My Fixer Upper Week!!

This past week is what I'm going to call Fixer Upper Week. Ok, so Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday were more Fixer Upper themed, but whatever. Haha :) Anyways, Tuesday, I watched the new episode of Fixer Upper like I do every Tuesday night. Then, on Wednesday we went down to the West Bottoms and went to Restoration Emporium. Restoration Emporium is honestly my new favorite store (It's literally like the Magnolia Market of Kansas City!). We walked around there for awhile since the store is literally 3 STORIES! I ended up buying a KC shirt which Joanna has the same one of (Sorry not Sorry haha).

             

    Here's Joanna wearing the same shirt I bought

Then came Saturday aka one of the BEST days ever! So I got up at 4 am because honestly this day was up there for being a best day. Demo day is THE best day, Christmas is a close second, and Chip and JoJo at the KC home show is third (If you watch Fixer Upper, you'll know that Chip's two favorite days of the year are Demo Day and Christmas). Anyways, I went ahead and did my hair and make up and realized it was only 5:30 when I was done and realized I was up wayyyyy too early, so I went back to my room and layed in bed and watched some Fixer Upper while I waited for it to become a little more reasonable time. At about 6:30 or 7:00, I got out of bed and finished getting ready. We left the house around 8:30 and headed Downtown. 

 

Brandon and I in the car! 

Once we got to the convention center after parking and all that fun stuff, we saw how long the GA line was and I was really concerned the VIP line would be just as long, but Brandon and I ended up being 3rd in line. 

VIP line sign 

So we waited until about 10 when the doors opened and then we imediately got sent to the area for the VIP show. Brandon and I were Lucky enough to get front row seats. We then sat through a presentation from Jennifer Allwood. She literally paints anything and everything. After her, we got blessed with entertainment by Jen Bertrand who was the winner of HGTV's Design Star Season 3. She was actually just the announcer, but we were all just sitting there waiting for noon and so she decided to do a Q&A and just have fun. About 30 minutes before Chip and JoJo were supposed to come on, Darrel RodRock of RodRock homes came on stage to talk about his foundation that helps Foster Kids. He talked for about 10 minutes and then introduced Chip and JoJo, but they were still down on the first floor and the staff hadn't really planned very well. So, there was another short Q&A and then they announced Chip and JoJo! 

My first reaction and thoughts haha

They shared their testimony and some stories about how they met, started their business, etc. one of my favorite parts was when they showed some Chip bloopers. At one point they were showing one where JoJo was playing the drums and chip was dancing and right there on stage, Chip started dancing right next to Jo and she was totally clueless until she turned and jumped and then kinda ran away from him. Everyone was laughing so hard. 

After that, they were sharing some stories. One of my favorites (because this would totally happen to me) happened right after they got married.  So Jo's parents paid for them to go to New York on their Honeymoon and while there, they were living up like the Kardashians (Chips words... Not mine haha). Anyways, when they got back to Waco, they were going to be staying in one of Chip's fixer uppers. Joanna figured he had already fixed it up and had gotten electricity and water turned on, but in typical Chip fashion, he hadn't thought that much ahead. So,he carries Joanna over the threshold into this nasty house. Turns out Chip had been renting it out to some Baylor athletes who left all their food and trash. They had also had dogs that obviously hadn't been taken outside enough. So the house was a mess, totally stunk, and had no electricity or water in the middle of July. So Chip tells Jo that they are going to rough it and it'll be ok. So, they set some blankets on the floor and went to bed. Well, at about 3 that morning, Jo starts hitting Chip because she is done. She told him she couldn't breathe and she wanted out of there. She decided they should go stay in Chip's parents RV which was full of all their (Chip and Jo's) belongings. So they go and get in the RV and Chip says he knows where a nice RV park is so they drive to this RV park that is next door to a cemetery. So they are headed into this park and Chip sees a shortcut that has a little dip in it. He starts to drive through the shortcut and when he reaches the dip, he ends up getting the RV stuck each bumper on the higher part of this dip so when he hits the gas, the tires are just spinning. So he sees they're not very far from an outlet and is just yanking on the chord to be able to plug it in. The next day, they go to back to the house to start working on it. At one point, they are painting and Chip says something and it made JoJo really mad and she picks up the 5 gallon bucket of primer and slams it to the ground. The force from her slamming it causes it to splash and her whole face gets covered in primer. At this point, Chip tells us in the Gaines family when something like that happens, you forget about the argument and start laughing. But in the Stevens (Jojo's maiden name) family, laughing causes the argument to reach a new level. So Chip is laughing because Jo is covered in head to toe with primer and this sets Jo off so she starts kicking at him. 

