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My Peace Love Life's Five Year Anniversary!

5/11/2017

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Today, five years ago exactly, I wrote my very first blog post on My Peace Love Life Blog!
I was very excited, this was something I had wanted to do for a while, and now, I was finally doing it! The post wasn't anything too special, it explained why I wanted to write a blog, and told a little bit about myself.

Since that first blog post five years ago, I have written well over two hundred blog posts. I have grown exponentially as a writer, a blogger, and incredibly, as a person also!
This blog has been an outlet for me, creatively, as well as emotionally.
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I am celebrating five long and hard years. Years of making this site from absolute scratch, reading every blogging article and book I could get my hands on, watching tutorials, and learning everything I could about the blogging world and the computer world also, because I am not very good with technology (I still use a flip phone!).
During those five years, there were plenty of times when I wanted to give up! It was too hard, I wasn't seeing results fast enough, I wasn't making as much money as I wanted, yada yada yada. But I never did. And you and I can both thank my supportive, wise, and wonderful husband for that!
So that brings us to the thank yous! The first one obviously goes out to Mr. Nick LaPinta. Without you I would have quit a long time ago. Without you I wouldn't have the strength to keep going on, and wouldn't have had all the inspiration that you gave to me. You help with my writing so much. You inspire me to be a better person, and a better writer. I love you.
Next, I want to say a special thank you to those of you who have supported me and been with me from the beginning! If not for you, no one would have been reading what I wrote, and what would have been the point of me continuing to write if no one was reading it?! You gave me the strength to get this blog to where it is five years later! Thank you so much!
Thank you also to those of you who have joined and started reading over the years! Whether you started reading this blog five years ago, or today, it makes my heart so happy seeing this little community growing, expanding, and becoming my dream come true! Truly, thank you all!


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In honor of this big milestone, I wanted to reflect on some of my favorite posts, as well as your guys' favorites over the years. Unfortunately, today I also had to visit the dentist and have a couple procedures done, so I am a bit too overwhelmed and exhausted to do that right now. So instead I will direct you on over the the category, "My Favorite Posts!"
In that category you will find all my absolute favorite posts I have written over the years. Please enjoy!
And to leave with you today, I have a big announcement...


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That's right! We are finally moving!
Me and Nick have been talking about doing it for years, and finally all of our hard work, patience, and saving has paid off. We are both just out of control excited to start this new chapter of our lives! To everyone who has been asking, or who is going to ask why we are moving, the answer is this; a lot of reasons. We are not only sick of the cold (I don't like being miserable 4 months out of the year!), but we are growing very weary of all the negativity that seems inescapable here. Once you start on a different life track like we have, have hopes and ambitions that are a bit out there, and develop a different perspective on life that is contradictive to what everyone else thinks, be ready for this negativity. The way people try to talk you out of whatever you're trying to do, and instead tell you what they think you should do, or by telling you all these horror stories about what might happen like, "This one thing happened to my second cousin's ex boyfriends's half sister's hairstylist's mother in law's friend, so you probably shouldn't do that." Or, when they straight up tell you that they don't think you will succeed. And yes, all of those have happened to us! I know that there are negative people everywhere, but there is such an overwhelming amount around here. So we are done with the snow, the negativity, and also, we are just ready for something different! 
Me and Nick have agreed that we have both grown stagnant here. Small towns have a way of doing that. Suffocating you, making you feel as if every road in every direction is closed, and the only one available for travel is that one road that runs through the middle of that small town, never letting you leave, keeping you forever trapped. And so we are leaving. We are getting out. We want to grow, and we want to prosper! We want to reach all of our crazy dreams, goals, and plans! Even if they sound ridiculous to everyone else, we want to go off on our own, and make big things happen for us! 
So thank you to all of you who have been supportive, and for all of those who understand! We could not be more ready for this move. The time has finally come, and we are diving in!
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To end today's celebratory post, I just want to express how truly blessed I feel right now!
In this wonderful year, I am celebrating seeing my blog turn five years old, I got to rejoice in myself turning 30, and I also am about to embark on this brand new, super scary but exhilarating chapter, of moving to a state I have never been to, to open up a business from scratch, with my wonderful husband! Wow! 
Thank you again everyone! Love you!!!
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Peace Love and 5 Year Anniversary
Jess <3
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A Week in My Life

