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To go from Hippie queen to driving my Uber's Tesla

To go from Hippie queen to driving my Uber's Tesla Model 3 was definitley a culture shock ⏩️
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Of all the fun things that happen at Fest, nothing

Of all the fun things that happen at Fest, nothing beats the fun we get into at our own site: The Nut Hut Club 🥜

Even Jimmy Buffet knows a site where
Dad gets glam & the Rugrats theme song reins Supreme is the place to be (swipe to meet him 🦜)

Until next year, Folk Fest 👋
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"Bad shit happens, but good shit happens too" // .

"Bad shit happens, but good shit happens too" // ...like getting to dance on stage with your middle school, community-focused inspiration 😭😭

The Folk Festival sun must have been shining down on me ☀️🥰
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Now, I'm not a highly metaphysical man, But I know

Now, I'm not a highly metaphysical man,
But I know when the stars are aligned, you can
Bump into a person in the middle of the road
Look into their eyes, and you suddenly know.
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you,
Dancing in the night in the middle of June.
My momma told me, don't lose you,
'Cause the best luck I had was you 💫

I say, "Hey, I'll be gone today,
But I'll be back all around the way"
It seems like everywhere I go,
The more I see, the less I know.
But I know, one thing, that I love you (Baby girl)
I love you, I love you, I love you ❤️

@michaelfranti
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Keep Calm & Fest On 💫 What does "Fest On" mean

Keep Calm & Fest On 💫

What does "Fest On" mean?

To me, it's to have community 🥰

❤️ Friends bringing you drinks just because
❤️ Sharing wine shots with new friends
❤️ Guiding newer festers through all the different camp sites & sharing memories
❤️ Giving articles of clothing right off your back (or face)
❤️ Sharing hugs & kisses
❤️ Put arms around strangers to sway to uplifting vocals
❤️ Trading shade for free showers
❤️ Allowing others to use your hammock for a mid-day nap
❤️ Waking up your neighbors to the smell of fresh breakfast sandwiches and coffee

Whatever community looks like to you, there will never be a lack of it here at Old Poole Farm 🌿
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Best part of the first day of Fest... getting to s

Best part of the first day of Fest... getting to say goodbye to Carlin when I thought I couldn't 🙈

Brianna ran into us filling up our tires after she picked up Carlin from daycare. Carlin made sure to send us off with a "Woohoo" (that was really just her responding to "How big is Carlin?") 🥰

The first night we set up camp & conversed with other volunteer friends ❤️
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Wouldn't want to be assistant to any other regiona

Wouldn't want to be assistant to any other regional manager 😉

LOVED being the honory bridesmaid to help bring the Maid of Honor @ukrainianyonce dream to life 💭

So many fun days / nights planning games, creating a schedule of events, & shopping for thee perfect splashs of tropical decor 🌿

I love you Michael ❤️

Love, Dwight 🤓
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1️⃣ thing you need to know about me: If someo

1️⃣ thing you need to know about me:

If someone gives lingerie as a gift & you say "I'll open this one later" in front of me... no you won't.

I'm the hype woman who makes you share with the class 🤪

But also,

I'll be front & center when mommas make robes out of their wedding dresses for their daughter-in-laws big day... because that's a once-in-a-lifetime moment you don't want to miss 😭

Whether lingerie or melt-your-heart memories, I was happy to be Vika's gift documentor 🤓
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What the day was all about = making sure Vika felt

What the day was all about = making sure Vika felt immensely loved... and the Bachata 💃 But mostly the 1st part about Vika 😉
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Last weekend, I celebrated one of my best friend's

Last weekend, I celebrated one of my best friend's bridal showers as a 27 year old unmarried, childless bridesmaid and this is the response I got after posting about it:

🥲 "Are you next to get hitched?"
🥲 "I can tell you love being an aunt but something tells me you have an itch for your own brood."
🥲 "Just don't wait till you're 35 and OB's will treat a pregnancy as a "geriatric pregnancy"

I was floored by the forwardness & frustrated.

