Hello everyone, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy with the COVID-19 pandemic. If there’s one thing I have learned from being in self – quarantine, it’s that when I’m sitting home, I eat and take my time cooking. I have made this fruit salad for quite some time and loved when my grandparents made it as a kid. Just as a side note, … Continue reading cheesecake fruit salad
Hey guys, welcome back!! It’s been forever, oh my gosh! Well, we are redoing the walk in closet, which believe me… was a lot of work and still isn’t finished! We just finished painting and did a light grey, but I wanted some sort of accent wall. I see the trend is terrazzo and that wall decals can be so much money!! So instead, I … Continue reading DIY Wall Stamps for less than $10!
Being in a long distance relationship is hard. Often times all you hear about is the breakup stories.. the mistrust, the battling of time zones, the heartache when it comes to leaving, and the loneliness. Although most people dealing with long distance experience a lot of the same struggles, not everyone fails. When you do succeed, it’s so rewarding. Here’s a few of my own … Continue reading 6 LDR Struggles + Overcoming Them
Welcome back! Social media plays such an important role in the lives of everyone. Colleges sometimes require a username for an account or two, jobs check out Facebook or Twitter, and often times your accounts affect whether or not you are selected. Not only does everyone have personal accounts, they also have business/creator accounts, which are becoming more and more popular. I think the increase … Continue reading Why I Decided to Start a Blog
Hello again, all. In 2019, it’s almost more common to be divorced than to be happily married! People have these big, extravagant weddings just to be unhappy 6 months afterwards. I stated in my LDR post a couple weeks ago that I recently got married, but not in the traditional sense. We did it in the courthouse with two witnesses, and I wouldn’t have done … Continue reading Why I Didn’t Have a “Traditional” Wedding…
Another large part of who I am is my career/schoolwork. I am a glass science and engineering major at university. I love how diverse glass is and how it’s not just one subject. It’s so complex and so different than everything else I’ve studied. Being a glass science engineer tells a lot about who I am, but it isn’t the only thing that defines me … Continue reading University: Engineering
Hello again! I think it’s important for those in a long distance relationship to hear about others that have “beat the distance” or “closed the gap.” So, for any of you out there dealing with distance, here’s my story in the form of some milestones. July 2016. We both happened to be online on the same chat site. Started to talk here and there and … Continue reading My LDR Journey
Hi! Welcome to ‘What a Mad Life.’ This blog is intended to capture a pretty broad look at who I am, as well as my life as a whole. I am currently nineteen years old, married, and enrolled as an engineering student at university. I live in western New York with my mom and husband, George. I have felt pressured to look for some reason … Continue reading This is Me.
What a Mad Life 