Hey Nancy here…
A little bit about me, I grew up on a farm south of a small town called Ivanhoe, Minnesota. I grew up there with my parents and little sister. Through out the years we raised cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks, and pheasants. We had went though phases with what we would raise have but chickens were consent. I had a love/hate relationship with the chickens. We raised anywhere from 250-500 broiler chickens a year. We would butcher them and sell them to the locals. All that money would go back into getting more chickens the next year. When i was in high school i tried my hand in layer hens. I had 17 birds. I would spend hours with them, I loved when I would walk in to fresh eggs. Now living in town i miss having them. Being a farm girl was very interesting. we learned a lot of things very young. Mowing lawn, shooting guns, gardening, driving, baling hay, raising animals, and their death… there’s so much more i cant think of right now. I value all life lessons i was taught.
I went to school in Ivanhoe at Lincoln High. I graduated in 2011. My class was small about 26 students. I would say i was pretty involved in high school. I was in Choir, cheer, and FFA. In choir I did things like musicals, plays, concerts, vocal competitions, and a madrigal. I was in choir from kindergarten till senior year. that’s 40+ concerts, 7 plays, 4 musicals, 6 vocal competitions, and 1 madrigal. I was in cheer for 4 years. I was on the football cheer team. I also was in FFA, I was apart of this organization form 7th grade to senior year. I was apart of the poultry team. as a team we always did fairly well. One year we placed 2nd in state. which placed us on a trip to nationals. we were alternates if 1st place if they didn’t show up. they showed up and we got to enjoy everything nationals had to offer.
Where i am now is just crazy. after graduating high school, I had planned to go to Ridgewater college in Wilmar, MN. I took one semester and hated it. I moved home after my last final. I just didn’t know what i wanted to do. I wanted to do something that would help others, i came across Cosmetology. I started applying all over. I got accepted to Black Hills Beauty college. I began my journey in September of 2012. I graduated in October 2013, I was second in my class. I ended up loving it so much. I worked at a salon for 5.5 years and decided to open my own salon this fall. I now own a salon, called The Hive. In that five years i also bough a house and remolded it head to toe. I live here with my fur child Oliver (7.5). I have also joined a couple organizations in the area. I’m head of the Polish Days parade, I also volunteer at church on the alter-gild. I bowl on 2 different leagues, I also try to golf and fish as much i can.
Its absolute insane thinking at 27 years old i would have owned a home for almost 5 year and now own a salon. On top of all of that i deiced to go back to college?!
Lets see where my life story takes me next…
Life is Art 