About Tracy Lynn

It is SO hard to sit and write "about" yourself!  Maybe I should have had someone else do this part for me...Let's see, I guess I will start with my name: Tracy Lynn Gayheart (Mangelsdorf is my maiden name.)  Soon both Gayheart and Mangelsdorf will both be replaced with Miller!  How will I adapt to having such a "normal" name for the first time in my life???  Oh well, I'm sure I'll be fine! I'm 34 years old with three amazing children: Derryk, Rheanna, and Cash.  Yes, Cash is named after THE Johnny Cash. 

I'm divorced, but soon to be married for the second and very last time to this super amazing man I met with the intentions of buying a car.  Yup, I went to the car dealership to buy a car, but came out with a Kraig instead!  It wasn't actually all that simple.  He had to woo me first...I played pretty hard to get.  Poor guy...he only had to suffer for a couple of days, though.  He completely won me over one morning by sending me a text that said, "I have a secret.  Come to the door."  So, I go open the front door and there he had placed a beautiful long stemmed rose.  That was all it took for me to realize that I had to give this guy a chance.  Even at that time though I knew it was more than a chance.  I knew I was going to be with him for the rest of my life.  And since then he's won me over time and time again just by being the wonderful sweet person he is!

I was born and raised in New Mexico.  Yes, it's a part of the United States and yes I do know English...Just thought I'd get that out of the way first, because I know someone is wondering.  Anyway, I got my associates degree in radiologic technology in New Mexico and met my ex-husband.  We moved to Kentucky, where he is from, in 2007.  So ultimately after a whole bunch of fate-derivative events I ended up a single mom living and working in Cincinnati shopping for a car and meeting the man of my dreams.  That brings me to present day here in my apartment being a mommy, planning a wedding, shopping for a bigger house, and all the while trying out this whole blogging thing as I go along.  Oh yeah, I work full time too.  Lets not forget that!

I adore so many things.  I'm a typical jack of all trades and expert at none.  My family may beg to differ when it comes to my cooking.  They really love it and I am so proud of that.  You know what makes it so good???  LOVE. Nothing makes me happier than to cook something delicious and totally from scratch for my family and hear their praises.  Second to that is hearing them brag about it to others.  I just eat it up!  Besides cooking, I love to decorate, clean, garden, craft, create...the list could go on and on.  Basically if Martha Stewart, Betty Crocker, and Paula Dean have done it, I love it and want to try it myself.  Oh let's add Norm Abram too.  You know, the guy from This Old House?  Cause I like to try to fix things and build things too.

There have only been a few times during my crazy life that I've had the opportunity to really put a lot of effort into all of the things I love.  I'm so blessed that now is one of those times.  I'm hoping that this time life fails to throw any curve balls my way that inhibit me from ever not being able to truly be myself.  I plan to spend the rest of my life cooking, creating, and loving!  It just makes me happy.

I decided to start a blog for several reasons.  The first thing that made me consider it was the fact that I am a procrastinator.  I have all these things that I'm planning to do "someday" and it started worrying me that someday would not happen if I didn't kick my butt into gear.  I figured that writing a blog where I could post all of my ideas and accomplishments would help me feel like I am being held accountable.  I don't care if Kraig and my mom are the only ones who read my posts...I still don't want to not complete something I start especially if I've told others I am doing it.  The second reason is because the job I have allows me to work alone most of the time.  I do a lot of driving and a lot of thinking.  By the time I am home I've come up with so many ideas and thoughts and just as I suspected it would, blogging allows me to get all of that out. Another reason I thought this would be cool is to keep my friends and family up to date with what is going on in my life and be able to share more with them especially since a majority of them are far far away.

So, here we are.  Bare with me as I try to figure all of this out.  I may be changing stuff around here and there.  Adding and taking things away.  I hope all in all though someone, somewhere enjoys it!