New Beginnings

So….here’s my story…I am a work outside the home mom with a 7 year old daughter named Fiona who used to call parmesan cheese "Shake Cheese" (hence the name of my blog)…the sandpaper part comes from what I will usually have in my hand if given half the chance.  Pretty simple, Sandpaper & Shake Cheese.


For the past seven and a half years that’s what it’s felt like. My life, redefined.  The first year I cried a lot and felt utterly alone and clueless. Year two was much better but I still felt a little lost. Year three I realized that I had been looking at the map upside down. I was still holding onto a life that was long gone and refusing to embrace the “new” me. Cheesy..but true.

Around that time I started becoming supremely interested in reconnecting to my roots (I'm adopted and while I have a wonderful family, I've always looked for more).  Things at home sort of fell apart, my daughter's father and I divorced... two years later I remarried.  Things around here changed dramatically after that.

I'm looking into changing the way we eat, the way we interact as a family & the way we take care of ourselves - all in an attempt to bring us together as best we can & to learn from the mistakes and successes as we go along.

My plans for this blog include:

• Highlighting different adventures my family & I take on,
• Current design trends in advertising and marketing in all arenas (print, Web, video, etc.), and
• Random tidbits about what catches my attention.

I'm sure this blog will expand with time (and possibly evolve into something entirely different), but for now, we're all here on the same page.

I come from a long line of makers. My mother taught me early on that it was far more satisfying to make something yourself than to go out and purchase it. DIY was her middle name! She stripped and stained the furniture in my room. Then my mother gave me the best gift of all; she put a sewing needle in my hand, she kept an easel with my paints ready at all times, and my dad even gave me a little workbench room in the shed. Ahh, the good ol' 80's!
 
I've aways managed to weave in a project related to my family and friends, whether it was knitting a pair of mittens to whipping up birthday aprons. There always seem to be so many more ideas than hours in the day. I used to scribble them endlessly into my idea books; sharing them with anyone who would listen, and hoping that one day there would be time and space to execute them. Little did I know, that day was just around the corner. This blog will be my vehicle to share and hopefully inspire others through my journey.