My name is Amanda, and I am so excited to share my story with you all and invite you into my, “I cannot make this up,” daily adventures. Where do I begin? Oh, how about here, I am a mother of 3 teenagers, work a full-time job, co-own a small homestead with my significant other, and I have severe ADHD. Which makes it all so much more fun. I think that if I was to explain myself it is a hairbrained, funny, and always busy woman as I try to take care of the kids, work, keep up with the farm, be a good partner, friend, daughter, mother, employee, stay hydrated, watch what I eat, keep the gray hair hidden, make sure that I always have 2 eyebrows all while trying to not lose my shit on a daily basis! I am also a disabled veteran. 10 years in the Navy, with a tour to Iraq in 2008-2009 under my belt.
Our family lives on a small homestead in Upstate NY where we have Katahdin hair sheep, Juliana pigs, chicken and ducks. There is always something to build, fix, feed, plant and never enough time in the day to complete it all. I was in 4-H when I was younger up until I was 18, but my oh my has the farming/agriculture world changed (as I jump back into it at 40). I am over here trying to live my best “Little House on the Prairie” life by growing my own vegetables, teaching myself how to can them, making my own bread, creating farmhouse decor, and taking care of the animals. I also find that I am very sore at the end of the day due to the physical labor and the fact I have arthritis in my back and foot. Look at me trying to take myself out before I am 50. My boss is loving me and all my medical appointments.
My oldest daughter is going into her second year at SUNY ESF and is a college soccer player. My middle child my son is going into his senior year, and he works and plays travel soccer. My youngest child who is everything a 13-year-old girl is these days continuously calls me cringe and always tells me I am embarrassing her. So, I guess I am doing my jobs as a mom! Then there is my amazing partner who I have actually known since I was maybe 10? He came back into my life after the worst 12 years of my life. We knew the minute we started talking that this was it. I applaud him for dealing with me and all emotional trauma, that I always turn into something funny because well that is what I do. Actually, I do not even know a 40-year-old with some trauma story of a bad relationship or divorce from a narcissist. Whew, another story another day.
My goal with this blog is to educate, share real life stories and situations, my travel adventures, daily thoughts and what real women go through each day. I hope that you will enjoy them, find them relevant and even to know that you are not alone in many situations. I am in no way shape or form a professional writer, or really good at social media. I just know that I am not the only woman having a bad day, or the significant other and I are experiencing burn out from work and daily lives, children are testing us on the daily and being a woman today is just fucking hard!!!! Sit back grab a glass of wine (or tequila in my case) and laugh, cry or even comment. I would love to hear your stories as well. Until then you beautiful humans, have the best day on purpose!!!