Hello world! I’m excited to be back to blogging and I already know this particular blog will last. I’ve had various blogs over the years, but I have never been able to find something that stuck. Everyone tells you to “pick a niche” and don’t get me wrong… I completely understand the logic behind it. The thing is, blogging is more than just me trying to build my business. I want a place to share my daily ramblings and small moments of my life. My son is growing fast and blogging is a way I can document our crazy life. Let me start by telling you a little bit about myself:
My name is Katie and I’m a single mom living in Orlando. My son, Tanner, is my entire world. All moms say that, but Tanner really has given me a whole new life. Everything happens for a reason, and I truly believe my son was placed in my life to make me a better person.
Now I don’t want to get into all the itty bitty details of my life, because – let’s be honest… no one came here to read my autobiography. I will tell you I have been a single mom since my son was a couple days old. It is the only type of #momlife I know. I started my masters when I was pregnant with my miracle baby and finished when he was 2. For the past 5 years, I have worked in a very high poverty school in Orlando. The kids I work with every day are absolutely incredible and I’m blessed to be a small part of their lives.
When I started teaching 5 years ago, I came across this innovative site called TeachersPayTeachers. It was full of creative teaching resources and I soon realized teachers were getting paid to share their ideas. Being a new teacher, I was full of ideas! When I told my dad about this site AND told him I was going to make some money by selling some of my own resources, he laughed at me. I’m not kidding. He didn’t laugh to be mean, he just didn’t think it would be a good use of my time. I showed him. In 7 months I made $20k and saved up for a down payment on a house. I closed on my house a little after a year of selling resources on TeachersPayTeachers (TpT).
Over the years, I stopped investing my time in creating resources for TpT and the amount of passive income I was making declined. During this time I had begun to spend my “free hours” running. Running quickly became a passion for me. It was a form of exercise I could do with my son by pushing the stroller – which he didn’t always love. I’ve been running regularly for about 2 years now. I have completed tons of 5ks, about 14 half marathons, 4 marathons, and 1 50k ultra. I think running will always be a part of my life. My son has started to find a love for running and I’ve realized it is much more fun to watch him run, than to actually run myself.
Then again, I would choose watching him enjoy life over anything, any day. Welcome to my world.
