Introductions n' Such

It has been brought to my attention (by my thoroughly male, testosterone-poisoned husband) that the title of this blog could be misconstrued. We all know what men want to do when the baby's sleeping. Women, moms, on the other hand, think in terms of loads of laundry and starting dinner and maybe, if they're really lucky, having 5 minutes to sit abso-blinking-lutely still and read a book or stare into space or even attain the holy grail -a NAP. Sex is somewhere down the list - somewhere waaaay down at the bottom of the list most days.

The title of this blog comes from the fact that I'm a new mom to a currently 5 month old little girl, Josie. She is, of course, the most adorable child to spring forth from any mere human womb.  See left for incontrovertible proof. I may be biased, but judge for yourself. Just don't try to tell me otherwise, or I might have to open a can of mama bear whoop-ass on ya.



I digress. While the birth of Josie expanded my world in ways I can't even begin to describe, it also vastly reduced my amount of "me time." I sleep less. I go out less (okay, never). Sometimes I forget to eat (unfortunately not often enough, ahem). Some days showering is relegated to the non-essential column. I've been reading the same book since she was born. You get the idea. My me time, when I do get it, is pretty much while the baby is sleeping. And I really find myself in need of a creative outlet now that all my energy isn't going into creating a life inside me. So, viola. A blog is born.

I can't really tell you yet what it will become. Knowing me, well, I have attention-span and organizational issues. So it will most likely go in plenty of different directions. We'll see.