how did we get here?

So how did we get here and where is here exactly? I never thought that I would be a housewife in a smallish farming town in South Dakota but that is exactly where I find myself today. I think I really have to thank the crappy economy and the fact that I was born and raised in the heart of the Michigan auto industry for this. When things went south there I was studding to be an elementary school teacher, my dream was to teach kindergarten and get married to my best friend and raise our children where we had always lived. 

The funny thing about dreams is that as you grow older and life intervenes, they change, they have to. So I guess it's time for me to find a new dream and I am inviting all of you along for the ride. I have no idea how this is going to turn out but I hope to have a lot of fun trying.

Since moving to the country a few things have stood out to me; 1.) there is NOTHING to do here (compared to what I am used to) 2.) I HAVE to make some friends and 3.) I have got to get a hobby. I needed a plan of action and right now it goes a little something like this:

• Meet people
• Find a hobby
• maybe start a blog?
• get my but off of Pintrest! that site is like crack when you have lots of ideas and nothing to do.

Status check:

• Joined a church that I like and hope to make some new friends. there seem to be a lot of families there with children around the age of my little monkey
• found MOPS! *insert hallelujah chorus* Moms of Preschoolers (and younger) ie: women like me!!! So happy about this. I have not really meet a lot of women because we will not start meetings for another 2 weeks but everyone that I have meet has been super nice and very welcoming.
• took my mom's 1970 something sewing machine down to this great little store in Sioux Falls and got it all fixed up and ready to roll. I think that I will try some sewing projects not only to keep me busy but because there are like 2 stores here (no lie) and I just can not find the things that I want and I really don't like the prices of them online. If little ole non-crafty me thinks "hmmm.. I bet I could make that" It really couldn't be that hard. I'm not nuts I do know what it beyond my limited crafting ability.
• Bought some second hand furniture to use in monkey's "big girl" room. I got a dresser, a glider and ottoman (i never got one when I was prego) and a toddler bed for $30. the plain is to paint everything white, recover the glider (MAJOR project! it will most likely be months before that project gets posted) and redo the child sized rocker from my grandmother's house. Right now it's black with a yellow vinyl seat and it has been like that for as long as I can remember. I never got to do up a nursery because Monkey has never had her own room before so i really want to make a nice girly retreat for my munchkin.
• I started this Blog, so i guess that step is done.
  
  AND...
• I probably will not get off Pintrest because there are such great ideas about stuff to do!