About me

    

          Here I am! I am an enigma wrapped in conundrum shrouded in mystery, sprinkled with a little ADHD. Ok actually the whole first part of that sentence is probably moot, we can chalk up most of my actions to said ADHD although personally I’m inclined to believe this is just the way I am. Who decided doctors knew everything anyway? Sheesh… Anywho, I'm Shannon and as you can imagine I am generally all over the place, moving from one idea to the next trying to get as much out of this life as I can before my number is called. I have three beautiful children whom I love beyond measure and I am the wife of one amazing man who seems to have the patience it takes to keep me grounded. He and I are complete opposites yet somehow are still well matched, he is the tie that keeps me anchored to earth and if not for me his feet would never leave the ground. This makes for awesome adventures but it also makes for some pretty epic clashes as well. That's life, that's my life anyway. It's real, it's raw, it's unfiltered and unlike other lifestyle bloggers that seem to be full of women who look cute even when they're a "hot mess" and have immaculate, magazine ready houses with organized shelves of crafts, photo albums and an ungodly amount of "Farm house" décor; I am quite literally a hot mess.

     I love Jesus but I use f*ck like a comma, my house is in a constant state of disarray, I move from project to project with one never holding my attention for long (usually I eventually circle back), I'm hella impulsive, my toddlers have been known to wear the same socks a couple days in a row (for the love of all things holy where the hell are all our socks?!?!), I love adventure and I will choose to leave the house a mess and take the kids camping instead of staying home to clean, without pause every single opportunity I get. You can take that bet to Vegas, baby. While my husband loves that I push our family to explore and do, it also drives him absolutely banana sandwich crazy.  He is a pretty chill guy very clean, neat, organized by nature; he’s the type of guy who sets a routine and wouldn’t deviate in it day to day because that’s just how he operates. As I’ve made clear that is pretty much the 100% opposite of how I roll so while he’s usually down for my harebrained ideas, occasionally he hits his threshold and that can end in epic fashion; which is actually pretty on par with the rest of our life so… easy day.  Generally, he and I are a pretty solid team and provide our family with a great mix of chill and adventure!

                     You can say many things about me and define me by many words but boring is not one of them. I am excessively excessive and it is my favorite thing about me. I live, I try new things, if I don’t like something I work to change it, if I don’t agree I say so and if I find my life becoming stagnant I kick out one of my own boundaries and throw myself into something new. My plan is to meet my death late, thoroughly used up, a little drunk and full of joy. Here is where I’ll document that journey, largely for my failing memory but also as a time capsule for my family and hopefully for the new friends we make on the way!