Hello There!
My name is Destiny, I am blessed to be a wife to an amazing man and new-ish mom of a wonderful little boy who will be turning one next month! And to top it all off I have had the privilege of being a foster mom for almost three years and have met some awesome kiddos!
I am very lucky to have taken part in many different adventures and I look forward to sharing my experiences with you!
I have been a
SCUBA diver
Photographer
Commercial Fisherman
Cider Maker
And amateur mechanic (with my husband's help)
I strive to leave this world better than I found it and bring joy to people's lives. There are millions of people in this world that would love to see others fail, be one of the people that offers a helping hand.
I met the man I now call my husband when I was seventeen. He was rough and rowdy with a hint of bad boy. Think Dukes of Hazard but without the moonshine and destruction of public and private property (for the most part). I had just moved to town for a job as a SCUBA diver. The short version of this story is that we met through friends and we did not like each other for the first couple of months. After a while the tables turned rather quickly and we became very close. We dated for seven years before tying the knot and our friends and family said a collective "FINALLY!"
At the time of our marriage I had just began my short career as a commercial fisherman. The next summer I went to Alaska to fish for five months. I spent our first wedding anniversary traveling back from Alaska on the fishing boat. That was the hardest five months, it was the first time I was away from my best friend for that long. I continued to fish for three more years until I finally decided to get a regular nine to fiver. Thus began my illustrious career as a cider maker! I spent the next two years in one of the most amazing work environments I have ever experienced! It is a local Cidery that began on a small blueberry farm and quickly grew (and continues to grow) into a thriving company the helps bring the community together. I have never worked in a place that cared so much for it's employees and their happiness!
Unfortunately (and at the same time fortunately) I found out that I was pregnant! It was unfortunate because it meant that I would have to leave my job, at least during my pregnancy due to the manual labor. As it turned out, childcare is very expensive where we live, as I'm sure it is everywhere else, and I developed very strong feelings of wanting to be at home with my son and not have someone else pretty much raise him during these precious years. We and extremely fortunate that my husband works for a wonderful company that pays him well and I am able to stay home with our little one. Since having our little guy I did dabble in commercial fishing for a couple months in my home town, but that was mainly so I didn't go stir crazy over the winter!
To keep myself sane over the last year I have taken up new hobbies and started honing some of my other skills. That essentially translates to, I have been taking a lot of pictures and have practically sewn a new wardrobe of clothes. I have also dabbled in upholstering some of my furniture. These are the skills I will be sharing with you, please keep in mind that I am an absolute amateur and whatever steps or processes I show you are most likely something I made up on the fly for the project!
That is pretty much the last decade of my life in a nutshell! I look forward to hearing from you guys!
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