greeting from utah

Carly and i were in the same ward a few years ago and other than meeting her husband once at a random party in manhattan (carly was there too of course) i don't think i know any of the rest of you.

about me: 

I am in my mid twenties, single (in the biblical sense), own an online retail business, and just graduated from BYU with my BFA in photography. I currently live in Utah but hope to move back to Manhattan in the near future.

I am fiercely independent, the youngest of ten, want to be martha stewart but not in a i-do-everything-on-pintrest kind of way, have three blogs, love to snuggle babies but having my own is my greatest fear in life, love art and took bookbinding 3x at BYU (until they told me i couldn't take it anymore), putting me in a dating situation is like putting oil in water without getting any of those pretty bubbles, oh and i sleepwalk.

I decided to do this challenge because in the last three months from moving back from Manhattan i have gained 10 lbs--probably because instead of walking over a mile to get to work etc. i now walk up one flight of stairs to my home office. That weight might also be a result of my newly found addiction to Dr. Pepper and the fact that in one week i made: chocolate chip cookies, a struessel cake, a chocolate cream filled pavlova and homemade chocolate pudding.

I won't lie, the money is also a huge motivator as well as the fact that my sister is getting married next month and the dress i bought six months ago for the wedding is a very small size...

best of luck to everyone!

Bethany