A bit about me..

If you think this blog is going to teach you how to make cupcakes with almond flour and cashew milk butter sugar dust (that’s a vegan thing, right?) or if you think I’m here to dispense advise about minimizing your kid’s screen time then you have come to the wrong place.

Here’s the thing. I like scrolling through the ‘gram and reading blogs as much as anybody, but I’m so tired of everyone pretending like they have the perfect life. My life is far from perfect, in fact it is so imperfect and chaotic that it is hilarious.

I’m just Kelly and I want a platform to share the mundane chaos of my life; the funny, the embarrassing, the anxious – you know, real life shit. My life is not a fairy tale, and honestly, I wouldn’t even want it that way if it was an option.

I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I have a useless college degree in Spanish and Latin American studies that I will pay off for the rest of my life (haha!). I moved to Chicago minutes after graduating college, and that’s where I ‘grew up’ and became the badass version of myself that I love today. Now I live in Dallas, with my husband, my mom, our two-year-old daughter, and two very loud and obnoxious little dogs. I’m 34 years young, had my own business, learned from loads of mistakes, and now I work in sales and marketing. I’m only hanging onto my sanity during this quarantine by a thread, so I figure now’s as good as ever of a time to share my stories. I work hard, laugh a lot, spend too much money on amazon, and my toddler has her own ipad. I don’t feel guilty about any of this.

This is my real life, and I promise to show it to you in the most unfiltered and authentic way possible. If you’re looking for a fairy tale (or looking to judge) then please go find another blog.

 

Xoxo Kelly


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