It has begun...

A new city, a new home, a new blog.

Some of my family recall my first foray into blogging (Gullible's Travels), which I wrote for, oh...a couple months.

See, I always have grand plans for "life projects" and sometimes they are truly life-long projects (e.g. mastering the art of raising a pug, fitness and health, enjoying marriage, laughing as much as possible in a day, etc) and some are really brief interludes that I find entertaining for a period of time and then dump by the side of the road when something better comes along. These have included, but are not limited to:

Sewing - In my early 20's I decided I should learn to sew. Not only should I learn to sew, I should make my own clothes. What a grand idea, don't you think? The problem was that I knew no one who could sew. My mom hates to sew and my dad's sewing skills were all developed in the Boy Scouts. So I set about learning to use the sewing machine (never could figure out how to thread it) and make myself a dress. My first "dress" turned out more like a wind-sock and I bled more from needle sticks than even a visually impaired phlebotemist could have caused.

Beading - I do enjoy beading, actually. I learned how to wire-wrap when visiting my family in Hawaii and bought all the necessary tools and accouterments to allow me to make an entire jewelry wardrobe of beaded trinkets. I soon realized that I don't actually like to wear jewelry. Go figure. So my mom now has an entire jewelry wardrobe of beaded trinkets and I have one necklace I kinda liked (it lives in a drawer with all the other jewelry I don't wear). I still bead every now and then, so if you like beaded necklaces, bracelets or earrings, I can hook you up.

Running - Damn I hate running. I have tried several times to enjoy running and I just hate it. Guess what's on the list of new hobbies? BAREFOOT RUNNING. I figure, I can't hate running any more than I already do, so doing it barefoot at least adds a little danger and excitement. I'll let you know how that pans out for me.

Blogging - Yes. It's true, blogging is on this list. I was pretty steady throughout the cross country drive from Oregon to Pennsylvania, and even for a few months after that...buuuuuut, then I got busy with work and actually made some friends, so I petered out a bit. And by "a bit" I mean, I hadn't posted in over a year when I let Matt take over my old blog to post info about his trip to Haiti after the earthquake. Then I wrote a little bitch-fest post about all the snow and you haven't seen me since.

This is a new blog. 'New' means exciting, right? 'New' means I'll totally go after this blog with the same gusto I have shown toward torturing my husband with healthy foods and befriending every single person who goes to my gym between the hours of 5pm and 9pm.

We'll just see :) For now, I can promise to bedazzle you with stories of the chaos of moving from Pennsylvania to Detroit, Michigan (on purpose) and the other random stream-of-consciousness things that are knocking around in my brain. If you've never witnessed/experienced the full measure of my observations on the world, get ready for a ride my friends.

And this time, I'll try to keep it at least PG-13