A Word on Blogging (or A Word on Words)

This is new to me. Blogging.

Writing isn't really new to me. In high school and college I was an avid writer. I wrote a few good things here and there and a whole lot of crap. I had stories and words floating through my head constantly. I wanted to write novels. Then I went to law school.

Over a period of three arduous years, the little bit of creativity that I had was leached from me. The light was turned off. The stories were silenced.

About a year ago I quit my full-time job hoping to find a different career. I wanted to be a writer. But I found I had nothing to say. So I started practicing law again. Sort of.

I recently stumbled across a good friend's blog about her daughter, and I thought it was a perfect idea. My husband and I have been saying for months now that we need to start writing down the ridiculous things our three year old says. And since we have family and friends who live hours away (some on the other side of the country), I thought this would be the perfect way to keep them in touch with our wonderful children. At the very least I figured my mom would read it. And my husband, although he'd have to read it regardless of what it was about (sorry, babe). And so was born (about a week ago) orangemonster-pinkbaby.blogspot.com.

The feedback has been pretty positive so far. Even my brother, who (1) doesn't really read and (2) doesn't think I'm funny, said he got a kick out of it. But even better than the feedback: the urge to write has returned. I now find myself constantly drowning in words, much like I felt in high school and college (before all this law nonsense was introduced to me). I must get it on paper. I must write it all down. Who knows--maybe someday I'll actually write that novel.

So that's what this is. All the random ramblings that go through my head. Since my interests include red wine and gardening, many of my posts will be about that. If you like gardening, please check in from time to time, because I can always use advice about plants!