    Chip imitating JoJo kicking

I absolutely loved that story because that's something that would totally happen to me. They told a lot of other great stories. A couple of them are going to be in their new book which is coming out in October. They then showed another video which we were the first people to see which was their video that ended up getting them their show. After a little while, Jen (the anouncer) had everybody stand up and turn around to take selfies with Chip and JoJo. The homeshow staff wasn't allowing a meet and greet and so Jen came up with the next best thing. I took a bunch of selfies and then decided to change it to video. Well, JoJo must have realized I was on video because she literally waved to my camera! 

JoJo waving!!

One of my many selfies

To finish off, they did a Q&A session and then a trivia session for some Magnolia Swag. After the VIP session, I really wanted to say something to Chip and I started to, but staff was forcing Chip and Jo to leave even though they really didn't want to. 

We ended up leaving to head home soon after because it was starting to get really crowded. Once I got home, I tweeted Chip and Jo but since they were doing the public show, they didn't see it. So I tweeted it again yesterday.

My tweet to Chip and JoJo 

The note I attached to the tweet

Not long after I tweeted it, a glass guy from Waco who works with Chip and Jo retweeted and favorited it. This then got the attention of Rob Zimmerman who's the Co-executive producer of Fixer Upper and he retweeted it. Well, this morning, my mom saw Chip was online and she quote retweeted my tweet and told Chip to look at it. So I wake up to see a tweet from Chip in my notifications. 

                 

Chip's response to my tweet!!

This weekend was honestly life changing for me. I honestly woke up Sunday morning and thought I love Chip and Jo more than One Direction. Then I imediately thought did I really just think that?!? But, I then realized I did think that and that I really meant it. It felt really good to realize that. I really love the example Chip and JoJo set. They are honestly no different on TV than they are in real life. They are really nice and honestly if you didn't know who they were, you would never guess that they are famous. 

Ok, so I know this post is already freakishly long, but I wanted to give everyone an update. So Sunday morning I woke up around 5:30 with severe pain in my left shoulder. I went back to sleep figuring it was just from me sleeping wrong. I knew it was muscular and not anything super bad. Anyways, around 8, I woke up in tears because my arm hurt so bad. I took some ibuprofen and about 20 minutes later there was a loud pop and everything was fine. But 20 minutes later it was still hurting. The rest of my day was spent dealing with pain and my shoulder popping every time it moved. This morning, my mom called my physical therapist. He was really concerned and totally confused at the same time so he asked me to come in. So, I got to go to an emergency PT appointment. He massaged my muscles and had me do some simple stretches. He then explained to me that my muscles are EXTREMELY tight. My shoulder blade muscles are so that they aren't moving which is causing my rotator cuff muscles to do all the work. Well, they've been doing the work for so long that they're just done and that's why I'm dealing with so much pain. So now they're working to loosen those muscles because (this is what it sounded like) every time I move my arm, my shoulder slightly dislocates causing everything to grind together. So, they're loosening it to then stabilize it. So I'm pretty much a hot mess, but we're working to get everything normal. :) 

 

     

 

   

Spring... Oh how I love you... NOT!

So I really don't enjoy spring. Don't get me wrong, the temperature outside is great during the spring. I LOVE the nice days. But I can not stand the stormy days. Between Thunderstorms and Tornadoes, I hate spring. But this year I have an added reason... Headaches. This week there have been two rainy days and both days have been horrible.

On Tuesday, we had our first thunderstorm of the season. Between my anxiety that I get during storms and the migraine I woke up with it was not a good day. I was supposed to go to work and ended up having to text my boss letting her know I wouldn't be there because of my migraine. I tried all of my plan for when I get headaches and nothing was working. I had tried my Cefaly twice and ended up taking zofran and ibuprofen. Luckily the zofran worked and my nausea went away, but the ibprofen didn't and I still had a headache. So, since none of my plan was working, I ended up having a panic attack because I was really scared I was going to end up in the hospital again. It was honestly the worst migraine I've had since I was hospitalized in December. Luckily I was able to go to bed and the next morning my headache was gone.

