First Things First
So I started up a blog.
Let's be honest. I started up a *new* blog - because that old one was just a hot mess.
And I've spent an unacceptable amount of my day trying to decide what to write as my first post on this new, squeaky clean one.
I guess it makes most sense to just talk about me.
I'm Betsy. I'm a wife. I'm a mother. I'm a dog owner/lover. My family and I just moved from the suburbs of Las Colinas - yeah, I know it's Irving, but Las Colinas sounds fancier and is technically still accurate - to Argyle. The country. The kind of country where you really plan your weekly grocery store run because once you get home there is no way in hell you're going back for wine, not to mention "screw the paprika I'll make do without it".
We have over an acre of land. Across the road are real, live longhorns. And Clydesdales! And a pasture so beautiful I like to just stand and stare at it.
This was something my husband - Sunil - and I have talked about for years but never really knew it would happen. We figured we'd end up in Coppell. (no offense, Coppell, but I think everyone just *hopes* to end up there)
So we moved out here instead.
And I see the possibilities opening up like the landscape.
I'm making plans for my first efforts at composting. (Anyone know where they sell, or give away, wooden pallets?) I'm researching building a small, raised garden. And I'm rethinking being a SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom).
Along with all of these things, I have realized the need and desire to take better care of myself and thus my family.
So I think I'll use this blog for that. Getting those ideas and plans and screw ups out there. Because this is life. And this is my new one. And I'm ready to dig in the dirt again and have fun with it.
Let's be honest. I started up a *new* blog - because that old one was just a hot mess.
And I've spent an unacceptable amount of my day trying to decide what to write as my first post on this new, squeaky clean one.
I guess it makes most sense to just talk about me.
I'm Betsy. I'm a wife. I'm a mother. I'm a dog owner/lover. My family and I just moved from the suburbs of Las Colinas - yeah, I know it's Irving, but Las Colinas sounds fancier and is technically still accurate - to Argyle. The country. The kind of country where you really plan your weekly grocery store run because once you get home there is no way in hell you're going back for wine, not to mention "screw the paprika I'll make do without it".
We have over an acre of land. Across the road are real, live longhorns. And Clydesdales! And a pasture so beautiful I like to just stand and stare at it.
This was something my husband - Sunil - and I have talked about for years but never really knew it would happen. We figured we'd end up in Coppell. (no offense, Coppell, but I think everyone just *hopes* to end up there)
So we moved out here instead.
And I see the possibilities opening up like the landscape.
I'm making plans for my first efforts at composting. (Anyone know where they sell, or give away, wooden pallets?) I'm researching building a small, raised garden. And I'm rethinking being a SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom).
Along with all of these things, I have realized the need and desire to take better care of myself and thus my family.
So I think I'll use this blog for that. Getting those ideas and plans and screw ups out there. Because this is life. And this is my new one. And I'm ready to dig in the dirt again and have fun with it.
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