Hi Again!

Thanks for stopping by! Since my consistency in posting has been lack luster at best, I thought it would be a good time to reintroduce myself for any readers that may come across my little corner of the internet!

Soooooo, Hi! My name is Sam, the face behind Learning to Bloom. I am a 30-something lifestyle blogger, living near Seattle, WA with my husband Jake and our fluffy orange fur baby Baxter both of whom cameo over on my Instagram quite frequently! I’ve been blogging for about 3 years now and love to write about all sorts of topics including home décor, fashion, food, self-care, and body acceptance.

To get to know me better, read on for 5 more interesting facts about me!

1. In my first week of high school, I fell head over heels in LOVE with live theatre. You could say it was love at first sight and I spent all three years of high school working backstage for every school play. This love led me to study theatre at Central Washington University and today I have a degree in Theatre Arts specializing in costume design and theatre management. The four years I spent at CWU were a dream. They were the most challenging and most rewarding years of my life!

2. Travelling is one of the greatest joys of my life. Going to places I’ve never been is exhilarating and so freeing. I enjoy learning about different cultures and my trips are a good balance of seeing the sights, relaxing, and of course all the food! Some of my favorite places I have visited are Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, New York City, San Diego, and our honeymoon in Bali was definitely one of the highlights of my travels!

3. Gardening has always been in my life. My dad has planted a garden almost every year for as far back as I can remember. When I moved out to live with my then boyfriend the first thing I wanted to do was have a garden! It started small with a few tomato plants at our rental house to the set up we have today at the home we own together. There is something so calming to me to be out in the garden amongst the plants that I grew and there is nothing better than biting into a tomato you grew yourself! I am still learning and you can see our gardening adventures over on my Instagram!

4. I am a serial movie re-watcher. If I find a movie I love, I don’t mind watching it over and over again! I love going back to movies that I loved when I was younger, it’s like hearing a song that you always love, it is so nostalgic and brings back all the good feelings. A few of my all-time favorites are The Sandlot, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Harry Potter (duh!), Eat Pray Love, Sex and the City, and Bridget Jones’ Diary!

5. My taste in music is very diverse. My mom and dad listened to lots of different kinds of music and I just fell in love with it all and as I grew up I discovered genres that I loved all on my own as well! I am still obsessed with making mixed CD’s to listen to in the car and in my most humble opinion, I am pretty great at making an epic mix! Most recently I’ve been obsessed with Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Harry Styles, girl country any time period, Taylor Swift (Hello Folklore!), The Killers, and The Lumineers.

There we have it! Now, I’d love to get to know who’s reading out there! Share one fact about yourself in the comments or come say hi over on Instagram!