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Hot Mess with Grace

Who Says You Can’t Do It All?

I once had a professional in the industry tell me that I couldn’t do it all. She suggested I stick to 1 thing, stay in my lane, and focus on that.ย While advice like this is really great for some, 2020 taught me that keeping all my eggs in 1 basket is risky business.
Therefore, you will find all kinds of variety here that help you handle all the hats you wear as a busy Mom. ย From house reno ideas, to recipes, from small business tips, to “Mom Life” product reviews.
I like variety… and there’s no reason I can’t be all that I want to be… and you can too!

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Hi, I’m Kelsey!

Owner & creator of Hot Mess with Grace!ย  I’m a work at home Mom of two school aged gals. I love all things rose gold, flamingos, and DISNEY!

When I’m not chasing children or putzing around my garden, I can be found exploring new technology to make small business owners’ lives easier.

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A special package from my friends @drinklemone arr A special package from my friends @drinklemone arrived today!! ๐Ÿ‹ Swipe to see my real time unboxing, tasting & reaction!! ๐Ÿ‹ You can find the link to snag your own bottle in my bio โœจ And stay tuned as I share some yummy cocktails over the next few weeks!! ๐Ÿธ Cheers friends! #drinklemonรฉ #lemonรฉ #onecocktailtorulethemall
I dont know why I got out of the habit of mugshotm I dont know why I got out of the habit of mugshotmonday โ˜•๏ธ (probably kids ๐Ÿคช lol) but Iโ€™ve decided Iโ€™m bringing it back!! Just snap a pic of yourself with your mug on Mondays, use the hashtag #mugshotmonday!! Dont forget to tag me so I can go give your post some love too ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’• Todayโ€™s mugshot monday is courtesy of my husband- who took the girls to school, so I have a quiet morning at home by myself!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ #winning
We booked our tickets to the 50th this week! โœจ $ We booked our tickets to the 50th this week! โœจ $76 round trip flights & kids fly free!! ๐Ÿคฏ thanks @flyfrontier!! โ€ข Who else is planning to visit the mouse in 2022??!! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ โ€ข โ€ข #disneyworld50 #disneyfamily #thisishowwedodisney
๐ฟ๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘’๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Š๐“‡ ๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’น โœจ Thereโ€™s no steady paycheck. Thereโ€™s no backup plan. Thereโ€™s no benefits. Itโ€™s ๐•„๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•’๐•๐•๐•ช ๐••๐•ฃ๐•’๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜. & while we are on that note, Letโ€™s just add that: Thereโ€™s no coworkers to commiserate with. Thereโ€™s no status updates to know youโ€™re doing a good job. Thereโ€™s no accolades or awards for doing something right (& we ALL know thatโ€™s MY love language ๐Ÿ˜…). ๐Ÿš‚ Most days I feel like Iโ€™m on the crazy train on the highway to hell ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ But, When you peel back the layers & evaluate what you HAVE done, Where you HAVE gone, And maybe for a momentโ€ฆ you peek back where you came from, ๐•๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•๐•š๐•ซ๐•–โ€ฆ ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“ฟ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐”‚, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท. ๐Ÿ” & you dont realize how far up the mountain you are, Until you take that pause. ๐Ÿฅ‚ Tonight Iโ€™m celebrating 12,000+ views to MY website in 1๏ธโƒฃ month, INCLUDING organic google search rankings!!!! (๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป for my non nerd friends, being discoverable on google is a REALLY big deal) Iโ€™m celebrating making my first sales on my site. AND Iโ€™m celebrating that that very same website actually paid me for existing!! Yep, thatโ€™s right. I got paid just for existing on the internet ๐Ÿ˜… โœจ If you feel alone on your journey- whether your an entrepreneur, or itโ€™s just life thatโ€™s gotcha down- darling, know that you are NOT alone, and I am right here cheering for you ๐Ÿ’• ๐ŸŽŸ Also, thereโ€™s always room on the crazy train. In fact, I think Iโ€™ll upgrade to a rocket ๐Ÿš€ for 2022. Letโ€™s blast into the stratosphere next baby!! #hotmesswithgrace #goyourownway #makeyourownjob
Itโ€™s time for me to start planning & prepping fo Itโ€™s time for me to start planning & prepping for my #greatcookieextravaganza for 2021!! ๐Ÿช Each year I always choose 1-2 NEW recipes, in additions to all of our classics & favs. So, Iโ€™m turning to yall to crowd source a recipe or two that you & your family absolutely love!! ๐Ÿ’• Whatโ€™s your fav holiday cookie?? *bonus pts* if you have a recipe to share!! #thegreatcookieextravaganza2021
We got so super lucky with this handsome rescue pu We got so super lucky with this handsome rescue pup ๐Ÿ’• ๐Ÿพ Who has fur babies??!! What are their names? #dogsofig #petsofig #lablife
