Introduction to Lily & Co.

To begin, I just want to say THANK YOU for stopping by my blog!

As this is my first post, I wanted to tell you a little bit about myself.  I'm a native of New York.  A transplant to Las Vegas at the age of 19.  I moved here by myself, with little money and a job interview lined up.  Luckily, I got the job because my funds were running low, and I lived in a pretty scary neighborhood that I was looking forward to moving out of after the first month.  I still shudder to think about the black mold in my studio apartment, and the shower that only sprayed hot water for six minutes.  That's just the short of it.  However, with all of the bad, I was actually really happy to be out on my own, and far from everything I'd ever known.  I worked three jobs to keep busy, and I had virtually no social life since I wasn't 21 and I didn't know anyone.  But I made some great friends, and had a lot of Vegas-y fun once I was old enough.


Fast forward to my 23rd year.  I started a new job, and met THE guy.  Roger is the introvert to my extrovert.  He had with him two wonderful daughters, Drake and Aryanna.  He proposed to me on a perfect June evening, after we'd been dating for about 8 months, and we got married the following February.  Pretty soon after we got married, he made a career change.  After he'd been with his new company for a little while, we decided to try to make our family bigger by one member.  Right before Christmas, we found out we were expecting!  I had a pretty great pregnancy.  My labor and delivery were probably perfect.  And then there was Ford!

We've had a lot of changes since then.  I stay home now.  Stay-at-home-mom.  Homemaker.  Housewife.  So weird.  To be honest, I really never thought I'd have children, let alone not go out to a job everyday.  Some say what I'm doing is the hardest job there is.  I can certainly agree in many ways.  However, I'm grateful for the experience.  There are no deadlines to meet.  No annoying customers.  I don't have some jerk boss to answer to (well, Ford has his days, I suppose).  But there are also no state mandated lunch breaks or paid days off.  Or other adults to talk to during the day.  I'm still trying to figure out the delicate balance of things, nearly 15 months later.   Although, I don't think I'll ever truly find it, because every day is different.  This is perfectly fine with me.  I'm never bored!  Much of this blog will be related to how I learn and grow while my son is, uhh...learning and growing, and all of the "oy vey" moments that go along with that!

 

As you'll see, I enjoy cooking.  Creating recipes or altering existing recipes is something I really like to do.  I love Pinterest for this reason!  Well, I also love Pinterest for making me believe that I, too, can be a super crafty, stylish mom.  HA!  Crafting is fun, and even though my results are rarely perfect, I will still take pictures of my sloppy crafts and share them with pride!  As for the stylish aspect, I'm on a very tight budget, but I think I work my closet pretty well.  I plan on continuing my education eventually, but I changed my mind about what I wanted to do when I left college in NY.  At this time, I don't really want to pay for college when I don't have a clear goal in mind.  So in the meantime, I'm doing my best at living this life.  Feel free to follow along :-)

OH--and as evidenced by those towels on our stove, we like our beer around here!  Cheers!