GOOOOOODD MORNING, STEEMIT COMMUNITY!!!! I've taken advice from @lyndsaybowes and have taken the plunge!

Hey there! My name is Nicole Perdue and I'm still fairly new to computer navigating and even though I've been reading the helpful tips, can't figure out how to add pics in just yet lol.

I'll be turning the big 40 this year, but excited about all the possibilities 2018 could bring. I have a wonderful boyfriend, Joey; we just celebrated our fourth anniversary last month and still going strong. We dream of owning land somewhere someday and building an Earthship, trying to maintain a garden (I'll be looking to Hive account@lyndsaybowes for lots of tips!) and maybe a little farm? I also take a lot of inspiration from Hive account@wwf for going off grid, homesteading, and just overall generally great advice; he's written several books and holds workshops often, though I've yet to go (something I attain to <3).

My social media experience is still rather limited, I'm only on Facebook (262 strong) and now here. To me, I don't care about the number of people as much as what we can gain and learn from each other. It's all about quality, not quantity. 

What I hope to bring to the Steemit community is love, compassion, laughter, and my personal experiences with grief and loss. I say that because in my life, I've become painfully aware of how awkward and quiet many people still get around these topics. Over half my life has involved death or loss of some kind, including loss of jobs, homes, friends, even pets. My greatest loss was when my mother passed away, very suddenly and unexpectedly, just 1 week after my 25th birthday. My deepest loss have been my nine miscarriages. NINE. No surviving children... I have no idea why, but infertility is still a seemingly taboo subject (right up there with death) and I hope to bring more awareness to people about the struggles some of us are forced to endure to start or have a family of our own.

I love music. 90's music pretty much lol. 

* Nine Inch Nails

* The Smashing Pumpkins

* Marilyn Manson

* The Glitch Mob

* Florence + the Machine

* Pink Floyd

Some favorite movies include:

* The Crow 

* American Beauty

* Fight Club

* The Princess Bride

* The Goonies

I'm excited to be here. I'm even more excited to go out and explore this new community, meet some new friends, read some amazing blogs and articles, and learn from fellow steemers <3. Much love to everyone, I can't wait to see what tomorrow may bring us. ALL of us!!!