{REAL LIFE} i'm 30.

{REAL LIFE}

every now and then i post about my real life.

not the creative, pretty, styled side of my life - just my real one to balance the equation. 

i have good days - the kids are happy and healthy, i showered and put together a cute outfit, 

we spent time as a family, i photographed or posted something fun on the blog, the weather was amazing and we spent the day outside, got a sneak peek at something for the book, 

or i got to talk to my family or spend time with friends ..... and i have days where i want to 

pull my hair out and cry once my kids are in bed and my hubby wont be home from work for another 5 hours and its been 4 days since i saw him last, and the dishes are piled up, 

and i'm behind on laundry, and i have 60+ emails to read and respond to. 

and somedays are quite a hilarious mix of both.

thats more my REAL LIFE than most of the posts you see.

and i think that means i am normal. 

this week i turned 30.

i have been gearing up for this - i finaly bought spanx and a wrinkle night cream. 

i have been jokingly "wo is me" for the past few weeks with all my friends wondering how i would feel when i was no longer in my 20's and so young and spry. 

BUT... 

turning 30 was not all "gloom and doom" like everyone said it would be...

for starters the day was wonderful - shopping and celebrating with fabulous friends, phone calls and texts from family and friends that don't live close by, an AWESOME cake by traylor made treats, a blindfolded drive to a surprise get together, and a sweet husband who orchestrated it all on three hours of sleep knowing he would be at the hospital all day and night.  

heart warming, fun, and yummy all in one - that's my kind of day.

BUT... on TOP of THAT 

i realized that the last decade was pretty darn awesome. 

i graduated, got married, had two kids, started a blog, moved to CA, bought our first house, wrote my first book, completed 5 tirathlons & a tough mudder, did a million other things 

BUT... most of all 

i really really lived and loved my life!

so.

i'm proud of being 30 and i'm ready to embrace it. 

even if i have to do it wearing spanx and applying wrinkle cream....

so three cheers for the past three decades i have lived. 

and one big one for this next decade... 

i can't wait to see what's in store.

 what was your 30th like? 

did you go out of your 20's with a bang?!

mindy starr

(now 30 yrs old)

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