Welcome ~from Mikal

First and foremost, I am a daughter of the One True King, and I am SO thankful to Him for these sweet friends (I’m talkin’ ‘bout you, Jessica and Amy!) He’s given me. He’s taken me from a silly kid to a single mum to a wife (and continued mum) living a dream life.

I am a stay-at-home mum to three: Strategist (my 17-year-old baby boy who’s going off to college way before I’m ready!), Comedian (my 4-year-old hilarious son), and Ballerina (my precocious princess daughter). I’m very, very blessed to be the wife to Donkey (his Air Force call sign, named after the, um, slightly talkative Shrek character—and for a very good reason) for the past (almost) 7 years. We currently live in Virginia but dream constantly pathetically of going overseas for an assignment.

I used to be a college student until a few weeks ago (August 2012), when I decided to take a break. Since then, I’ve been going slightly mad with my Pinterest addiction. To put it mildly. To put it very mildly! My boards have exploded with fun stuff, from recipes to sewing projects to crafts to ideas for our forever home. So what am I to do with all these pins?? Start a blog with my friends!

Jessica wrote on my Facebook page that I need a Pintervention. And oh, was she right. She was so right that she shocked the snot out of me when she told me I had 108 boards!! (Admission time: it has now become 110 boards…after I got it down to 107 boards. Whoops.) But she suggested something even better: a Pinterest challenge! Then Amy jumped on board. Then this blog was born! And oh, is it ever something to behold!

So now while my three are off to school (Strategist is a SENIOR this year…eek!! and the other two go to preschool three mornings a week), I will be Pinteresting my butt off! In between cleaning the house and running errands…and reading the gazillion books on my Kindle. J I’ll likely mess some projects up, and make some recipes that should not be repeated, but I am SOOOO excited to actually do something with all these pins!