About Me

I’m Mandy. I’m a wife, mom to two beautiful cats, Heidi & Jazzy & one lovable playful Cairn Terrier, Moxie, a lover of  clean eating cooking, baking, developing recipes, exercising, making crafts, and teaching new tricks to Moxie.

I grew up in a Mooresville, Indiana. It’s a small town located about 20 minutes southwest of Indianapolis. I went to Monrovia High School where I met my high school sweetheart, Eric.  I graduated from Monrovia High School in 2003 and decided to attend Purdue University to study Psychology- BOILER UP! While studying at Purdue, I got my first two fur children- Heidi & Jazzy.

At that time, I was also working at a daycare/preschool and found that I have a passion for caring for children and animals. Heidi and Jazzy became my “children”. I have always been told,  ”You’ll make an excellent Mom!”, maybe one day…..

I graduated from Purdue in May of 2007 with my BA in Psychology, got married to Eric and moved to Chicago- well Oak Park, IL. Oak Park is the first suburb west of Chicago. It is the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Big Change from small town Mooresville to Chicago!  I got my first job at Zacuto USA, LLC where I climb the “corporate” ladder from receptionist to my current position as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. We spent several years in Oak Park, IL while Eric finished his Ph.D program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In April 2011, Eric graduated with his Ph.D and got a post doc position at Duke University which moved us out to Apex, NC in April 2011. We bought our first house!

Since living in NC, I have adapted to a “slower” pace of life.  I now work from my home office for Zacuto. I have also been blessed to find Borgert Family Chiropractic who has introduced me to Maximized Living, a new way of eating and exercising! In this blog, I hope to share things that I enjoy: crafts, Max T3 exercising, Maximized Living cooking, baking & training Moxie.  Hopefully, you will find something interesting and continue reading my blog.