So the rest of the week was good until today, Saturday. I was doing good all day which is great considering it was raining pretty much all day. But this evening about 20 minutes ago, I started to get a migraine. I quickly finished getting my slice of angel food cake and strawberries put together (priorities right? haha ;)) and then ran up stairs to get my Cefaly. I then put it on and started the 20 minute session and ate my cake. I also started typing this blog post (Of course, my session just ended as I typed that sentence). My headache seems to be gone now thank goodness but I won't know for about 5 more minutes since my forehead to about the middle of my nose is numb.

Rocking my Cefaly and enjoying my cake. :)

Let's hope this isn't what my whole spring is going to be like. There's not really anything my neurologist can do to help me since it's the weather that triggers my headache. So hopefully this is just an odd week for me but I'm highly doubting it (I'm not trying to be pessimistic just stating the truth). Anyways, I should go do my Physical Therapy stretches and then go to bed because I'm tired. :)

Oh, and it's been about 10 minutes, my head is no longer numb and I don't have a headache! :)

Physical pain... I mean therapy.

So, I started Physical Therapy this week and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love it because it means my headaches might become less frequent and its excersize. I hate it because it hurts. You see the muscles from my neck to my hamstrings are extremely tight to the point we only worked on stretches this week. 

So, until my muscles are a bit looser, I'm not going to be working on strength. I have to do these stretches twice a day and let me tell you, they do not feel good. I've been close to tears a couple of times and I haven't been able to do the full amount/time for any of these.

Also, you might be curious on why it matters that my hamstrings are tight. Well, I have really crappy posture. I can't sit up straight for more than 5 seconds before it starts to hurt. This is because of my hamstrings. So, until those start to loosen up, I can't sit up straight for very long. 

One thing we are trying to work on is my posture. To help me sit up straight longer, anytime I get a text and look at it (so If you have my number, feel free to send me random texts haha), I have to check my posture and sit up straight for a couple of seconds. My favorite way to help me sit up straight is when I'm watching my favorite show "Fixer Upper" on HGTV. Anytime JoJo says Shiplap, I have to check my posture. Sometimes I hate it though because there will be times she says it like 3 times in a row and so I have to sit up longer, but in the end it will be worth it.

Today, I realized how much I didn't want to do my stretches and so I came up with a reward chart. I went and found a fun one on Pinterest and printed out 3 copies. Then, I wrote my stretches in the columns. Once I've filled a couple of the sheets, I'm going to reward myself. I'm really hoping this will keep me motivated to do them.

                         

                                                                  My chart

I'm really excited to make some progress and hopefully be able to do my stretches without pain. :)

Oh, the craziest thing happened while I was at Target with my family today. As my family was getting ready to leave, we hear somebody yell,"STOP! SECURITY!" Then, just as we turn to look, we hear this loud thud as this guy is basically thrown into the glass in the exit of the store. So, we quickly walk away from that area, but we're still close enough to see what's going on as security is trying to restrain this guy. It took them like 5 minutes or so to finally handcuff him. He tried shoplifting a couple of things and security caught him. I was terrified at first, but now looking back, it was totally cool and slightly entertaining. I hope to never be in one of those situations again though. I will honestly never look at a security guard the same again. Just because they look like they couldn't tackle someone definetly does not mean they can't. 

Holy Moly!

I haven't updated in almost two years!!! I'm going to try and update my blog more often. So, I thought I would let everyone know what happened in December and give an update.

So a couple days before thanksgiving, I got a really bad migraine. I took some ibuprofen and hoped it would go away but the next day it was still there. This process went on for 10 days. Finally on December 3rd, I couldn't take the pain anymore and had my parents take me to the ER. They started giving me valporic acid, magnesium sulfate, zofran, and Benadryl. They gave me a couple of doses and after those didn't work, the doctor decided they would try one more dose. About halfway through that dose he came in and asked me how I was feeling. I told him I felt the same which then he responded, "I figured, I've already put you on the list to be admitted." He then proceeded to tell me that once I got upstairs, they were going to try a med called DHE. I was terrified to get this med because of all the reactions I've had to meds. Once we were upstairs, the doctor came in to talk to us and reassured me by letting me know they were going to do a test dose. The test dose was a very small amount of the med. since the med was given to me through an IV, within 5 minutes, I was having almost every reaction in the book. So, instead of doing another dose, they let me go to sleep. I was exhausted and at that point sleep was more important. So the next morning the decided they were going to go back to the meds they used in the ER since my headache had gone down and the DHE dose was too small to have made a difference. They were able to get my headache down to a two on the 1-10 pain scale. I wasn't eating and drinking like I should have been, so I didn't get to go home until the 6th. 

