Let's Kick 2019 Off Properly

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So, I have set aside my blogging for a long time now. I had a mommy blog for a while, I have used a crafty blog, and a fitness blog. Now it's time to combine all of that into MY blog. Welcome, everyone! I hope to get some of my dear friends to come and start guest blogging with me, but for now, I'll introduce you to myself and my family.

 My name is Jamie, I'm married to David and we have two boys, Asher and Boone. We met in college in 2003, married in 2009, and had the boys over the last 8 years. Our story has many more bumps and high points, but I'll save those for another day. I've been working in education since 2009, and started teaching permanently in 2013. David works for a large rental car company, in the remarking department. That company has been so wonderful to us over the past 11 years, we couldn't ask for more.  

 We've finally stabilized our home/work balance a bit, and are trying to make life better each day. We love to camp and graduated from a pop up camper last year to a travel trailer. It's possibly our favorite thing to do together, other than binging Netflix or Hallmark Movies. We also enjoy home improvement projects and recently finished our upstairs renovation from chip board and studs, to an extra 800 sq. ft. of useable space. It's like the have a second house, ie. I can send the kids far far away for 10 minutes at a time. 

 We have two rescues, a cat named Lucie and a dog named Indiana, you'll see them both on my Instagram (@mrscrazypants) if you look for #casteelpets or #indytales dedicated to our crazy, yet lovable whipador. I have multiple Twitter accounts, but we will get there later. 

 You'll learn more about this messy world I live in as we go, but please introduce yourself below and let me know about you or simply say hello! Leave some good blogs, my reading list is quite low. 

 ~Jamie

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