who do I think I am?

I mean, I'm definitely no expert at homemaking, that's for sure. But what even qualifies me to write about it?

Nothing.

So now that we've gotten that out of the way, I'll give you the abridged version of my journey to today.

I grew up, went to college, moved home, started working. Met a hunk. Got married at 24 and moved straight from my parents' house to my husband's house. Never lived on my own (unless you count a dorm room).

A couple of months into marriage, we felt convicted that the company I was working for was handling itself unethically and I needed to get out right then. Only, how could we afford that? We prayed, looked at our budget, cut back all our expenses to the bare bone, and came up with an amount I would need to earn. Had an interview with a friend's parents who own a business, and they could offer me only two and a half days per week, making EXACTLY the amount we had come up with.

That's what I consider the beginning of my career as a homemaker. When I was working full time, my Jake (that's the hunk) and I often worked different schedules, so we didn't do much eating together or anything like that. Only when I was home during the week (my new job was on weekends) did I begin to figure out how to do wifey stuff.

Plus, I kind of had to figure it out. We had no money now, remember? So I learned to cook, make my own cleaning supplies, coupon (don't do that anymore, don't worry), and feed a giant weightlifting man on a measly grocery budget. We turned pretty green around then too, thanks to the needing to make everything myself and reusing as much as possible.

That was almost six years ago, and I've fallen in love with domesticity. Not all the time - duh. There are many days I'd rather binge watch something - anything - than clean. But I really mean things like centering our lives around home, and hospitality, and decorating, and enjoying all of that.

Now: who do you think you are? Don't take that the wrong way. Just introduce yourself :)