Girl Chat - Reintroduction

It’s a new year which means a whole new set of prompts for our Girl Chat series and today is a day for reintroductions!  I haven’t ever really “introduced” myself properly here on the blog in a formal post before (aside from my About page), so I’m hoping that you might all learn a little something about me that you never knew prior to this post.

My name is Lindsay (obviously), and I’ve been blogging over here at Lindsay’s Sweet World for almost three years now.  My husband, Brian, and I just celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary back in December, and together we have two beautiful babies here on earth, Jacob who is six, and Olivia who is three, and one little angel in heaven.

We live in Georgia where Brian and I were both raised, and we love life here in our sweet little city.  We’re close enough to Atlanta so we can get a taste of big city life when we need to (hello, international airport!), and we are only a short drive from both the beach and the mountains.  I’d say our location is pretty perfect... although, you won’t hear me saying that in July and August when it’s boiling hot with a thousand percent humidity.  ;o) 

For the last thirteen years I worked in sales and marketing for a worldwide corporation, but last November I got my wish of becoming a stay-at-home mom, although, it didn’t all shake outexactly how I had envisioned.  I’m now navigating my new stay-at-home mom life carefully, trying to figure out my new daily routine, and I’m really and truly loving every second of it so far. 

Both of our kids go to school during the day – Jacob is in first grade and Olivia is in Pre-K 3 – so during the day it’s just our little pup, Maui, and myself at home.  She hardly knows what to think now that I’m home all the time.

I have always been a dreamer, a reader, and a writer, and I started my blog as a scrapbook of our daily lives and the things that I love.  I kept a diary from the time that I was old enough to write (I think my first entry was from when I was six) all the way until I was married, and I also scrapbooked for several years as well.  Scrapbooking eventually became too much and I couldn’t keep up with it, so I turned to blogging instead.  It really is the perfect online scrapbook!

Another passion of mine is music.  I have a very eclectic taste in music and I listen to everything from Ed Sheeran and Justin Timberlake to Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble and pretty much everything in between – classical, pop, classic rock, alternative, jazz, hip hop, R&B… I love it all!  B and I are avid concert goers and we attend several each year.  Last year might have been my favorite year yet because we saw some new artists as well as some old faves – The Lumineers, Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews & TimReynolds, Paul Thorn, and we ended the year in the fourth row at the Ed Sheeran concert in Nashville.  It was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to a TON… right around 80, I believe. 

My favorite band of all is Dave Matthews Band, and I named my blog Lindsay’s Sweet World as a nod to them and their song One Sweet World.  I’ve seen them in concert 21 times and we’re about to make it 22 in May.  :o) 

B and I also love travelling and we did a lot of it before we had kids.  Each year we would always go to Vegas (our favorite place) and we would also go to at least one new place.  I’ve traveled all over the U.S. – New York City, LA, New Orleans, Nashville, Vegas, Hawaii, Washington DC, The Bahamas, and The Grand Canyon to name a few – but surprisingly I’ve never been out of the country, even though there are plenty of international cities on my bucket list.

Now that we have kiddos, we still travel, but we typically stick to the beach and the mountains each year since they’re still young.  I’m hoping to start venturing further away soon, though, as Olivia, our youngest will be four next month. 

I’m sarcastic and witty (or at least I like to think so), but I’m shy around people I don’t know very well.  I am organized to the max… to the point that I’m a little OCD at times.  I believe that everything has a place, and everything should stay in its place, and it drives me absolutely bonkers when things are messy.  I’m super controlling, and yes, I happily know and admit this, and I’m also a planner.  I like to know what we’re doing and when we’re doing it well in advance, so you can probably gather that I’m also the least spontaneous person you’ll ever meet.  What can I say, I like to be efficient with my time!  Haha.

Some of my other loves and passions in addition to reading, writing, music, and traveling are college football… the Georgia Bulldogs to be exact (I was born and raised a fan and I also married a graduate), blogging, fashion, organizing, DIYing, Friends (the show), wine, working out, and, of course, hanging with my little family. 

For more info about me, check out my Lowdown on Lindsay Topic here on the blog... there are 21 other posts to let you know a little bit more about me!  Now that you know lots about me, tell me something about you!  

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