My name is Melissa Snapp. I am a stay at home Army Wife. I am a Dabbler of sorts. I am always finding something new to do! I am very artistic and creative. If I can do it myself, that's how I will do it! I also LOVE photography and I have found a new passion for my health. This is where I plan on sharing all of my dabbles and experiences as I develop the NEW ME!
I like the idea of having a place where I can be accountable for sharing my life!
I am a country girl from Florida. I love to line dance and two step, even though I may not go to the clubs anymore, I have been known to 2 step around my property instead of running! My husband is in the Army and we just bought a beautiful house in the country in Georgia.
I have 2 dogs Chief & Dixie, a 3 legged cat named Handi-Cat and a little pig named Bac'n. You will def get to know all of them! I do not have any kids, but I do have 2 step sons that are 14 and 17 that live in North Carolina.
I was a bartender, waitress, Horse groom/trainer, the Frg leader of my husbands last unit and I am an Independent Scentsy Consultant. I have a small craft business and I am hoping to start a photography business very soon.
Now on to the main reason I started this blog.
In 2010 I fell and went in for an X-ray and they saw something and wanted to do a CT scan of my chest. They saw that I had a diaphragmatic hernia and of course the one I had was super rare like 100 known cases in adults! We were at Ft Hood when we found out about this and the surgeon was an idiot. So I wasn't in a lot of pain then and we didn't worry to much about it. Fast forward 4 years, now we are in Georgia. I wake up in the middle of the night with REALLY bad chest pains. We rush to the ER and they do a bunch of tests and find out I have a bad gallbladder, 6 hours later I am in the operating room. That was surgery #1 in June 1014. So now we are on the search to find a surgeon for my hernia. 12 surgeons later we find one who was confident in the surgery. I had the surgery around Christmas last year 2014.
So after 2 major surgeries and the fact that over the years I had gained some weight that I am not proud of, I decided it was time for a change! My friend talked me into trying the Paleo diet. I was VERY hesitant in trying it, but I said what the heck and gave up my old friend pasta and bread and I felt AMAZING!!!! I will get into my paleo journey in other posts.
I had all this energy and I wanted to start working out, but there isn't much I can do right now but walk. One day I saw a video for RunDisney and I was hooked!! The next day I went for a walk, then I bought some new shoes, a treadmill, a Garmin watch and 2 months later I ran (walked) my first 5k!!!!
The last month or so I have been slipping back into my old ways. So I decided to start this blog! I went with the name Snappy Coconut because well with a last name Snapp and my love of photography how could I not do Snappy and Coconut came from my love of my new diet! I have replaced so much with coconut so to me its the symbol of my health!
And here we are, I decided on a 3 year long term plan. I plan to run the Dopey Challenge in 2018! This is where you will read about all my adventures and journey to Dopey and beyond! I hope you enjoy my Blog. I would love to read yours!
You can also find me on Facebook at The Snappy Coconut
Have a wonderful day
Melissa
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