Hello blogging world! Here I am!

I decided to give this a blogging thing a try because I think it will make my life more delish in a couple of ways. First, I have two out-of-state friends who are both talented, beautiful writers... following their blogs and reading about their adventures has proved to be a sweet and interesting way to stay connected to them. I don't know, I guess they were my inspiration!

Second, 2011 is going to be a big year for me, because I have to spend the majority (read: ten months) of it away from my love, James. Because he is currently deployed in A-stan and our communication is limited, I don't have the listening ear like I have when he is around. Sure, I have my friends and family and they're wonderful, but there's something about getting all my daily ramblings out to James that one really can't replace. And while (duh) blogging isn't the same as engaging in conversation, I figured it might be a therapeutic way for me to get some of those daily musings- whether they be happy or sad- out of my head. (Oh, and because I've been reading some other military blogs and I found out you can add fun deployment countdown things to your blog and hey, I figure any little bit helps!)

Plus, I've stumbled upon lots of other really fab blogs through the years- cooking and baking ones, blogs on teaching, politics, photography- things that interest me and things that I would like to reflect on from time to time. So I'm going to try to make it a big mash-up (GLEE reference!!!!!) of all those things. I may not have the sharp wit or eloquent way with words as my seasoned blogging friends, but I'll try to keep it from becoming a snoozefest, I promise!