Hi, I'm Betsy and this is my life.
Here we are. It is January. The start to a new year is upon us. I have some simple goals for the year: read more 📚, write more ✒️, skate more 🛼, travel more🗺, play more 🎉, laugh more 😂, love more ❤, witch more 🕯, and be more myself than ever before. My 2023... Continue Reading →
It has been a couple of days so, let's check in on my October Bucket List, TBR and Book Bingo. I have already blogged about some of these events, but here we go: Witch Walk 2022 Dark Market 2022 Carve a Pumpkin Go to a Halloween Party Celebrate our 10th anniversary Attend Ren Faire at... Continue Reading →
My sister made me an amazing gift and gave it to me this past weekend. She used one of the horseshoes removed from her horse, Arlo. As to where I stand on bookish bingo...no bingo yet, but I am hopeful. And the Halloween Countdown for the 13th:
Witch Walk 2022 Dark Market 2022 Carve a Pumpkin Go to a Halloween Party Celebrate our 10th anniversary Attend Ren Faire at least once a weekend Tales from the Crypt at Green Lawn Abbey Finish and upgrade Mothman Costume for Faire Read 4 books Create a great basket for my spooky basket buddy Have a... Continue Reading →
The last couple years with plague, school, work, wenches and life have been difficult. I often felt stretched beyond my limits and the result of that was my Christmas tree staying up since I put it up in December of 2020. Part of it was that it had my favorite ornaments on it which made... Continue Reading →
We spent all day the 8th at the Ohio Renaissance Festival and then came home and were in bed exhausted by 8pm. It was a beautiful fall day and Viking Weekend which led to possibly record breaking numbers at Ohio Ren. Plus we had visiting wenches from Michigan who invaded and were part of Wench... Continue Reading →
Ten years ago today Seth and I got married in a ceremony that was so personal to us that we wrote the whole thing, lol. Our wedding was largely DIY for Seth, myself and many members of my friends and family. My mom made Seth's vest and my jacket. Seth made chainmaille flowers, and our... Continue Reading →
I have never really been a perfume person. The closest I came was wearing sandalwood oil a lot, but never scents. Until I found Sucreabeille and now...I have a signature scent. I esentially live in Something Wicked This Way Comes by Sucreabeille. The scent notes are bourbon, scotch, tabacco, aged vanilla, cafe mocha, rum, amber,... Continue Reading →
I am trying to read more this month, because I love books and I am ready to get my reading habit back after years of school. Currently Reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik To Be Read: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean. The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi... Continue Reading →
This year for one of my classes I wrote a story that I would consider a ghost story. It was inspired by a quote from a high school friend, Jarod Anderson who writes as The Cryptonaturalist. It is not perfect but I liked it and thought you might enjoy. “The Mind is a Haunted House”... Continue Reading →
I Am The Weird Girl 