Kat Schurer

01/04/2026

Dakota (4): Mom! We can't leave yet, I need to put on my makeup!

Me: Honey, you don't need any makeup.

Dakota: "BUT I NEED TO BE PRETTY!!!

Me: Dakota, you are already naturally so pretty! You don't need any makeup.

Dakota: yes I do! I want to look pretty!

Me: sooo mommy doesn't look pretty without make-up??

Dakota: No mom. You don't! We need makeup!!

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Y'all, I am living with my first bully. 😂

01/04/2026

My first ever media press 😂

My mama saved this, and it recently resurfaced.... 42 years later. A full circle moment as Dakota is currently 4 (although about to turn 5.).

01/03/2026

A Day in the Life. Story time!

It's early morning, and I'm wide awake. I got home (near Nashville) 2 hours ago from Chattanooga, an easy 2.5 hour drive. I've been up 21 hours. (Got to give my Oura ring something to do.)

This past week, Paul & I rented the cutest house on the Tennessee River in Whitwell, TN to celebrate our 15 year wedding anniversary with Dakota in tow.

We stayed 5 days, leaving only once to eat at the Cookie Jar in Dunlap, Tennessee (the best!) and visiting some property we recently bought.

I deleted FB for the week, and spent most of my time coloring with Dakota, watching football (that GA game was insanity,) reading the Book of Job, cooking easy meals, and soaking in a hot tub with my little family.

I really, really needed that after just a rewarding, but taxing Christmas season.

We checked out at 9am, and I drove straight to Vinterest Southside "de-Christmasing," before the call came around 5pm-ish that 2 of 3 of Hixson's registers were completely down.

Technical support was a no go, so I drove the 18 minutes to Hixson to see what I could do to save Saturday's operations from a big ole mess.

After unplugging, plugging back in, resetting routers, tracing wires from the front of the store to the back, and finally a literal laying of hand's and a prayer to Jesus with my girl, Carisa... we finally identified the culprit: a singular blue cord (ethernet cable) tucked under the counter in a black abyss that had mysteriously come unplugged.

Crisis averted. Jesus is so, so good.

I spent the next 6 hours combing over my booth, moving stuff, fluffing, transitioning all the things out of the Christmas chaos to the weird "January normal."

On the trek home, having conveniently missed the storm that rolled in, I caught up on several Podcasts... one of my favorite things to do!

I stopped at a McDonald's and the sweet lady gave me a large cup of ice, which I transferred to a ziplock to ice my sore back. Pure bliss!

If you made it this far, here are a few pearls of wisdom I’m carrying into 2026:

• Find your people: Everyone has the capability to be a social butterfly once they find the right garden.

• Trust the process: Suffering is spiritual. It is one step away from a total transformation if you just hang in there and turn it over to God. You don't have to wear a "happy face"... be honest in your struggle, but trust He is walking beside you.

• Choose empathy over offense: The people who seem distant is likely going through the unimaginable. Stop internalizing it as rejection and start praying for them instead. If you knew the truth, it would probably break your heart.

• The Big Picture: When the things of the Earth are gone, all that will be left is God. Seek Him. Nothing else matters.

• My 2026 Motto: Lord, keep your hand over my big mouth! 🙊

12/18/2025

"Am I enough if I'm not doing anything for them?"

It hurts like hell when you stop "doing" and start "just being," only to find the answer is a resounding no.

The parties happen without you. You lose your seat at the table. Life events that used to warrant a personal phone call are now things you find out, along with their 3rd grade teacher, on social media.

It is soul-crushing to realize you were being used. But you have to grieve it, bury it, and move on. Only then can you clear space for people who value your
energy, your laugh, and your presence and not just your output.

Your worth isn't a transaction. You aren't a service provider; you're a human being.

12/18/2025

My $20 Goodwill find today! Did I overpay?

12/17/2025

Good morning to everyone except to this landlord who decided to pave Belk's parking lot, during open hours, 1 week before Christmas 🫠😳

12/16/2025

If 2025 taught me anything... it is that there are some truly awful, vile people proclaiming the name of Christ and calling themselves Christians.

If there is anything that I can strive for in 2026... it is to not be one of them. I've got a lot of work to do.

That's it. That's my 2026 New Year's resolution.

12/15/2025

11/30/2025

So neat meeting him today. He is also behind a lot of the original Hulk illustrations! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1QNpfcNph1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

You never know who you get to meet in Nashville. You're looking at artist/illustrator, Bob Jones, who is the man behind the beautiful graphics of the lunchbox that he is holding. He illustrated many of the beautiful childhood lunchboxes that we have grown to love with Aladdin! Such a talent here in our back yard.

Thanks for popping in Mr. jones! So nice to meet you!!

11/28/2025

I've received 2 handwritten thank you cards in the mail this past week from 2 different young couples in completely different circles, but all in their 20s, and it is restoring my faith in humanity. 🥰.

11/23/2025

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