About Me

Hello. Thank you for stopping by my hale (house). Please leave your slippahs or shoes by the door, come relax and take a load off. Make yourself at home, we all have so much to learn.

I started T’s Butterfly Dreams because I wanted to share my journey with everyone in hopes that I can help someone else along the way. I needed to find an outlet for my need to help people, you see, I am that annoying person that likes to butt into your conversations when I think I have useful information. (Mostly at cash registers when I can’t avoid listening to people talk and the weird looks.)

I’d like to share with you one of my passions, Roller Derby, and how I am making my way to be a better skater through fitness and health. Roller Derby has come into my life when it was its darkest for me and it brought me into the light. From the beginning the team has been so welcoming and encouraging, they have become a second family.

One of my more recent goals is to travel and see more of the world. As an island girl, I never really had the urge to move off island like a lot of my schoolmates did. I was happy with my husband and children living the simple life. When I started traveling for roller derby I had the urge to see more places and just get away from home for a little while.

As my children got older and the economy changed so did my simple living, from stay at home mom to working 2 jobs sometimes 7 days a week. It has taken me a long time to be able to budget a lot better when I started. We used to spend a lot eating out, we still do but we are getting better about cooking at home. Now that my son is in high school, he is requesting more healthy ingredients at home so he can cook for himself.

As I move onto another chapter in my life, I’m putting it all down here to document and get your thoughts on if it worked for you as well. If there are any requests please comment or email me, I’d be happy to try new things or work out better ways for older ones.