn't the biggest fan of them, whereas I think he's the biggest fan of them I know. He's got Audible (this isn't sponsored, but you can get a month free trial right off the bat. Hey Amazon, sponsor your girl) and convinced me to at least think about it.
SO. This post is going to be about the music and audiobooks that we listened to! I ran a poll on my Instagram awhile ago asking if anyone wanted a post also about books, and the majority wanted to read about the books we listened to along with music, so I'm going to combine posts! So if you want music or books OR both, read on!
It's been a week exactly since I've been back home in the Seattle area, and I'm happy that I'm able to sleep in my own bed in my own room! Yes, this is the same room I had to clean awhile ago. I'm not sad about it anymore though, so ha! Now that I've had some time to come down from spending almost two weeks driving across the country, I've also had that time to remember what it was that we listened to! We drove a U Haul from Washington to Washington because furniture wouldn't fit in his car plus all the other things he had. What we couldn't put in his car was put in there, and when I mean "we", I mean Josh and his friends put everything in the U Haul and I was sitting on the floor watching basketball.
U Hauls, fun fact, are really only equipped with radio, or at least that's what ours has. The good ole' AM/FM standard, but it has that area where you can plug in an adapter into the lighter to plug your phone into, so that's how we get music that way. It's pretty ghetto, and it definitely makes me miss driving an actual car (hint hint) that I can just plug in and listen to Spotify. But this experience also let me figure out what kind of music Josh likes, and he actually likes a couple specific genres, unlike me, who can listen to just about anything and everything.
More than music though, we've also been listening to audiobooks. Pre-trip, I couldn't stand audiobooks. I love books, but I love physical books that I can hold in my hands and smell that book smell. I don't like Kindle or Nook version of books, and I honestly would space out and not listen to audiobooks. Josh brought audiobooks up before we even left, and I told him that I wasn't the biggest fan of them, whereas I think he's the biggest fan of them I know. He's got Audible (this isn't sponsored, but you can get a month free trial right off the bat. Hey Amazon, sponsor your girl) and convinced me to at least think about it.
SO. This post is going to be about the music and audiobooks that we listened to! I ran a poll on my Instagram awhile ago asking if anyone wanted a post also about books, and the majority wanted to read about the books we listened to along with music, so I'm going to combine posts! So if you want music or books OR both, read on!
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Hi, everyone! If you missed it, I got engaged! On April 26, 2018 to be exact. And it was the greatest most amazing moment of the last several years of my life, and I'm so so happy I get to be with this kid for the rest of my life (okay, he's not a kid - he's twenty six haha). So I of course had to take some time to write out a blog post all about him! And how we met, how we got engaged, etc. If you know me, you know that we moved very quickly in this relationship and some people say we're taking things too quickly! It's pretty laughable, honestly, like... let me be happy, people! I'm not hurting anyone by being happy, and I hope people truly understand that.
And that's an important thing to know, that I'm happy. You guys, I'm really happy. For the first time in a long time, I don't remember what my life is like being in a massive depression spiral. I don't remember what it's like to sob so hard, my throat is raw and my eyes are out of tears. I don't remember what it's like to constantly want to look perfect for someone else. I don't remember what it's like to be sad. I don't remember what my life is like being constantly anxious. And I know there will come days where I am in a massive depression spiral. I know there will come days where I can't get out of bed because life is so heavy and unable for me to bear. I know there will come days where I'll have an anxiety attack so major, I can't breathe.
But for now: I'm happy. Click through the read more to read about aaall the mushy love stuff!
And that's an important thing to know, that I'm happy. You guys, I'm really happy. For the first time in a long time, I don't remember what my life is like being in a massive depression spiral. I don't remember what it's like to sob so hard, my throat is raw and my eyes are out of tears. I don't remember what it's like to constantly want to look perfect for someone else. I don't remember what it's like to be sad. I don't remember what my life is like being constantly anxious. And I know there will come days where I am in a massive depression spiral. I know there will come days where I can't get out of bed because life is so heavy and unable for me to bear. I know there will come days where I'll have an anxiety attack so major, I can't breathe.
But for now: I'm happy. Click through the read more to read about aaall the mushy love stuff!
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Hey everyone!
Recently, I've been getting some messages on Tumblr or a DM or two on Instagram or someone asking me to my face how I'm able to travel so often! I use the generic answer of "I find really cheap flights and I have two amazing, well paying jobs". But since I'm currently in London (for work - literally), I thought I would share some specific details. I'll break it down a little so it makes some more sense.
Recently, I've been getting some messages on Tumblr or a DM or two on Instagram or someone asking me to my face how I'm able to travel so often! I use the generic answer of "I find really cheap flights and I have two amazing, well paying jobs". But since I'm currently in London (for work - literally), I thought I would share some specific details. I'll break it down a little so it makes some more sense.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Hey everyone! I'm in London! How awesome is that? Stay up to date on my Instagram if you're not coming from that way. I generally always link blog posts to my Instagram story, but I also link onto my Tumblr and Twitter. I post pictures on Instagram every day, so stay updated on there if you'd like! Because my flight was almost eight hours from Washington, DC, I listening to more music than I normally do, and I'm going to list those songs as the ones I'm listening to in April! I lived in Lithuania for a few months last year, and I had a ton of free time, and I used that free time to travel all around Europe, but I won't have as much free time as I did last year, which means less music listening. That's alright, though! Click the read more link to get some new tunes!
My next blog post will be all about how I'm able to afford to travel all around! I know people may be interested, so stay tuned for that!
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My next blog post will be all about how I'm able to afford to travel all around! I know people may be interested, so stay tuned for that!
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