First #gingerbread coffee of the season ๐ŸŽ„ โ˜•๏ธ ((Which I believe to be the superior flavor ๐Ÿ˜)) โ€ข Whatโ€™s your fav holiday coffee?? ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ Letโ€™s see who wins by crowd sourcing ๐Ÿ˜‚
โ€œ๐ผ๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐‘’๐“‚๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‚๐“…๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ท๐“๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ ๐’พ๐“‰โ€™๐“ˆ ๐’น๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’.โ€ -๐’ฉ๐‘’๐“๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘€๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น๐‘’๐“๐’ถ That day was a day full of miracles โœจ I hadnโ€™t properly trained in over a month. My knee was on fire before we even got started. I thought for sure Id be done by mile 5. There was absolutely zero fuel on the course. All I had was 2 packages of fruit snacks ๐Ÿ˜‚ The day should not have ended like this photo. It should have ended in me sneaking off course, hiding my bib, and pretending Im on the subway like a normal human, and not a awol runnerโ€ฆ The cards were for sure stacked against me that day ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™ˆ Iโ€™ve never actually put the mantra ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ to a REAL test before. We all say it all the time, but how many of us actually believe it?? I finished because my mind had made itself up back in July when this opportunity came on my plate. I ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ to be a finisher. When things got rough, my mind told my body how to feel. Not the other way around. My knee pain went away like it had never been there at all around mile 5- ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. Again, another choice ๐Ÿ’• Life is full of many choices. Some good. Some bad. Some tough. Some painful. But if we stop allowing ourselves to be victims of our circumstances, and instead be the ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, We can prove to ourselves that ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‚๐“…๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ท๐“๐‘’. ๐Ÿฅ‡ #finishlinephoto #nycmarathon
๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•จ, ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐Ÿ™ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ก ๐•”๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐••๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•™. ๐•„๐•’๐•œ๐•– ๐•”๐•™๐• ๐•š๐•”๐•–๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐• ๐••๐•’๐•ช, ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐••. ๐Ÿ’• Sounds morbid, but itโ€™s true. Nobody is promised another day. Each day is a gift. Itโ€™s up to us to spend it wisely. โฐ Iโ€™ve always wanted to run a marathon. But it sat at the end of my bucket list. We all know why ๐Ÿ˜‚ I HATE running lol. Last spring I had an awkward conversation with my specialist. Yes, Iโ€™m on therapy for MS. No, I dont have more brain lesions- BUT nonetheless, my right leg was getting weirder & weirder. (Quick backstory, my right leg collapsing randomly was one of my first symptoms and foot drop is a frequent problem for me in heat & high stress conditions). It was quite the shocker for me that on paper everything was right as rain, but physically I was having trouble coping. ๐™ธ๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š–๐šข ๐š•๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šข๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š–๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š. I realized that I had put SO much of ME on the back burner. Between the work hustle, kids, life, home, projects, volunteering, and #allthethingsโ€ฆ. I stopped doing things simply because I enjoy them. I stopped pursuing things that filled my personal cup. I stopped chasing MY dreams. โœจ I know that my right leg is more than likely not going to be good forever. Thatโ€™s just a fact of my chronic illness. (And you KNOW when it happens Im getting a pimp ass Gandalf-esque cane ๐Ÿ˜). So I dusted off that old buried bucket list & decided to start with the ones that would be increasingly difficult as I got older. Anddd, starting with โ€œrun a marathonโ€ may have been prompted by EVERY doctor reminding me EVERY visit to do some cardio ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ But nonetheless, I knew if I was going to start running to please my drs, I might as well #dothedamnthing & make it count for a great cause ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก (Thanks @mssociety for giving me the opportunity to #finishMS!!!) ๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ธ ๐“˜ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“น๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚ ๐Ÿ’• What started out as a gal who could barely run 1 mile, I Finished as a gal who ran 26.2. My name is Kelsey Egan, and ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ’ฅ โœ… ๐Ÿชฃ
Iโ€™m curious ๐Ÿง Who has done the deed already? Iโ€™m curious ๐Ÿง Who has done the deed already??!! #todecorateornottodecorate #christmasiscoming #hotmesswithgrace
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