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Renee la vie. The life of me.

It's been so long since I've written on my blog. I revamped, changed, deleted, added to it...and basically I'm starting over :)
First of all, this blog will hopefully be filled with lots of different things. And who knows what it will evolve to in the future. For now though it will focus on what's going on in my life, makeup, beauty and fashion finds, health & exercise, books I'm reading or have read and loved, and cooking (recipe experiments, good, bad and ugly) Essentially everything and anything under the sun. Basically this a way to get my creativity flowing and have an outlet for that!

On that note, let me introduce myself:
I'm Renee Porter. Twenty six years old.
I am a girl living in the country who loves the city but hates crowds, a girl who dreams of traveling, but is an unapologetic homebody. How 'bout that oxymoron? Simple things make me happy. Watching cooking shows on Saturdays, reading and sipping coffee, walking my dogs, an energetic beagle boy Gatsby, and a shy but sweet Pyrenees, Daisy.

Speaking of reading I'm currently reading "Grace not Perfection" by Emily Ley. It gave me the initial idea and push to restart my blog.
In the book it asked some questions that really got me thinking.

When was the last time you were ecstatically happy?
What  are you missing? What makes you feel deeply alive?
I sat there for a minute and was almost sad...I literally couldn't think of a time recently that I was "ecstatically" happy. I'm not depressed by any means (well, depends on the day LOL)  and yes, I've been happy, happyish, and all the shades in between. But ecstatically, take a mental picture this moment is so perfect happy...apparently it's been a while. Life gets busy, routine sets in and you're just trying to make it to Friday.
So I thought to myself, you really need to do something that makes YOU happy. Something that fills you up and energizes your soul.

Writing does that for me. So here I am. Again.

I hope to share things with whoever might read this that make you smile, laugh and maybe even inspires.
I dream of being a writer. Of the ideas in my head somehow reaching people. Doing something I love for a living. Pipe dream? Maybe. But I'm going to put on my running shoes and chase it.

Starting now.

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