Why, in the light of other's journeys, is my journey questioned? 😶

I am so happy with the life I created and even with being 8 years away (8 YEARS AWAY) from having a potential geriatric pregnancy (if I were to even choose to have kids), I am being reminded of my ticking time bomb (a.k.a the annoying thing below my belly button that I had no choice in the matter and honestly causes more problems then it does solutions - i.e. Roe vs Wade being overturned).

For any other women in her late 20s, early 30s, mid-40s, or 80s, remember this:

"I hope that one day you are able to look back and be glad that your story did not look exactly like theirs. I hope you are able to be equally excited for where you are as you are for them" - @morganharpernichols (Credit for quote & 🎨)

I just want to post deliriously happy pictures of my girlie during her bridal shower while I'm 7 mimosas deep in a $4 thrift store dress. Is that too much to ask for? 🥂
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@ukrainianyonce works well under pressure, I work

@ukrainianyonce works well under pressure, I work well after the 3rd mimosa hits 🤭

Setting up Vika's bridal shower was so so much fun (even though I got put on decoration transportation duty as the only bridesmaid with a truck) 🙈

Swipe to see my marriage advice 😜

Absolutely mandatory thank you post to Mashie, Jes

Absolutely mandatory thank you post to Mashie, Jess, & Vika for making this transition so easy & SO FUN for me & Jasper ❤️

Sincerely, I don't know how I got so lucky to have all of you to be such large parts of my happiness.

Mashie Mommy: thank you for being my fav woman in stem 🧠 From our midnight pinterest / visualization sessions, to helping me create the walk-in closet of my dreams, to simply taking the funniest pictures of our cleaning regimes. I can't thank you enough bestie for simply being you, sempai 💪

Jessie: thank you for being our designated nap taker & hype woman! I'm serious! Any day you wanna come study on my bed or nap or my couch, you are more than welcome. Your energy brightens up my space ✨️

Vika: thank you for keeping me level headed & laughing during this transition. I can't tell how many times we've tripped over one another while putting up the PAX Wardrobe but every time we did, I couldn't help but laugh & wonder *should we kiss?* 😉

Thank you, thank you, thank you for christening our new space with love, laughter, & safe energy 😭

There's no other girlies I'd rather live off of Jade Island & Empanada Mama with for 3 weeks straight while the kitchen was still waiting for cookware 🍣

Can't wait to get back at it tomorrow 😜
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We've moved to... my parent's basement (Don't wor

We've moved to...

my parent's basement (Don't worry, it's a two bedroom apartment so it's way more suitable then it sounds 🤪)

Today marks 3 weeks of living here (how?) 🤯 I can't wait to look back on these first few weeks and marvel at how loosely we had everything together (as you can see from these pictures) but how excited I was to have my own space to buy cute kitchen towels and hand wash my own berries 🍓

It truly is the little things ❣️ // I've even started dancing again!

We've been taking it day by day, some days deep cleaning, others re-arranging, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Here's a little sneak peak so far; I can't wait to share all the changes made so far 🙈

I can't believe what a perfect compromise this was as dog-based business owner & a neice-obsessed Aunt Hippie. I still get to dog sit & train on our beautiful 236 acre farm & see my 2 favorite girls every single day, but have my own entrance and space to curate to my desires ✨️

This is magic.

This is 27.

This is a new beginning 🌱
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Your energy effects all aspects of life: 🌱 Rel

Your energy effects all aspects of life:

🌱 Relationships
🌱 Career
🌱 Health
🌱 Mindset
🌱 Even your leisure

The only person who can hold you accountable to protecting such a sacred part of your life is you ❤️

How you interact with nature, animals, yourself, etc. is deeply effected my how you maintain your energy state ☀️

Take time today to:
🔋Clean off your desk
🔋Re-evaluate friendships that don't uplift you or speak ill of you when your back is turned
🔋Sit on your front step in the sunlight #recharge
🔋Start a mindset book
🔋Truly gawk at how beautiful & bountiful trees are
🔋Teach your dog a new command
🔋Breathe!

Your energy is so valueable, make sure to treat it as such ❤️
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We're moving... This room, that started off as bl

We're moving...

