Blog Challenge - Day 1 Intro, Photo & Facts

Hi Blog land, my name is Beautifully Complex,

I have been blogging for about 4 years. Really wish I was more consistent with it, because I truly do enjoy it, but life continues to get in my way LOL !

Me and my intended at a party recently ! 

15 Fun and Interesting Facts about Me :

1. I am the person who will always offer to take your picture if I see you and your friends or your man taking pictures at a restaurant, club, party, etc. I appreciate having that "perfect" group shot. I have been known to take pictures with my own camera and email it later to perfect strangers. LOL !
2. For the first time since I was in my 20's I am seriously considering not becoming a parent and I am more surprised by this than I could have ever imagined. I spent thousands of dollars trying to conceive in my first marriage. I never really believed I could find peace with this. God is funny sometimes :)
3. I have found a few cigars that I really enjoy. I never thought I could date someone who smokes anything, let alone marry them. But here I sit engaged to my own personal Aficionado. Who knew ?
4. My heart breaks anytime someone in my circle has problems in their marriage or relationship. I think I must have PTSD ! LOL  I mean I lose sleep, have nightmares, anxiety, and slight depression. I think it makes me feel vulnerable & I get flashbacks about my past. I put on a brave front for the benefit of the other person but I get totally stressed. I just want people to be happy in love. Jesus be a fence 
5. I have a Whippoorwill Bird in my backyard that I hated when I first moved here years ago, but now the sound is so comforting and reminds me of my home, my sanctuary. 
6. I am addicted to physical stimulation. I love to have my feet rubbed, my back rubbed, my hair washed, my hand held, my back scratched. You name it, I love it & can't get enough of it.  When I am being touched it is so comforting. My favorite Aunt is the same way. If we are sitting on the couch together, she is stroking my hair and I am stroking her arm, LOL. Strange maybe  but it's the way we are. 
7. I wish I wasn't afraid of dogs....but I am. My future MIL just lost a dog she had for 14 years and she was INCONSOLABLE. I thought we were going to have to make a 15 hour road trip ! However, when I stayed at their home for a week, that dog did not scare me at all. I wish I had seen Pepper before she passed. She was a wonderful dog. 
8. I sleep totally naked since my mid twenties. I think it stems from all those Lupron Injections that caused ridiculous hot flashes especially while sleeping. Now it's frustrating when I have to sleep in places that are not private or when my nieces and nephews come.LOL I sometimes think, this might be an issue, if I am ever in a fire & have to run quickly, LOL. TMI maybe but I am running out of "interesting facts".
9. I am the most non picky eater that I know. Some might call it greedy, but there is just not a lot that I don't like to eat. I enjoy great food, don't get me wrong, but I am just not one to be particular about what I eat. 
10. These blog challenges seem easy on the surface but when you get down to it, it is sometimes difficult to answer all these questions completely, so I am going to stop at ten. LOL 

Thoughts ? Comments ? Questions ?

Beautifully Complex 

Me, Myself, and I

My name is Beautifully Complex. I was given this moniker several years ago by a guy that I dated. I really liked the sound of it when he explained what it meant to him, I thought it fit me perfectly. Unfortunately I had to get rid of him, but kept the nickname ! LOL

I am on FB & Twitter & just realized that if you google my government name, you can find my Twitter page which could lead you to this blog. I am still not sure I like that. It's not that the blog is anonymous cause I have photos, etc. But am just not sure that I want it that way, since things get a bit more personal over here. But I do know for a fact that you never know who is reading because I had this blog well before I was on FB or Twitter and a girl I went to High School with found it via another blog and sent me an email after she saw a picture of my sister & figured out this was my blog. Either way, lately I haven't had much time for either of them & really want to focus on writing which is why I wanted to challenge myself for the 30 days & focus on the blog.


I am 41 years old. A true Cancer which means I am loving, emotional, sensitive, nurturing and intuitive. Unfortunately it also means I can be TOO emotional, sensitive and clingy. It's amazing to me how accurate horoscopes can be sometime. LOL

I was born and raised in a midsized Midwestern City about 8 hours from Houston. I have lived in TX for 13 years. I moved here with my ex-husband. I have been divorced for 4 years and am so glad I decided to stay because I love it here. Despite the Hurricane scares during the summer, the weather is great, even though its hot. I would rather live in a warm climate vs. cold.

I USED to be a decent runner, and now I am trying to get somewhere close to where I was. I have completed 4 Half Marathons and several other smaller races in recent years & I do always run the Turkey Trot at least, but it has been a while since I ran a road race and I am starting to regret it. I really don't feel as good as I used to feel when I stayed on top of it & the middle age spread is in full effect! LOL Since it is so hot in Houston in the summer, my boyfriend recently got me a very nice treadmill and dammit I intend to use it & get back on the block.


I love the written word , live music with real instruments and true vocal talent ( I can be a bit of a music snob !). I love wine and wine bars, and am learning more about it everyday. I enjoy good food and of course travelling, be it a plane ride, road trip, or whatever.

I have a job that is pretty secure & sometimes interesting. I like it most days, but on others I feel like it is robbing me of my creativity. I wish I had been encouraged as a child to be more creative than practical. In my dreams I would be a songwriter/producer. I have written some poetry but sadly, I don't trust the Internet enough to share it for the fear that it could be stolen and I don't know enough about how to protect myself from that, so I don't.

That's about all I can think of to give you bit of background on me. Other than to say, my name is Beautifully Complex and I am addicted to blogs !

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Beautifully Complex