About me!

Welcome to “Confessions of a Not-So Domesticated Newlywed”!  My name is Kristen and I am 28 years old young.  I currently live in Wapakoneta, Ohio (home of Kent Boyd and Neil Armstrong… yep, it’s a pretty popular place! ) with my wonderful husband, Brandon.

I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania.  After graduating high school, I moved to Florida and attended the University of Florida (Go Gators!).  I graduated with a Bachelors in psychology and then stayed at UF for my Education Specialist degree in school psychology.

Following graduation, I moved to Sarasota, FL and worked as a school psychologist.

After meeting Brandon and a year of long-distance dating/engagement, I moved up to Ohio.  We got married on December 18, 2010 and after an amazing honeymoon in Costa Rica, I moved in to Brandon’s home in good ole’ Wapak! 

I love my husband and I love my life, but I still miss the sun and surf of Florida!

I decided to write this blog to share some of my experiences as a newlywed.  I love cooking and baking, but I’m not very experienced yet, so I have a tendency to make mistakes every now and then all the time.  I’m hoping other people can relate to me, and perhaps we can share tips and recipes!

(Tip #1: Don’t slide parchment too far under a cake that you are frosting … you’ll never get it back out.  Never.)

Brandon and I also love traveling, trying new restaurants, and being active.  So the blog will also touch on these areas.  We are currently training for a 10k (completed with a time of 1:03!) and half-marathon (completed with a time of 2:12!), so I’ll be posting about our training, giving tips that I’ve found to be useful, and also asking for advice from those who have been there/done that. (Update: next half-marathon to be run in April 2012!)

I hope you enjoy the blog as much as I enjoy writing it!

~Kristen =)