Photo Credit to Amanda Somerville Photograpy
I’m a blonde, thirty-something workaholic who started in the hospitality industry and made a hard left career change before the pandemic. I spend my days trying to find the right balance of doing my job right, being there for my loved ones, maintaining a social life, and getting the laundry done.
I’m a lover of coffee, vintage, Disney, Harry Potter, rose gold, books, and of course, cats. When I started this blog, I only had two rescues named Oreo and Bellatrix and I was living in an apartment with a roommate. Since then, I’m a new homeowner and my husband Tyler has brought his two cats into the mix, Marvel and Luna Lovegood (we’re not nerdy at all).
In my limited spare time, I like being creative; sewing, painting, crocheting, wine and whiskey tasting and the art of mixology, to name a few. Now I’m going to try writing to express myself.
I’ve had hardships, broken hearts, and grief. Things happened that have changed my entire world in a matter of minutes. I’m grateful for the worst days of my life, they made me stronger, smarter, kinder, made me focus on what’s important. Someone once asked me “Is there anyone you know personally that you would change lives with”. This question struck me. I’ve had my hard times, my problems, but I’m extremely blessed. I have the best parents anyone could ask for and friends and family I can turn to. I have an education, a hope to continue my education, a job, a roof over my head, food, and faith.
The answer to that question is No. I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone I know personally. I don’t know what is behind the façade a person puts on, what they’ve been through, their morals, their goals, their support system. I’d rather be me, knowing who I am, knowing what I care about, where I came from, trying to reach my goals the right way. What’s left of you when you’ve passed? Your legacy. I am my grandparents’, parents’, aunts’ and uncles’ legacy. My family has done things for me that they didn’t have to do, supported and cared about me when they didn’t have to. I don’t have to live my life or do things exactly the way they live(d) their lives, but it’s ignorant and naive to not know that what I do, how I do it, and the choices I make, reflect on them.
I try to live by words of my late grandmother “God, family, friends, hope, and love are the only things that matter. The rest is just confetti. It all falls to the floor and gets swept away after it’s moment of glimmer.” As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized how right she was. Looking back, everything that I worried or stressed about wasn’t worth the wasted brain power in the grand scheme of things. It’s glitter- what people think of me, the boy who wasn’t worth it, how I looked, even stressing over things I had no control over like the weather. Those things and other things have passed and continue to pass, while the five values my grandmother said mattered have stayed constant.
Being strong, hardworking, independent, kind, and doing the best I can while leaving things better than I found them are them are things my parents instilled in me. Happy and confident is my focus. Making myself better and not giving up no matter how difficult the circumstances are is my goal. I’m not perfect and I never will be, but I can try to do the best for myself and the ones I love.
When I was thinking of a name for my blog I wanted something fun and catchy. Something that made me smile when I thought about it. I thought about what some of my best days have been. Thinking even as far back as high school, many of the best days started in the morning with a simple cup of coffee and my cat(s) curled next to me. After I turned 21, some of them have ended with my loved ones and a glass of wine or champagne to celebrate accomplishments such as graduations, a job, or simply just being with each other. As a fan of alliteration, having an odd work schedule, studying to be a sommelier, while having those happy memories, I thought Coffee, Cats & Champagne was fitting.
For privacy’s sake when I review things and experiences or talk about life or thoughts in general, I will not be using people’s names in my posts.
So cheers to the people who love me, the losers who’ve lost me, and the lucky ones that get to meet me. 🥂🍾
-Lindsay
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