This room, that started off as blue with race cars around the top, to then bibbity bobbity blue / pink / purple, to the final bright orange, has served me so well in the little under 20 years I've lived in it 🥺

I trained baby Stitch in this room. I grew my business in this room. Just last year I spent 2 months over hauling it to make an "office space." We separated the room by using a white & black spotted wall paper & I got a much larger work desk from my best friend @ukrainianyonce ❤️

Some asked "Why are you spending time & money fixing up your childhood bedroom? Why not just move out?" 🤔

Being a business owner that takes dogs into her home makes things a little complicated (let alone own the most perfect angel @stitch_thebluefox) 🤪 Renters don't want "Random" dogs funneling in & out of their home or may even want a deposit for each that I welcome unfortunately.

Also, I'm a firm believer in the law of attraction 🧲

This is how I chose to see this choice (& the world in general) 🌎

Question: "What's the point in making this space conducive to my success & happiness if I don't know how long I'll be here for?"

Answer: If I treat my space with respect & allow it to grow with me, I am going to attract more opportunities that allow my future spaces to grow... and not even a year after re-doing my room here we are 🌱

More details to follow. If you want to see updates on my new space, make sure to follow my personal Instagram @handfulofheather 🙈

More details on where I'm moving to coming soon 😉
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I've been dancing almost every day again... I use

I've been dancing almost every day again...

I used to dance almost every day. I would plan it into my day: "dance in the kitchen" & before I knew it an hour would go by as I sang & danced to my invisible audience.

I don't know why I stopped.

Maybe the kitchen always had a more important purpose?

Maybe my high function anxiety made it hard to allocate time for something that wasn't "necessary?"

Maybe I thought I was annoying people with what brought me joy?

Whatever it was, all I know is I stopped & I didn't know why.

Until now...
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"SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE - fire, fireworks, & fire d

"SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE - fire, fireworks, & fire dance moves from my dad 🔥🎆🤘

And HOLY MOLY did we celebrate all that Saturdays are for @ Billfest 2022 💙
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Live everyday like you're at Billfest (2022) 🐿

Live everyday like you're at Billfest (2022) 🐿

So I guess I'm changing my primary mode of transportation to paragliding, perfecting my neice / nephew toss down tarp water slides, & taking fireball shots with my mom every afternoon from here on out 😉
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How else can I describe this woman than TOTALLY BA

How else can I describe this woman than TOTALLY BADASS 💥

After 10 years of deliberate growth, both physically & mentally, Mashie now has her black belt 🖤

Can't believe we went from me pushing your buttons on the 5th grade school bus to pushing each other further in every aspect of our lives 🙌

Watching you earn this belt has been one of many proud mommy moments 🥺

Honorable mention, her speech was all about woman empowerment (as she one of the 2 women of the 9 people who got their black belts this night) 💪 That was deff a fav part of mine 😝

Keep breaking societal standards, Sempai Kravets. So proud of you 💯
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While waiting for our 2nd order of Empanada Mama,

While waiting for our 2nd order of Empanada Mama, I saw that there was a ticket in the wiper of the car parked directly in front of the order window.

I asked @vikaa_2992 , "If I Venmo you $20, would you give me $20 cash?"

She knew it was to leave $20 with the $20 ticket left on this car's window & she asked, "Are you being serious?"

@ukrainianyonce said, "Yes she is. This is what she does." 😝

Vika gave me $20 and I placed it behind the ticket.

This is usually where "Random Acts of Kindness" end, but the women who owned the car walked up 3 minutes later, picked up the ticket, and made a face like "Why is this so heavy?"

I was watching her out of the side of my eye as she flipped the ticket over because I never get to actually witness this part of the random act.

She then looked up from her hand in disbelief and asked us "Do you know who did this?"

I sheepishly raised my hand 🙋‍♀️

She didn't know what to say so she asked if she could hug me and then she said how sweet that was.

It was such a lovely moment ❤️

Also, someone stopped me while jay walking in Doylestown & talking way too loud to tell me, "I love you voice" so it was an all around great day to be alive.

Oh, and ice cream. I ate ice cream 🍦
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