Once I got home, I relaxed for a little while and then went to our stake's community nativity event. I really didn't feel good and I was completely drugged, but I got to do the one tradition I love the most. I don't even remember much of it to be honest. But the fact I got to go makes me happy.

So Monday morning I woke up and I couldn't move my head it hurt so bad. We were concerned it could be meningitis. It was the worse I have ever felt. My headache was a 10. So, my parents rushed me back to the ER. I was absolutely miserable. The lights, sounds, and smells were bugging me so much. Once I was in a room, the doctor came in and was not happy that I was 18 and at a Children's hospital. We explained to her why we were there and she determined it wasn't meningitis. She then started giving me the same meds I had last time. After awhile, she came in to tell me that they were admitting me to the downtown campus so neurology could be in charge.

I was in a stable enough state that they just had my parents transport me downtown. Once I got downtown, they decided to draw blood. They were having issues drawing blood and one of the nurses decided to go after a vein right by my elbow. This poke ended with no blood, and me screaming bloody murder and crying. At this point they decided to give me a break. Later they came in and had a successful no tears blood draw. They also decided to add prednisone to the mix at this point. The meds they gave me me my veins burn so by the 3rd day I needed a new IV. Since they ran out of veins, they had to call the vascular team in. They decided to put in a midline. A midline is like a fancy IV that goes from the middle of my arm and the tube ended in my armpit. It also goes in a bigger vein so it didn't burn anymore and it lasts for up to 30 days.

                                      Rocking my midline and crown!

The night I got my midline, a really cute boy who just happened to be a volunteer brought the craft cart to my room. I decorated a crown and he colored a butterfly mask. That was a pretty big highlight during the hospital stay. After I decorated my crown and he left, I went for a walk on my floor wearing my crown.

                                      

                                                 It was snapchat worthy!

The next day, I got to go home and my headache was completely gone. This was great since Brandon's graduation was that weekend. So, I got to sleep in my own bed one night before having to go to Manhattan. I got to spend the weekend with Brandon and I am so proud of him for graduating!

                                       

                           I had to wear a mask since I was on such a high dose of 

                                      Prednisone and I had no immune system.

So, I went to the neurologist for the first time a week ago and while I didn't get any answers other than the ones I already have with my headaches, I got some new treatment options. One of the options that I have tried is called Cefaly. It's basically a TENS unit for my head. So basically they put an electrode across my forehead and attach a headband. My headache went from a 6 to a 0 using this. I'm going to go into the clinic a couple more times to make sure it works and then I am going to buy one for home so I don't always have to go to the clinic when I have a headache. 

                             This is the Cefaly, it's kinda lame but it works wonders!

Since they believe stress and anxiety is a major cause, I'm starting counseling next week. I am also going to be starting physical therapy. They also have talked about doing acupuncture or a nerve block if needed. They also ran some blood work to make sure I don't have something like lupus. Luckily it seems to have come back normal.

So a lot of people have asked me what causes my headaches. They aren't totally sure. They think a lot of it has to do with the fact I had Pseudo Tumor Cerebri. (You can read about it here: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pseudotumor-cerebri/basics/definition/con-20028792). Mine was medicine induced so I don't have it anymore. Anyways, it has cause the nerves in my brain to be extremely sensitive. Also, like I said earlier stress and anxiety don't help.

Through this experience, I've learned my health is more important than anything. I have to be careful that I don't over do it. Every week I get one to three headaches. I still get wiped out pretty easily and some days I don't even want to get out of bed. But everyday I continue to put a smile on my face and try to stay positive.

I know it's been a while

Hey guys!
It's been 2 weeks since I posted which is not how I wanted to start this blog. I would have posted last week, but I got a really nasty stomach bug on Sunday and spent most of my morning in the ER. It was the worst I have ever felt. But, anyways I'm feeling better for the most part. So I will update you guys on the last 2 weeks.

