Pinterest Addict

Hello...my name is Ju...and I am addicted to Pinterest.  I never was a crafty woman, never had the desire; but as I dive into the world of Pinterest, I find myself wanting to be crafty...wanting to bring out the creative side in me.  I have cooked several recipes, made a few projects and experimented with a couple of ideas expressed on Pinterest...and I found myself LOVING it!!  I find myself on Pinterest several times a day, always looking for new recipes to cook, new projects to get into, new experiments to try.  I am always trying to improve my skills, broaden my horizon.  I have recently learned how to sew, and would love to learn how to crochet.  And with the graciousness of my husband, I received this for Christmas...













Going from a compact digital camera to a DSLR is very overwhelming.  I don't even know where to start!!  But I have found great websites teaching me everything I need to know to take awesome, picture perfect shots.  This will allow me to take my creativity to another level and I am sooo excited about that!  I am thankful for Pinterest.  It has helped me to find a different side of me that I never thought existed.  It has helped me to be excited about something FOR ME.  It has helped my insanity, and for that I will be forever grateful.

Hello Again!

WOW!!!  I can't  believe it's been three years since I last published a post.  Time has flown by, and I have no idea where it went!  Quick update:  I now have three children, Alexa (my firstborn...who I started this blog about...originally named Loving Alexa), Chandler (my middle and VERY strong-willed child) and Caleb (my sweet, easy-going one).  I decided to change my blog to The Real Me because this blog is about a new chapter of my life. 

I have been a stay at home mom now for about a year and a half...full time that is...and it's the most exhausting work ever.  I have worked years in the corporate world, and no job compares to what I do now.  It is not only physically exhausting, but mentally as well!  The past several months, I have battled with loneliness and depression...not because I didn't have friends or family, but because of where my life was.  Please don't get me wrong...I love staying home and taking care of my family...but the monotony of it all really got to me.  I guess I wondered, is this all God has for me?  But God has dealt us tough hands before, and He always sees us through it, and He has made us a stronger family for it. 

Through God's grace, and the help of a wonderful woman at Church, I am slowly and surely becoming myself again.  Through all this, I am trying to find the real me...the person that I replaced as wife, mom, chef and maid.  One thing I do know is that I love to craft, which I find very surprising because the 32 years I have been on this Earth, I didn't think I had a creative bone in my body!  So this blog is about me...of course I will talk about my children and how much they drive me NUTS (haha...if I can't vent here, where can I vent), but this is a place where I am going to start a new chapter of my life and become ME, on top of being wife, mom, chef and maid.