A Little Bit About Me

My name is Brandi.  I turned 40 years old this past July.  I am married and have four of the most amazing children on the planet!  If you follow me, over time, you will see that I wear many different hats, but the one I am the most proud to wear is “Mom”.  I have three boys and one girl.  My oldest, Mitchell, is 20 years old.  Next is my daughter, Jensen.  She is 17 years old.  Then, I had my sweet boy, Kameron, who is 15 years old.  Lastly, and the one that took nine years of begging my husband for, is my little angel, Seth, my 5-year-old baby boy.  They are my greatest masterpieces. 

I still live in the same town I was born in … same town I graduated from high school … same town I will most likely die in (although I wouldn’t have admitted that about ten years ago).  My family and I have moved a few times.  We first moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma … then to Kansas City, Missouri … then to Lawton, Oklahoma … and finally back to Sapulpa.  It’s comfortable here.  It is the place I feel the most connected … and the place I feel the most loved.  My family is here.  My friends are here.  My heart is here.

After high school, I attended the University of Tulsa for a few years.  Well, a lot of years actually.  I have racked up a LOT of credit hours, but changed my major from pre-med/biology to art.  Art is truly where my passion is.  I’m still not sure why I didn’t pursue my degree in art from the very beginning.  Maybe because I knew it would be difficult to make a career out of it, and I knew I certainly couldn’t be a teacher.  I have the utmost respect for teachers, truly.  I also know that I could never hack it.  Children everywhere should rejoice that they will never have me as their teacher.  I was very close to having my Bachelor degree finished, but I started to juggle too much in life at once, and my education was pushed aside.  Maybe someday I’ll go back.  I would certainly love to have my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art degree from the University of Tulsa.  Ahhh, to have that beautiful piece of paper hanging on my wall … that is just another one of my big dreams.  Someday. 

I am self-employed and work from home, which is nice, because it seems like I’m always running to appointments somewhere for someone.  My job, however, is slowly being replaced by computers, and finding new accounts is becoming increasingly difficult.  I have been very successful in this field, but I also know that I need to start focusing on myself, my life, and my family.  For 18 years, I have focused on work and making as much money as possible so I could provide the very best for my family.  Little did I realize that while I was focusing on work, thinking blindly that everything else was just fine, my life was becoming a mess.  Being self-employed, if I don’t work, I don’t get paid.  The harder I work, the more money I make.  The more hours I work, the more money I make.  I never realized how much my job was costing me until recently.  It is time that I can never get back to spend with my children.  Time I can’t get back to take a REAL vacation with my family.  Time I can’t get back to spend with my husband.  Now, it’s time I put my life back on track.  It’s time to stop making excuses – no more saying, “I can’t.  I have to work.”  I’m not getting any younger, and my life isn’t becoming any less complicated. Everything always seems to fall into place … I’m hoping that this does as well. 

Now, when I say that my life is full of chaos, I mean it.  I also said that I would provide every “ugly, embarrassing, beautiful detail” along the way.  I will … pictures and all.  I also said it would start with one rather drastic change … and it did.  I’ll show a picture of that, too. 

Just stay tuned …