I went to a stake dance on the 29th of March and had lots of fun with my friends. Then, the next day I went to Lake Mary, which is a facility for kids and adults who have disabilities. I had lots of fun playing games with them and helping them make crafts. Then Saturday night, was the General Women's meeting for women/girls ages 8 and up. It was such a great meeting and I really enjoyed what everyone had to say. If you haven't seen it and would like to, check it out here.  Then, Sunday I was in the ER getting treated for dehydration due to the nasty stomach bug I got.

This past week was pretty boring. I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday to check up after my ER visit. Then, on Saturday and Sunday was General Conference. I enjoyed listening to all the speakers. If you would like to see it, click here! During Conference, I decided to do some indexing to help me pay attention cause I'm not a very good note taker, and if I'm not doing anything, I fall asleep. I had so much fun indexing though. I had set a goal for 100 and I ended up indexing 260 records! Once you get the hang of it, it's really fun and easy.

So I've pretty much just summed up my past two weeks. :) I will post again on Sunday hopefully! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get ready to watch Dancing With The Stars. I'm really hoping Cody doesn't get voted off this week. Oh, and listen closely tonight because he's dancing to one of his songs tonight! :)

Genealogy Conference- Kansas City

I spent 2 days of my spring break (Friday and Saturday) at a Genealogy Conference in Kansas City. I had so much fun at it and learned so much! :)

Friday

I got up at about 6:30 and got ready to head to the conference. I got there around 8:30 and got signed in and ready to listen to the Keynote speaker. I honestly don't remember a lot of the keynote cause I wasn't really listening due to being in the middle of having an anxiety attack. After the keynote, I went to my first class which was "Becoming a US citizen: A look at Naturalization Records" and learned a lot but I didn't take the best of notes in. After that I went to a "Using Social Media" class and that class explained the differences between Social Media Sites and how to use them. I got a handout and will be willing to share it with anyone who wants to see it, but I don't want to post it on here cause I don't know if it's copyrighted or not. 

After that class was lunch. Which, for me consisted of a bag of potato chips and mini oreos. I know that was such a healthy lunch! But to be honest I wasn't very hungry and that sounded delicious haha! :) 

I then went to the class "Preserving Your Digital Heritage: Methods to Preserve Your Digitally Born Files". I actually learned a lot in that class on how to keep your digital files safe. I have a lot of information that I got in that class. One thing that I thought everyone might want to know from that class is when saving files, you should follow the 3-2-1 Rule. The 3-2-1 Rule is Make 3 copies, Have them on 2 different types of media and Keep 1 copy in a separate location from your hub collection. I have 2 full pages with more info if anyone wants to know more. Once again cause of the possibility of copyright, I don't want to post it on here. After that, I went to the "Digital Scrapbooking" class. I didn't really learn anything new in that class. Basically if you have ever made a photo book, you know how to do digital scrapbooking. 

I went to one of my favorite classes of the whole conference next. You can probably guess what it was since you know I'm writing a blog post. :) The class was "How to Blog your family History". I loved this class so much! Mandy Beyeler was awesome! She explained everything perfectly and got me so excited to start this blog. 

Here are my notes if anyone is interested.

I then went to my next class which was "FamilySearch Indexing: YOUth Taking the lead". I had been doing Indexing for a long time, but then something happened and I stopped Indexing. For those of you that don't know what indexing is, it's where they have the digital documents (like right now they're doing Obituaries) and you then you transcribe the information and to help them make the information available for anyone. That probably made no sense so just check out www.familysearch.com/indexing. Indexing is actually super fun and yesterday I started indexing again! 

We then had a closing (I guess you could call it) Keynote address. It was called "Leaping Over Brickwalls: 10 tips to Fast Forward". The speaker was Kathleen Brandt from a3 genealogy. If any of you have seen the show "Who do You Think You Are?" on NBC, She was on Tim McGraw's episode. She was so funny and I learned so much from her. I took a ton of notes which are saved on my computer and I will e-mail them to anyone who wants them. 

Saturday

I was most excited for Saturday because of the fireside that evening. I was there for the keynote address, but it was basic information that I already knew, so I really wasn't paying all that much attention and didn't take notes. After the Keynote address, it was time for classes. 

My first class was "Worming Your Way through Digital Books". I learned a lot of stuff in that class, but didn't take too many notes. I am going to type my notes up that I have cause they aren't the best handwriting due to having to write fast, but I would also be willing to email those if anyone wants them. I was then on to my next class which was "Indexing for Youth Part 2". Once again, the teacher got me super excited to start indexing! In this class, he showed us how to index mostly. 

