Sarie26

Writer. Artist. Cynic. Critic.

I'm Sarie, native of nowhere, former resident of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri and New York. My rather liberal, non-conformist parents moved our family around a few times growing up, which was hard at the time but ended up instilling in me a love of travel and exploring new places...coupled with a weird, deep-seeded fear of change. But I seem to enjoy torturing myself by forcing myself into change, then complaining about it. Embrace your fears, people!

I live in beautiful Charlotte, NC with my husband, Jay, and Ashley the Dog. By day, I work in non-profit marketing & communications. By night and weekend, I dabble in just about everything else you can think of, from singing and making music to writing and reading obsessively to working out 6 days a week to endless crafting and design work to cooking healthful recipes...ah, life!

I call this blog Elegantly Random because at 28 years old, I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. I have no direction. I have no absolute plan. But I know what I am - a writer, an artist, a cynic and a critic. This is me, attempting to define myself - the random heap that is Sarie - with style.

Things to know about me:
~ I love my life in the south, but winter is my favorite season.
~ My husband, Jay, is superfantastic.
~ My golden retriever, Ashley, is totes cute.
~ I am a pr/marketing/graphicdesign/writer/editor.
~ I'm obsessed with movies and serial television.
~ I love handmade things - knit, crochet, design, painting, photography, scrapbooking, etc.
~ I am older than I look.
~ Beach, please.
~ I LOVE to laugh.
~ I don't go to church, but I do have faith.
~ I work out every day
~ Simon Cowell is strangely hot.
~ If I could have any job, I'd be a pirate.
~ Someday, I want to live in another country.
~ I have acid reflux! and high cholesterol!
~ Becoming more liberal by the minute.
~ Although I hate Nicholas Sparks novels, I am going to be the next Nicholas Sparks.
~ Cooking at home rules.
~ I support the comeback of Britney Spears.
~ Paul Newman is the hottest man to ever walk the planet.
~ I love fish.
~ No one should ever cover Beatles songs.
~ Actually, as it turns out, I DO like diamonds.
~ Not sure I want to reproduce - but I would like to work from home!
~ You haven't lived unless you've been bailed out of jail by Sherry Putnam.