Who I Are

Instantly, as I begin typing this post so many of my ideas have begun to float around my mind chaotically.  Bear with me, this post is going to include my mission statement, brief intro, what this blog will be and what it will not be.  Hang on for the ride!

My name is Brittney.  I am the author and I welcome you to join me in my new journal.  Remember journals?  I grew up writing in journals of all shapes and sizes.  Now I can barely write a note on a post-it without my hand cramping.  Typing?  I can type for years.  This can be interpreted as a good or bad thing.

MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of this blog is to document my journey to losing significant (in my opinion, significant) weight.  In addition I hope to dabble in sharing adventures in some of my favorite creative outlets.  Fashion.  Parenting.  Cooking/Baking.  Design.  ...and of course some of my history and experiences that have brought me to where I am today.  Probably all boring things.  Post-partum depression.  Anti-depressants (and the weight gain that tagged along with it).

WHAT THIS BLOG WON'T BE
I am not going to blog about being a mom.  I might beam with pride or complain from time to time, but always remember that I love my family very dearly but this is my space.  This is where I will type out what is on my mind 32 minutes into my workout or some random outburst that should be on Twitter.  It could be a 14-chapter novel of my observation that my left pinky finger is different than my right pinky finger.  I might write an entire post cursing my muffin top or I might talk about toe lint.  I think I'll add a disclaimer:  CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR BORING POSTS.

WHO I AM
I am a human being.  I am in my 29th year of life at this moment in time.  I'm a mother to two children and a wife to a husband.  I own a home with a mortgage and stay at home with my children.  There are moments in my daily life that I wonder if I will be able to retain my sanity (my children are 2 & 4 right now) and the cold weather is starting to settle in, which means the beginning of a long cold winter.  (I live in Minnesota)

I must also add, I am not a writer.  I promise you that I will write sentences that could have stronger structure, and I'm confident I'll have a misspelled word that my spellcheck overlooks from time to time.  But that doesn't matter, because as harsh as this sounds, I really don't care.  I'm looking for personal gain alone with creating this blog.  Straight up.  No fluff, but if I can somehow impact someone with one of my experiences or if I can motivate someone through my short-comings, then that will be an unexpected perk that will leave me feeling more fulfilled than if this were a piece of paper in a real-life journal that no one would ever lay eyes on.  (and in truly sloppy hand-writing, I might add)