These are my roots, and this is what I LOVE...

Do you ever think about things you wanted as a child? When I was a little girl I wanted to work at Dairy Queen. I mean what could be better than working in an ice cream shop? By fourteen I had decided that I would go into the fashion industry. I wanted to walk runways, wear the most incredible clothing, & eventually design the clothing that was on those runways. I was a year into modeling school, up to my neck in etiquette classes, and one runway walk away from going to New York to hopefully be picked up by an agency. At that moment a rail thin model from Bulgaria walked up to me and handed me a copy of her "nutrition plan". She advised that we follow it exactly. After skimming through and not finding pizza anywhere on it....I took my last walk on the runway, packed up my etiquette book, drove home, and ate pizza. I didn't think I could truly be happy with that lifestyle. I mean...I like food, I enjoy the flexibility of skipping a workout every now and again, and I don't know if you've seen the VS Angels lately, but i'm pretty sure they aren't allowed to do either of those things. By the time high school graduation rolled around I had no specific plans....so I got a real job. I'm still here almost 10 years later at my "real job" and I honestly have no regrets. At 27 years old I am finally figuring out my life. I live in a small town, i'm married to a country boy, and my sister calls us rednecks. For the record...i've seen real rednecks, and we aren't anything like those people so I just call us "southern". I can see why she says that. We own a truck with mud grapplers, we spend 90% of our weekends at the river or around a fire, we hunt, and when I have babies they'll own camo & cowboy boots, but i'm alright with that. We love life here in our small town. Besides...we might wear jeans, but I can promise you one thing...they're designer jeans. My True Religions look fine with my boots :) ...and January - you cant argue with your "Redneck" sister about that! Looking back makes me laugh...The things I wanted so badly led me to this life I have now, and even though it's not quite what I planned for myself...I love it.