My goal with this blog is to think out loud, to share my thoughts and the ventures I am attempting to take on. This blog will be different than others I have done in the past in that it will not be as focused on "couponing", but rather on my efforts in eating healthy and well, saving money, making money all while trying to do my best to be eco friendly at the same time.
I am a mother of two, a nanny of one, and I'd like to think a lot of other things to many. My attitude towards the life I am trying to create for myself and my kids is that life is too short to be unhappy or unhealthy. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, its more than just something I say to people when there isnt another clear answer or way to comfort. With all my heart I feel and believe that good, bad and in between there is a reason. Sometimes the reason is clear, sometimes the reason is never something we figure out, but I personally try with everything to see the good that can come from any situation and make the best of it.
I grew up in a city and am grateful for the experiences I gained from doing so. I graduated high school with over a 1,000 students, experienced a vast range of cultures and diversities. I absolutely love that I was fortunate to live in such an area and I feel that it in addition to the family values I was raised with, that I learned how to accept and learn from all the cultures I was exposed to. After having children and looking for an area to settle down in- a city area just didnt seem right for raising my children. Charlton, a town mind you that I had never heard of, was the first location we looked. The search went on all the way to Fall River, and we ended up back where we started. I will be honest, for the first 2 plus years I was not comfortable or at home as I was so far away from "home". Over the past 2 years, as I have grown, figured out who I am and who and where I want to be....and with that being said- I am happy to call Charlton, "the woods", or the country as my "home". Yuuuup I am a former city girl turned country girl. Not just with my location which is surrounded by farms, wild animals and some people one might label "hillbillies" but with my music and sometimes cowboy boots as anyone who has met me for even a minute knows :)
I am very passionate about what I want and need. A few years ago I would listen and take the words and advice of others so much to heart that I felt I had to follow it all. I have slowly over the past 4 years learned that doing so is IMPOSSIBLE and will always make someone unhappy, but most importantly it was making ME unhappy. So what do I do now? I listen to ME :) I am happy to hear others advice and opinions and I do take them into account but now I embraced and accepted that little thing called your gut that everyone is always talking about. I am still working on truly allowing that to be all that influences me but i am getting there and trusting more and more. I almost on a daily basis hear people ask me when I am moving back home to the south shore area. I love the reasoning for why everyone wants that but love that I know in my heart and "gut" that my choice is what is best for myself and the two amazing children that I am guiding to be amazing adults :) On that note.....I have major plans for our little piece of land out in the woods now that we are planing to stay. What kind of plans you ask? Stay tuned for the next post :)
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