The Next Right Thing

 I got a notice that I was unsubscribed from the Willowsford Newsletter.  I didn't ask to be so it made me curious.....I went into the HOA page and got this: That hurts more than anticipated.

A few weeks ago I found the most amazing Navy Blue dresser online.  I HAD to have it, even though the reality is that I didn't need it (I have drawers in my walk in) but it was stunning.  It will be a perfect accent! Then I saw the price tag....$1200.  I'm embarrassed to admit that for more than a moment I considered it.  I want so badly for my bedroom to be my sanctuary, but in the long run I knew it was not a smart move.  Not to be defeated, I decided to try and refinish a dresser.....my Ikea dresser.  The thing is, the Ikea stuff is that....almost laminate.  Matt and I had refinished stuff in the past, but he had always done the "power tools" stuff.   So......I started googling and Youtubing.  Basically, I did 21st century research. I found that there's this great primer product for Ikea stuff (that frankly ended up not being AS great as they said).  In conjunction with this, I decided to paint Matt's Uncle Jimmy's childhood dresser for Kate.   Getting

 Blogs became a thing many moons ago when I was probably in my 20's .  It's really somewhat odd and yet telling of our current state of life....That we would pour our hearts out on the internet.  And yet, here I am. I've been keeping all sorts of journals these days;  Paper, typed, video....you name it, whatever it takes.   So who the hell am I?  Good damn question.  Let's start with some obvious stuff. I'm Allison, but those closest to me call me Allie.  I'm a 43 year old mom of 2 little gals who are more than I deserve.  I'm separated from my husband since January 2020.  It's weird to write that.  Anyway, by day I'm a meeting and event manager, but my passion/dream job was to be on Broadway doing musical theater.  Second runner up was an L&D nurse.  I'm overweight but stupidly healthy by the numbers (A1C etc).  Frankly I think that pisses some people off (and by some people I mean family).  I'm trying to understand intuitive eating and