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Blast from my past...

today i'm linking up with becky {beautiful mama behind the blog, from mrs. to mama} for a little blogger 411.you know, because sometimes a little oversharing - in a good way - is kinda fun.plus, i'm avoiding the dishes & the laundry at the moment.and, i'm sure there are a few new readers out there {humor me, please}.  1.  how long have you been blogging?  and what got you started on blogging?  has your blog changed? i've been blogging a little more than FIVE years.  my blog0versary was back in june.  my first post sucked. oh, hell, who am i kidding, my first year of blogging sucked!  why did i start blogging?  because i needed an outlet to bitch and typing is SO much easier than writing in a journal.  remember myspace?  yeah, that.  anyways, i "blogged" on my myspace … [Read more...]

Hello, my name is…

Michelle.But, you can call me Shell. Yes, Shell. Not Shelly. Never once in my life have I ever been referred to as Shelly {no offense to any Shelly's out there!}.I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister & a friend.My husband and I have known each other since we were 13. We've been married since 2002. Together, we have two children, Malia & Aidan. We live in Southeastern Virginia and we frequent the beaches of coastal North Carolina any time we can.We are proudly owned by three cats - Betsy, Keef & Ziggy - and a Boston Terrier named Frisco. We used to have 15 hermit crabs, but somehow I managed to kill them all. As for me - because you'll hear more about the hubs & the kidlets throughout my blog {besides, this is about ME and not about THEM} - I'm in my 30s. It's kind of nice, … [Read more...]