Intro

Okay, how would I properly start one of these things? I suppose i'll start by introducing myself. I'm Maddie; fresh high school graduate, first of three daughters, sister, closet-obsessed fangirl of Leonardo Dicaprio.

That's me, up there. A photo from my senior-picture photo shoot. Now let's get to the part where I explain the name of my blog, and what it all means. Let's take it one word at a time. The "Little" part comes from my petite stature of 5'2'' and of course, the "Miss" part indicates that I am an unmarried female. Now, I doubt most of you have heard the word "Mulish" in everyday language. Let me just say,  I'm one for using bigger words that no one has ever heard of to make my language sound more sophisticated. I knew I wanted to include in my blog name something about my stubborn, headstrong nature, so naturally, I went to thesaurus.com and typed in the word "stubborn",  Which is where I stumbled upon the word "mulish." I'd say my blog name gives a fairly broad description of myself.(: 

As I mentioned earlier, I just graduated from high school. And let me tell you, I'm just happy I made it out alive. Let's just say high school was never a place where I could thrive. I never had many friends, and I'd like to blame that on my abnormally low tolerance for people. Everyone had their "cliques" since they were in elementary school, and newcomers were not welcome. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not shy. I'm actually a very talkative and outgoing individual. I just chose not to immerse myself in the commiserable drama that comes with high school students. So for the past 4 years, it's basically been me, myself, and I. 

Well, not entirely. I have my family, of course. I come from a relatively close-knit family. I am the oldest of three girls. My mom is German, and moved here, to Utah, when she was eighteen years old. She met my dad on their LDS missions in Germany, they married, and 20 years and three kids later, here we are. The Tingey Family of 5. 

Now that I've survived the four hardest years of my life, (high school) I thought i'd start documenting the best years of my life. So stick with me here as I try to figure out just exactly what I'm going to do with myself. 

Thanks for reading(: 

Little Miss Mulish