Random Shtuffff

ByJo-Anna Rooney Published Updated
I’ve thought a lot about being a bit more personal here on my blog.  
I want my blog to be real.  Because I’m real.  What I do is real.
But it’s a scary thing putting yourself out there to the world.  
I don’t want to be judged.
I’m just a gal.  Regular life.  Regular stuff.  Not perfect.  Far from it.

So I’m taking a leap of faith, and I’m keepin’ it real today.
 I don’t have any pictures of myself that I really like.
I guess that’s what happens when you’re always the one behind the camera!
But this is me.  What I look like in real life.  😉
Anyway, let’s get to know each other a little better why don’t we!

Here are 20 random things, thoughts, musings and stuff you may not know about me:  I warn you this is all very random and all over the place…that’s how I roll.

  1. Fall is my favourite time of year.
  2. I’m a TV junkie.  I mean when the kids are in bed by 8, what else is there to do really?!
  3. Mamma Yamma followed me on Twitter and I’m so stoked about that!  CBC Kids?  Anyone?  😉
  4. This summer has been tough.  Lots of kid bickering, and I’m not used to it.
  5. I love coffee.  My morning coffee is my favourite part of the day.
  6. I had a pulmonary embolism in February.  Scary stuff.  It’s all good now.
  7. I want to live in the countryside.  The prairies are where my heart sings.
  8. It’s unnerving to me that this year my hubby & I will have been married 13 years.  I don’t like the number 13.
  9. Referring back to #8…I’m a little superstitious:  knock on wood, salt over the shoulder, disliking certain numbers…that sort of thing.
  10. I really really dislike negative comments.  Don’t leave them if you don’t have anything nice to say.  My feelings do get hurt you know…
  11. I miss my childhood best friend.
  12. I love to clean.  Yes it’s a problem. Ok, not a real problem, but maybe a little weird?  It calms me down.
  13. I want to paint over the tree mural in my master bedroom.  Shhhhh, don’t tell my hubby.
  14. My favourite colour is blue.
  15. I once had a gold fish that lived for 12 years…I kid you not!  hahahaha  (I told you this was random!)
  16. I hate exercise.  Wish I didn’t, but I do.
  17. I have an Environmental Science Degree.
  18. I secretly wish I could bike the BMX track when I watch my son out there…it’s SO awesome.
  19. Storms are the best.  I think I could storm chase…
  20. Putting this stuff out there is giving me heart palpitations.

And deep breath.  Ahhhh.

On a side note, some of my most favourite blog posts to read are ones where I get to know the blogger behind the site…it’s so great…so I hope you enjoyed this?

Anyway, tell me a little bit about you…I’d really like to know who y’all are…maybe write your own post and share the link…

Have a brave and inspired day!

Hi I'm Jo-Anna Rooney, the creator, director, baker, maker and home decorator here at A Pretty Life in the Suburbs! I'm sharing a simple home life through fresh and easy recipes and uncomplicated home tips and home decor.

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56 Comments

  1. Thanks so much for sharing. I actually made SURE to read this so I could get to know you better. It’s nice. Thirteen is just a number between 12 and 14. They had to call it something ;)I might have to google Yamma Mamma! haha. But happy it made your day!!
    And, that you are healthy after that scare!

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  2. I love how real you are (i.e messy toy room pictures) and how much love you have for your family.I read your blog in the morning with my coffee and try a lot of your recipes. Thanks for sharing and please keep writing!! PS…glad you’re okay!

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind comment Cara! I’m so honoured that you share your morning coffee with me and my blog! When I hear comments like this, it gives me new energy to keep on writing and creating, so thank YOU!
      Jo-Anna

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  3. Hi Jo-Anna! I love this post! I think it’s great that you are putting yourself out there. You are someone who needs to be shared in the world :). I had no idea about your health scare – horrifying! I am glad you are better now. And I am SO with you on the morning coffee – doing that now. BEST part of the day. Sometimes I even get up really early on the weekends before my little guy (Chace) wakes up to just sit and enjoy it. So, please keep being YOU, and share that with us… And plese don’t paint over your beautiful bedroom mural – I LOVE it. Of course you just do what you want – but blog about it if you do 😉 xo.

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    1. Thank you Elaine! It really feels good to put myself out there, much better than I thought it would in fact. I feel a little lighter now knowing that I’m being more real! And the response to this has been amazing, and just reaffirms to me how wonderful the blogging community is! (btw, I’m really glad you are back to blogging!)
      Jo-Anna

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  7. Anonymous says:

    I dont have blog yet (but I follow 35 of them each day) – just started doing that about 2 months ago and you were one of the first ones I found…enjoy your updates and the fact that you are real…trying to get up the courage to start my own blog – I appreciate the fact that you are Canadian…cause I am too! Fall is my favourite time of year as well – although I enjoy the summer too! Kids bickering is hard but normal…My daughter had a goldfish that lived 12 years too…it started out orange and it was pure white when it died..she won it at the local carnival and we never thought it would live that long! I look forward to your posts and follow you by facebook cause feed burner/email updates dont work for me for some reason…keep up the good work – I enjoyed learning more about you…glad the health issue has resolved

    Cheryl from Ontario

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    1. Thank you so much for leaving such a heartfelt comment Cheryl! I am so honoured that you read my blog – I’m always in awe that anyone reads it really! And I really really love Canadian readers!
      Thank you for reading along with me!
      Jo-Anna

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  8. Awesome post Jo-Anna! I love getting to know you better 🙂 And I do NOT like to clean or work out. I’m in trouble. haha.

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  9. Natasha d says:

    Thanks Jo-Anna, that was fun! I love your blog and that you are a fellow Canadian. I don’t blog but I love being inspired by blogs! I love to organize but still have so much organizing todo!?

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  10. I came here from a link on your mother’s blog….which I follow faithfully. So interesting to see a post such as yours. I am an “old” person, so I wonder if I would have nerve enough to makes such a post myself. Guess I’ll just have to think about it!

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