Who I Am

More about me...

I'm afraid of heights & water.

I'm never going to be perfect. I'm learning to be fine with that.

I love kids and can't wait to have my own.

I hate clutter.

I lack self-discipline.

I hate Wal-Mart, but continue shopping there for the prices.

I follow celebrity news more than "real" news.

I love my job. Really, I do!

I want to be a better wife. My husband is incredibly sweet & thoughtful and I love him more each day.

I would love to be a modern hippie (minus the drugs). I'm all about love, happiness, granola, and yoga.

I hate confrontation.

My favorite dessert is tiramisu.

I am finally starting to enjoy cooking, but still hate cleaning up.

I don't take myself too seriously, or anyone else for that matter. I often say things to get a laugh.
I have a need (a disease, if you will) to please.

I analyze myself and others a lot. It helps me understand people and their actions.

An Open Letter to My Younger Self

Uh, so I already suck at this. Here it goes again...

Dear Younger Self:

• Don't get caught up in the never-ending quest for acceptance. Sure, acceptance from your loved ones is great. But from "friends" that would stab you in the back for the last piece of pizza? Skip it. Not everyone has to like you. You will be working on this one for the rest of your life.


• Live each day as though it's your last. You won't regret the things you did. You will regret the things you didn't do, such as not asking so-and-so on a date, not joining a sport, or worse yet, not attending the funerals of your loved ones.


• You choose your reaction to the drama in your life. 'Nuff said.


• Cliches may be lame, but they're cliches for a reason. They're usually right, as frustrating as that is.


• You will look & feel less awkward as you "find yourself." You had some rough years, but just wait. It WILL get better.


• Speaking of looks, people will judge you on that. It's a fact of life and it sucks. BUT, don't spend so much time on your looks that your inner self gets ugly.


• Avoid the negativity trap.


• Never underestimate the value of quality time with your loved ones. You'll only have them for so long and you never know when it will end.


• Stop looking in the wrong places to fill that void. Food and shopping will never fill your heart.

The Rejected...

So here it is! My new blog!

I decided to jump in and try this...we'll see how long it lasts.

Before I start any official business, I want to explain the name & content of the blog. I really put a lot of thought into this before starting this new adventure. "What will I write about?" "What will it be called?" I worried about these questions and wanted to make it relevant so it didn't end up being some 30 year old girl having diarrhea of the mouth. No one wants to see that.

I thought about doing a blog about fitness, but let's face it: I failed at that one before. I thought about trying to blog my kitchen hits & misses, but then I realized they're mostly "misses" these days. I thought about just making it a diary, but decided I didn't want to overshare on a daily basis. SO, I decided I wanted to write a blog about my life and about just life in general. Life includes my fitness attempts, my kitchen failures, and my innermost secrets (well, we'll see about that).

My rejected titles:

1. "Striving for imperfection": I don't care if my life isn't perfect, but let's not rule it out.
2. Variations of my current title, such as "The Journey" (deemed too important-sounding), "The Path" (a little religious?), "The Trek" (that sounds treacherous!), & "The Ride" (which sounds like I'm a third party to my life).
3. "This Girl's Blog": I decided it sounded entirely too boring. Why would anyone bother?

I decided on "The Drive," because life isn't about the destination, it's about how you get there, the drive. It's usually bumpy and I'm bound to make some wrong turns along the way, but it can be oh-so-fun if you let it. So, ride along if you want, but I'm driving!