About Me & Why I Blog

I have seen many bloggers doing this little post...About Me and Why I Blog. I thought, what a great idea! Hopefully this will help new comers and the non-family readers to get to know me a little better. And why exactly I do this thing called Blogging. 

Name/Age/Location

I am Bailley and tomorrow I turn 24! I have called Lubbock, TX home for most of my life until Robert and I married last year! Last year (August-May) we lived in Nuremberg, Germany and then came home (Lubbock) for the summer. I am still here and will be until late October, then I will meet Robert in our new home Lublin, Poland! He moved there at the end of August. You can read more about that here.

{In Germany last December}

Family

I am married to my wonderful man, Robert! On his side is his wonderful mama and daddy and a younger brother (23) and older sister (27). My side...my sweet mama and her husband, 2 younger brothers (20 and 6), little sister (11), then 2younger step sisters and 2 step brothers! Then there is my sweet daddy and his wife and a step brother and sister on that side! Whew, we are a crazy big family! Won't even go into extended family, BUT my cousins are some of my best friends. Family is just the best!

 {the in-loves}

 {my mama's side}

{my daddy's side}

Work

I am currently a stay at home wife. It's a hard life, I know. I graduated in May 2013 with my RN (bachelors in Nursing), and worked that summer at the hospital in Palliative Care until we moved in August. While in Germany I volunteered and worked on my "wife-ing skills". Who knows what will happen when I get to Poland, hopefully there will be some kind of opportunity, probably not for nursing but maybe teaching or something along those lines! I will pick my nursing carear back up when we move back to the states for good. Could be next summer, could be three summers from now...we do not know! Just seeing where God leads us.

 {August of 2011, right when I started Nursing School}

Hobbies

I really enjoying cooking and baking. I am a huge TV buff, probably too much. I love to exercise, as I get older I have really learned to enjoy it. Blogging, it is just so fun to me and perfect to do now while I have the time. And recently, drawing! I am no artist by any means, like at all. But I have had fun trying to copy chalkboard art. I am thinking of trying my hand at watercolors. We shall see!

 {I would love to be able to do something like this, and this lady has some great tips. Maybe with lots of practice?}

Favorite Food

That is easy...Chips and Queso.

Favorite Color

Turquoise {I am especially drawn to jewelry of that color}. I really love all different shades of blue, just beautiful!

Standard Coffee Order

I do not like coffee, never have. Love the smell, just can't get used to the taste. I even worked in a coffee shop in highschool. On my first day they had me make each drink and taste it, so I could better sell the drinks. Talk about stomach ache, I think it scarred me for life. So if I go to a coffee shop? Cold tea or chia tea latte!

Standard Bar Order

Mojito! Or a good glass of wine.

Places I shop

J. Crew, Banana Republic, Gap and Target! Favorites by far.

Bed Time and Wake Up Time

Recently...bed time at midnight and wake up around 8. Love getting a full eight hours. It will be a difficult transition when we have kids one day...

Beauty Products I Can't Live Without

Makeup, more info here! And It's a 10 Miracle Leave in Product, seriously helps with dry hair.

First Blog I Read

Lullaby Lubbock!

How Did I Start Blogging

You can read a little more here. Basically, I started it to keep family and friends updated since we are living overseas. And now it has grown to so much more!

Why I Blog
 I love that it keeps family and friends updated. Even though we are so far away from one another, they can still see glimpses into our every day life. And that makes me so happy. It is also so wonderful to have a place to keep memories, this is like my scrapbook. Just the other day I was looking at some previous posts, and it was so fun to read back and reminisce. Brings me such joy. AND I love all the wonderful people I have "met" through the blogging world, seriously the sweetest community. This is my little place on the web for family, friends, new friends and my little memory. I just love it.

I hope this helped some of you get to know me a little better! I want to thank each of you for reading my little "scrapbook" and making this hobby of mine so fun. I am so grateful. 

Have a wonderful Monday, friends!

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