9/19/2016

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A Week in My Life
I know a lot of you are curious about my life; it doesn't consist of the normal 9-5 job or taking care of kids, I blog weekly, I only work my "normal" job 2-3 days a week, and I always seem to be traveling somewhere, or doing something random! So what does my week look like? Keep reading to find out!
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Monday
One bizarre thing about me; I love Mondays! Yes indeed, I love them! Mondays are my blogging day; I pack myself some snacks, coffee, and water, and head off to the library, or a coffee shop (in which case I don't pack any coffee). Some days I'll just stay at home and set up at the table. On average, I spend anywhere from six to eight hours at my location (some people close down bars, I close down libraries and coffee shops!). Yes, blogging is very time consuming! I not only write and publish a blog post, but that's just the beginning of it! After I hit publish, I need to promote that article on four different social media platforms, and then make and send out a campaign for my mailing list (subscribe to it below)! I also answer emails from people asking about advertising rates and guest posts. On Mondays I also schedule my facebook, shop facebook, blog facebook, twitter, and P.A.T.H.S facebooks to be posted throughout the week. This step takes a while, but it really saves me time in the long run, so I don't have to get on my laptop every day to post things! 
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A Week in My Life
Tuesday
Tuesdays are also wonderful, because I get to do whatever I want! In the morning I make myself some tea or coffee, and sit and relax with that, and talk to whoever happens to be at home at that moment. The rest of the day is filled with; finishing up any blogging stuff I didn't complete the day before, crafting, replying to messages and filling any orders from my Fiverr or Etsy pages, reading books, taking baths, and playing with the puppies! My husband's schedule can vary, but sometimes he gets off Tuesdays, so we get to spend time together! We run errands, watch a movie at the Dollar Theater, go dancing, play video games, and just enjoy each others' company!
At night I make a meal for the family. Since there is currently seven people living in the house, I need to make a lot of food! 
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Wednesday
Wednesdays are tiring, but good days! Wednesdays are my "I'm a Domestic 50's Housewife Goddess" day (that's just my way of saying that I clean a lot!).
I have a once a week housecleaning job, and I do that Wednesday mornings. It's nice because it's about 3 minutes from my house, and it only takes me about 3 hours. Once I get home, 
I clean both bathrooms top to bottom, clean and sweep our bedroom, and go through and organize any papers or piles of anything laying around that need organized. I also do our laundry, which takes a little more time, because we don't use a dryer. So after the clothes are washed, I hang the t-shirts up in the laundry room, the pants and shorts outside on the line, and all the socks and underwear on the drying racks outside. I usually also bring in all of my Mom's laundry from the previous day and fold those for her. After everything is dried, I fold them and put them away. I also hand wash all of my underwear that day, do a hair mask, and take a long hot shower.
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Thursday
I leave at 10:00 Thursday morning to go to my waitressing job. Since it's a weekday morning shift, I'm only there until two, or three at the latest. Once I'm done, I do grocery shopping, and run any errands that need done. I get home about 5:00, then hang out with my family and the dogs the rest of the day.
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Friday
Friday morning I sleep in, only get out of bed to get a cup of coffee, then spend the next four hours in my pajamas, in bed, drinking coffee and watching Netflix. At 3:00 I leave, get food at work, then work a very busy, non-stop shift at Roosters (my waitressing job). I get home at about midnight, then pass out.
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Saturday
Saturday morning I wake up at 9:30, leave for work at 10, and get home at 5:00. The rest of the day I get to do "normal" weekend stuff; hang out with friends, and hang out with my husband! Yay!


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Sunday
Sunday mornings we usually go to church with my parents, then out to eat afterwards with the entire family. Once we get home, I instantly change into pajamas, and it's relax mode for the rest of the day! Nick can't sit still for that long, so he does errands or gets stuff done that he didn't have time for during the week. So I lay in bed watching Netflix, relaxing, and loving life! Once Nick gets home we play video games and/or watch a couple episodes of whatever t.v show we're currently sucked into! Then we go to sleep.
The next morning I wake up, and I get to do it all over again! Yay! 
So that is a week in my life! Pretty fun right?! Well, it is perfect for me, and I absolutely love it!
​*What about you? What does your week look like? Do you love it? If not, what can you do to change that?!*


Peace Love and a Week in My Life
Jess <3


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Giveaway!

2/28/2016

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Pi Day T-Shirt Giveaway
Iiiiiiiiiiit's giveaway time!!!
And with Pi Day coming up (3-14-16! Get it get it get it?!!), what better giveaway than this great Pi Day T-Shirt from Big Head Bob's?!!
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Pi Day T-Shirt Giveaway
Pi Day T-Shirt Giveaway
This "Pi Day March 14, 2016 That's close enough 3.1416" t-shirt is a woman's size medium. It is a beautiful baby blue color, and it's super comfortable, and obviously, awesome!
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Pi Day T-Shirt Giveaway
Pi Day T-Shirt Giveaway
 Last week I had the opportunity to model three of Big Head Bob's Pi Day T-shirts for their website. I absolutely love them, and have been wearing them almost non-stop!
So I decided to do a giveaway of the blue shirt, to one lucky reader! Yay!
The giveaway has just started, and it ends on March 8th, so that I can ensure that it will get to you by Pi Day!
You can enter this giveaway by doing any of the options below. The more options you complete, the more entries you get! And some of them, you can do once a day!
So get ready, get set........GO!
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a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck to you all!
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*Disclosure*
I was given these Pi Day Shirts, and these are my thoughts on them.



​Peace Love and Giveaways
Jess <3


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