It was then Lunch time which, once again I wasn't very hungry and so my lunch was once again Potato Chips and Oreos. But, I also had some Cantaloupe and grapes, so it was a little more healthy. :)

My next class was "False Teeth Cause Death- What you can learn by Indexing Obituaries". I really didn't learn anything cause it was basically the adult version of  the Indexing classes I had taken earlier. 

I then had my "Finding the Stories" class. In that class I learned about how to find out stories about your family and how to start creating your own family history.

Here are the notes I took for anyone who is interested.

 I then had my last class of the day which was "Arise Up and Call Me Blessed - One Descendant's Journey to find Emma Smith". I didn't take any notes in this class, but it was so good! I learned so much about Emma Smith! She is such a strong person and I honestly look up to her. :)

So since I did the conference and took classes, I had the chance to go to a meet and mingle with Sister Elaine S. Dalton and her husband. I was so excited! So, after the last class, the youth who got to participate in the meet and mingle got sent to the Cultural Hall (Gym) and waited until we were able to go to the High council room for the meet and mingle. Once I got into the high council room, I went right over to Sister Dalton because I had brought my own dinner due to the fact that they were having Pizza and I no longer can have dairy. I was so excited I could barely talk at first. At first it was me and a group of girls, and we all talked to her, then the girls walked away. At that point, I told her that I had her book and I then asked her to sign it. She was more than glad to.

My book that She Signed!

Then, My mom and new friend Emily walked over and we all started talking to her. She told my mom that she thought my mom and I were sisters which made my mom's day. We talked for a little while and then my mom and Emily went to get their food. I just stood there awkwardly cause I was all alone and waited for them. After that, I went and ate my dinner. Don't worry it was a ham sandwich and cantaloupe with grapes. :)

 After I was done eating my mom told me to go back to the high council room and try to get a picture with Sister Dalton. I stood there for about 10 minutes and there were girls in front of  me that were getting ready to get a picture with her and Sister Dalton said,"Let's let this girl (Me) get a picture first, she's been waiting for quite awhile." So then, I went and stood next to Sister Dalton forgetting that I had my camera in my hand and one of the moms that were in the room was like, "Do you have a camera?" I was like,"Oh yeah! Duh! haha." The mom was getting ready to take the picture and Sister Dalton saw my dad and asked him if he was my dad. He said yes and Sister Dalton told him to get in the picture right next to me so he did.

Here's the picture of us.

So after the picture, Sister Dalton told my dad to add the caption to the bottom "Good Job Dad". For those of you who are confused about why she said to do that. In the October 2011 General Conference she gave a talk called "Love Her Mother". You Can check out the talk here. So here is the picture with the caption. :)

After I got the picture with my dad, I asked her if I could get a selfie with her. She said sure! After my selfie, I told her thanks. She then told me," You are so cute!" That is one thing I will never forget!

It was honestly one of the best nights of my life. It is up at the top with the Cultural Celebration for my favorite nights. I didn't take any notes cause I just wanted to enjoy the fireside. Brother Dalton spoke about Family History and Temple work. It was an amazing talk. He showed us a clip of Elder Bednar's talk "The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn". You can check out that talk here. In that talk Elder Bednar listed the blessing you will receive if you do Family history.

Here is a list of the blessings.

Sister Dalton talked about anything and everything. One thing that stuck out to me was that she said,"In school, I was the Unpopular nerd." That line meant so much to me cause not so much now that I do online school, but when I went to a public school, I was that girl. So to know that she was that girl really made me smile. She also kept reminding us that we are never alone. Another thing that she mentioned was how it's never to late to repent on mistakes we have/are making. She mentioned how if she was running a marathon and she made a wrong turn, she wouldn't keep going the wrong way wasting all her training and time. She would turn around as quickly as she could and make her way back to the race path. I enjoyed that fireside so much and I am so glad I was able to go. I promise my posts won't always be this long but, I wanted to cover everything that happened. :)

My First Post!! :D

Hey guys!
So I finally started a blog! I've been wanting to start one for a while but I've never really made time for it. I went to a Genealogy Conference on Friday and Saturday (More about that in another post tomorrow). But, while at that conference, I went to a class about blogging taught by Mandy Beyeler from Sugarbeecrafts.com. She was so awesome and got me really motivated to start a blog. I am really excited and can't wait to post about all the exciting things happening in my life! :)