20 Random Facts About Me

As a part of my New Year's resolutions I said I was going to try and be a little more open and honest with my readers.  Not to say that I've been lying but in the just over a year I've been blogging, I haven't given very many personal details about myself.  I've done this for a reason because the internet opens you up to so many people and some of those people may not have the best intentions but I feel like I've been holding my personality back for the people that do want to get to know me better.

1.  I was born and raised in the Midwest and I've lived here all my life.

2.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE snow.  However this winter has given us a tad more snow that even I enjoy.  We're averaging snow every 3-4 days lately.

3.  I consider myself to be a very logical person and this competes with my creative side a lot.  I feel like it's the whole right brain versus left brain that I read about in high school psychology.  

4.  I got my bachelor's degree in political science and at one point wanted to go to law school.  

5.  I also have my master's degree in public administration.

6.  At 29 years old I don't know "what I want to be when I grow up" and I'm ok with that.  I've come to realize that we all evolve as we get older and it's not a bad thing to be open to whatever may come my way. I've seen a lot of people make career changes around my age because they've had a chance to live life and realize that what they originally chose when they were young isn't what they want to do for the next 40 years.  I think it's kind of scary that we make all these life decisions at the age of 18.

7. I am a self taught knitter and crocheter.  I dabbled in them after college but I really picked up steam knitting while I was in graduate school and taking a stressful class.

8.  I love soft textures.  I got two blankets for Christmas this past year because my mom saw them and knew I would love how soft they are.

9.  My favorite food is Italian.  We generally have some kind of pasta every week for dinner.

10.  I have 3 dogs and 1 cat.  I love animals as I'm sure anyone who reads my blog can see.  They make appearances quite often.  

11.  I've been out of the country once to Italy.  I loved Venice and can't wait to go back there.

12.  I have one younger brother.

13.  I am the typical stereotypical first born child.  Eager to please, type A personality and hate to let anyone down.

14.  I consider myself to be very diplomatic and try to see both sides of an argument.

15.  I don't consider myself very girly but I love nail polish.  I may not wear makeup every day but I almost always have nail polish on unless I am giving my nails a break.  And my favorite color is red.  It took me forever to find the perfect red.

16.  I don't consider myself to be a hugely exciting person.  And I'm feeling that way even more now that I'm trying to come up with 20 things haha.

17.  I'm late to the Pinterest scene but I love it! and I'm addicted to Instagram.  I think it's so cool how a picture can give a quick insight to someone's life.

18.  I would love to take a photography class some day.

19.  I said above that I don't consider myself to be very girly but I do love changing my hair color.  I'm a dark blonde but I think I've been every natural color under the sun and pink as well but that was an accident! and I love trying new makeup even though I don't wear makeup every day.  So I guess I'm not girly in the I love to shop for clothes way.  I hate shopping.  I can never find anything that I think looks good and I have the attention span of a kid when I'm in the stores.  I want to be in and out in 5 minutes which is why I never find anything good.

20.  Last but not least I have an amazing boyfriend.  We've been dating for a couple months and friends for years.

If you are still reading this I'm shocked and thanks for listening! I'm leaving you with a picture of my boys.  They take Christmas pictures every year.