Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger

JoAnne from A Pocketful of Blue

 Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger is a feature done each Saturday that introduces you to a blogger you may already know or a new blogger for you to get to know. This feature gives you a peak into the personal life of the blogger.  Getting to know the special person behind the beautiful blog.

There is so much talent and inspiration in blogland so enjoy getting to know these talented bloggers each Saturday.

This week it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to JoAnne from A Pocketful of Blue blog.  I love JoAnne's blog because all the posts show how much she loves her home and how talented she is with her decor DIY's.  She is as sweet as ever so enjoy reading and getting to know JoAnne and then hop over to check our her lovely blog.

Hi Blog Readers!

I'm JoAnne from A Pocketful of Blue. 

Today I am Kris's Saturday Spotlight and I'm so appreciative that she 

invited me to be part of her weekly series.

I have been blogging for over four years now and I have enjoyed it so much.

Most of my posts are about decorating, projects around our house and

how much home means to me.  We bought an older home about 7 years ago,

 so we have been working on updating and decorating it in the cottage style

 that I love ever since.

So here are some things about me that I don't usually post about.

I have a wonderful hubby who I met 23 years ago through a personal ad in a

local magazine.  That was in the days before the internet (you know, way back then)

 so it wasn't a very common thing for people to do at the time.

Here is a picture of us on our trip to New Hampshire in 2013 in

celebration of our 20th anniversary.

We have 2 kiddos, 17 and 13.

Our son will be a senior next year so I am already feeling sad

that he will be going to college in the not too distant future.

It will be a huge transition for me but we are very proud of him

and we couldn't ask for a better son.

Our daughter is in middle school.  She is beautiful and smart and she

lights up our lives with her fun personality.

 However, please pray for me to survive these middle school years.

  Oh my, so much drama - and it changes by the hour!

A totally different experience than when our son was that age.

Here is a recent picture where I somehow caught them both

 in a happy moment at the same time!

We also have a chubby kitty named Sox.

We all love him and have a lot of fun with him and

he is pretty much the boss of our family.

I thought I would share a few random facts about myself:

* I have 3 sisters, no brothers - I'm no. 3

* I attended Catholics schools my whole life including college

* I worked in Accounting for 18 years

* When I was growing up, my Dad owned a stockyards where

 he held livestock sales every week

* I love animals - mostly the cute, furry kind

* We adopted our daughter from Russia when she was 15 months old

* I'm a Pittsburgh Steelers fan

* I like peanut butter and mayo sandwiches

A recent event for me is that I got a new car.

My last car was an SUV that I drove for 14 years!

It was kind of sad when it was towed away because our

kids had kind of grown up in that car.

They had left their special marks on it like the scratches my

daughter put on one of the windows one day when she was bored.  : )

Now I'm driving this and I love it . . .

. . .  so fun to be-bop around in.

I haven't yet blogged about something we are doing this summer.

The four of us are going on a 3 week trip to Europe.  Years ago, we started

talking about traveling to Europe sometime before our kids are out of high school.  

As I mentioned, our son is going into his senior year so we knew we had to do it this summer.   We have spent a lot of time planning (and saving money) and it's hard to believe that it is  coming up so soon.

These are the places we are visiting: London, England Paris, France Munich, Germany Florence and Rome, Italy Even though we are going for 3 weeks, it was still challenging to narrow down  the places we would go. There's just so much to see and do and I'm pretty sure this will be a once in a lifetime trip for me - so excited! Back on the home front, we want to work on our backyard this summer. Last fall, my husband and son replaced the old concrete blocks on our patio with some beautiful pavers. So now I'm looking forward to adding  some landscaping, lots of flowers and patio furniture. I think we'll really enjoy it this summer.

Thank you so much for reading! My blog is A Pocketful of Blue so please come over for a visit anytime! Thank you, Kris, for this opportunity! You have a wonderful blog and beautiful home and on top of all of that, you are one of the kindest and most caring bloggers out there - I really mean that!! Have a great weekend, everyone!

Thank you JoAnne for letting me feature you this week in Spotlight.  Your two kids are adorable and little Sox too.  Have a great week rest of the week end everyone.  Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Kris

:)