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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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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
โœจ Dont be afraid to walk your lonely path alone. โœจ Dont be afraid to walk your lonely path alone. Sometimes it takes a bit of courage, and a dash of faith ๐Ÿ’• But the results are worth it! #liveyourmission #dowhatyoulove #gigeconomy
Not too shabby for a last minute, shit-it-didnt-ra Not too shabby for a last minute, shit-it-didnt-rain-trunk ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I know you KNOW the type of #mommoment Im talking about LOL!! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ Anyone else do any #trunkortreats this year?? Tag me in your trunks so I can see!! (And no judgement if yours was made day of too ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™ˆ) #momlife
3๏ธโƒฃ days - $1565 to go!! ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป Why did I t 3๏ธโƒฃ days - $1565 to go!! ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป Why did I take on this insurmountable goal?? ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿงก I HATE running. Actually, I hate ALL exercise. Yep, I said it. ๐Ÿงก I couldnt run 1 mile, let alone 26. ๐Ÿงก I had no idea how I was going to raise $5,000 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป But I had faith, and I had legs that workedโ€ฆ which is more than a lot of my friends with Multiple Sclerosisโ€ฆ I knew that if I was going to do something, it HAD TO COUNT. ๐Ÿงก It had to be for all of my MS friends who cant run. ๐Ÿงก It had to inspire all of my MS friends that we are greater than our disease. ๐Ÿงก It had to leave a lasting imact. Because the fact of the matter, our bodies are literally eating our brains & there. is. no. cure. ๐Ÿ”They say that the journey is what matters most. The journey is what changes usโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿงก I started at 17 minute miles. Im now down to 11 mins (and on good days 10! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ) ๐Ÿงก I couldnt run 1 whole mile when I started. Now 3 miles is a breeze & just my warm up. ๐Ÿงก Your community is what makes you. And you guys are a pretty bomb ass tribe to have my back ๐Ÿ˜˜ ๐Ÿงก I busted my knee, like really badlyโ€ฆ like Ive been hobbling around the last 3 weeksโ€ฆ But I push thru the pain becauseโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ The goal post hasnt moved ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ My hobble is still more than some MSers can do ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ God is teaching me how to persevere thru the storm- literal, and proverbial ๐Ÿ When I cross that finish line it will be more than I ever thought possible. It will take courage. It will take faith. It will take tears. ๐Ÿ’งItโ€™s a drop of water in the lake, that starts the ripple effect. ๐ŸŒŠ Because if lazy ol me can do THIS, You my friends can do ANYTHING ๐Ÿ’• ============== If you are still reading & want to help me close that last $1500 before they charge me for it ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป thank you so SO much!! Thereโ€™s 3 ways to donate: (Link in bio as well) ๐Ÿงก https://www.facebook.com/donate/339899554506976/?fundraiser_source=external_url ๐Ÿงก https://mssociety.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=54782 ๐Ÿงก Venmo @ hotmesswithgrace #kelseyrunsthenycmarathon #msawareness #finishMS
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