The Reason Behind the Blog
I hate to be bored. If I’m bored, I sleep. And if I sleep, my kids roam unsupervised and kill each other. And the house. Which creates more work for me.
So I usually have some kind of project or hobby that I’m working on. Plus it keeps me motivated and happy!
For a while it was photography. It’s so expensive paying a photographer for each newborn, and then every bday, and then Christmas, and occasionally Easter if I’m really on my mom game…
So I got a camera. And then photoshop. And then I needed a stand (to set a timer and jump in the picture obviously). And then I needed some lights. Then of course the background stand. I got a few good pics and then the stand fell over on my toddler who freaked out and is now scared to stand in front of it…. So with my few good pics, I then needed to edit them. But first I had to learn how the &$@? to use photoshop. I always thought I would do it after I got the kids to bed (insert laugh) or at work in my down time (in a busy emergency room). Insert another laugh.
So the pics have remained on my memory card unused.…
Home-school preschool was next. If there was a stronger word for fail, that would be how I would describe it. My motivating (aka peer pressuring) friend talked me into this one. Bought the program. Spent hours on Pinterest. Bought all kinds of crap. Started in August. By February we were still on the letter “A.” (She called it the NUMBER “A” if that tells you anything). She could draw a badass “A” though… Needless to say we are now enrolled in preschool….
Read some financial books. Total waste. How am I supposed to use the cash from my envelope on amazon? Investment books talk about investing in stock and 401ks and honestly I don’t even know wtf a 401k is.…..I realized I know how to bring home a paycheck and I must be badass at budgeting since I survived off NOTHING in college. Moving on….
“Curly girl method” became my hobby for a while. I’m a night owl and I love spending my “me time” researching random (worthless) things. It’s basically a method of making your hair super healthy and it will make your natural curls curl better. Researched it for 3 weeks before I even tried it (because I’m a perfectionist like that). I had no idea my hair was so curly! There are literally science/chemistry blogs on the different protein molecules and how they penetrate the hair shaft differently and how to use humectants/occlusives/etc to seal in your moisture. I finally put that chemistry minor to good use and became obsessed. Did it for a few weeks, did it on all of my friends, and then realized I actually hate my hair curly….
So there’s that. But I realized that knowledge is power and you don’t have to waste your money on expensive products when some drug store products actually have better ingredients. Which led to my next obsession…
Skincare. Became obsessed. Started retinA (and also started all of my friends on it). But it’s some super strong s*&%. So you have to have a good moisturizer….which I didn’t even own at the time. Instead of just buying one for who knows how expensive, I decided to research the ingredients (that chemistry minor once again put to use) and actually understand them.
I discovered that you can get the very best moisturizer (and face wash, etc), literally the best, at a drug store. Same ingredients. So don’t waste your money at Sephora. Or on estee Lauder. Ever. I’m now obsessed with my skincare regimen and will never, ever change it. Soooo…
I then bought a Cricut. And a heat press. And that’s about where it begins and ends….
I then organized my whole house. Every closet. Pantry. Cabinets. Bought the cute little bins and baskets and invested (lol) hours on Pinterest. But then I finished…
So I decided to start a blog!! I realized that I’m knowledgable at 3 things.
- Raising kids (well, semi-knowledgable. More like a learn as you go/survival skills knowledge).
- Pediatric medicine. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, it’s just my thing.
- Beauty/skincare/hair/fashion. My obsession and what I invest my free time in.
So instead of trying to become a professional photographer or a preschool teacher, I decided to share what I already know. 🙂
Enjoy!
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