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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:
It's been something like 3 years since I've posted here. How freakin bizarre. But man, has a lot changed. So allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Allison, but those closest call me Allie. I have a new last name. I married my love in Feb of 2023. If you know you know, but the gist is we dated wayyy back but he didn't think he wanted to be married or have kids and he knew I did. We went our separate ways but always stayed friendly. They he realized what he lost -ha! It's a VERY simplified story, but if you know it you know the entirety is beautiful (but along long winded). ANYWHO..... As I mentioned in my original post, I wanted to be a L&D nurse, more specifically maternal care. Given that the interwebs live forever and I don't need my kids reading some of the less than pretty history, I'll just say that after months of researching, in August of 2021 I enrolled in an online accelerated nursing program....
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 dres...
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