Hello and welcome, my name is Aurelia Harger and I would like to give you a little background into who I am and why I started "The Lacie Willow".
I am a Christian, a young bride of almost three years and a mom of a beautiful eleven month old baby girl. I have always strived to be well organized and use planners. I'm obssessed with minimalist lifestyle (even though I'm still working it into my everyday life) and I love minimalist/bohemian decor and some industrial modern farmhouse decor. We live in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest near the foot hills of Mount Rainier and attend a cute little log cabin church. My husband and I met at church camp and after being friends for several years and dating long distance for two years, we tied the knot in September 2017.
After we got married, we learned what all newly-married couples learn once they have come back from their honeymoon, the "lovey-dovey phase" has passed and real life hits- he will drink out of the milk jug and you will drive him crazy when you forget to throw the laundry in and he has no clean underwear. We also had a fair amount of debt at the begining of our marriage which brought quite a bit, or should I say, a TON of stress, as it does. We managed to bite the bullet though and pay it all off this past winter and still had an amazing Christmas.. and we are still DEBT FREE! I wish I could say stress free as well but that will just never fully happen, especially if you are a stress-freak perfectionist as I am. (There is always something to stress about, right?!) Well, we have had our fair share of ups and downs, disagreements and counseling from family but through everything it just seems to bring us closer to each other and more in love.
I worked at a couple different places during our first year of marriage and then in the fall of our second year we found out we were going to have a little addition to our family. During that time I was working as a CNA 42 hours a week. I had terrible morning sickness for the 1st trimester and half of the 2nd trimester. I had a lot of support from my mom during my pregnancy. Thankfully, she only lives about 10 minutes from me. That also came in handy after our little bundle of joy was born. My mom was a huge help! From washing my dishes to helping me prepare several freezer meals, and the list could go on.
A few months after our precious girl was born in June 2019, I started working in the office of the HVAC company my husband currently works for. I was able to bring my baby with me to the office, which was amazing. I felt like I wasn't missing out on her baby stages or any milestones while still bringing in a little bit of income and getting out of the house so I didn't go stir crazy! I don't ever want work or social media to get in the way of me being able to raise my children and be the mom I need to be for them or the wife and homemaker I need to be for my husband.
Anyway, jumping forward eight months brings us up to the pandemic that put the whole world on lock down in March 2020. Honestly, I was enjoying being home with my husband and the break from work (even though I only barely worked 12 hours a week) for about the first month... then it got kinda old. We got a lot of things done on our mobile home though, thanks to the stimulus check and my husband accidently totaling our vehicle (which we were able to buy back from insurance). We were truly blessed in a very unusual way. It took about a tenth of the money we got from insurance to fix our vehicle. The rest went to residing our mobile and building a covered front porch, which we so desperately needed considering we don't live in the sunniest part of the state. We wouldn't have been able to do any of it this soon if it weren't for these crazy life occurrances. We have been trying to cash flow all of our projects, so far we have been successful with that.
So now that you know some about me, being just your average young mom, I'll tell you a little about why I finally decided to start my blogging website- "The Lacie Willow". Back in, probably 2015 or 2016, my dad kept telling me I should start a blog. I wanted to but thought it was kinda silly, I mean, I really didn't think I could come up with any material that would interest people since I was so young and I didn't have very much experience with anything... Well, not much has changed in that aspect. Haha! But, then, here I am, years later... and I got to really thinking about it these last couple weeks/months that I've been just basically sitting at home doing nothing with my time or mind (except for the daily things that a mom does, of course)... Maybe, just maybe I could really start a blog. I've always been my biggest critic and discourager... I've always been one to hold myself back from something I really want because I tell myself I can't do it or it's way out of my league, price range or whatever. I've always had big dreams, plans and ambitions though. Hopefully, this is just the begining of me stepping out of my comfy little box and actually playing them out. Thanks to my biggest fans- my husband and my parents- these people who believe in me and have been my cheer leaders, shaking their pompoms and jumping up and down (I can see them in my mind's eye... Haha!) And my daughter, even at eleven months, has really inspired me to be creative. So here it is, I've finally started a blog!
I really didn't know what to blog about first but I decided it woud be good for me to develope a connection with my readers right off the bat and so, I jumped right in and went for it. I told my "cheer leaders" that if I really do start blogging, I want it to be from me, from my heart and mind, authnetic and original not what everyone else says or does but still talk about what interests my readers and somehow captivate them so that they want to come back for more each week. I know it's a little rough and probably has many flaws but I honestly hope this goes somewhere and that I can inspire other "just your average moms" to reach for their dreams and start something they have always wanted to do.
Well, until next time...
The Lacie Willow {Aurelia Harger}
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