And in the beginning, there was Tony...

The other day while I was at work, I discovered Penelope Trunk's blog by using my supreme information seeking research skills. After reading a couple of her posts, I decided she must have written it specifically for me and resolved to do everything she told me to do. Obviously, this would result in a long and successful life for me. One of the first things Penelope told me to do was to start my own blog. This would put me in a prime position to be successful in my chosen field as it would mean I was such an expert that I could provide valuable insights for other people to read and learn from, or so Penelope says. Because Penelope is a genius, she also provided a guide to starting my own blog. Step 1 seemed easy enough. I was supposed to ignore blogging buzz words. I'm a Millenial, but I barely passed the test, so I didn't know what any of them meant. This made them very easy to ignore. Unfortunately, step 2 required me to pick a topic.

I was stumped. I've filled journals with my thoughts over the years, but sometimes my propensity to jump from topic to topic makes me think I really might be Abstract Random. How would I ever decide what to focus all of my posts around?

Luckily, my house has recently become a commune. In addition to the presence of Angel and Michelle living upstairs, my roommate Laura's husband is in the process of moving in. That makes 5 adults living in a 1500 square foot space. This is all bad news for the one bathroom we have, but it is good news for my blog. Tony (the husband in question) is your typical idea man. Yesterday we strategized over a potential business model for a "green" shipping company that would operate on the same level as FedEx. Perhaps that idea will never come to fruition, but this morning when Tony was making eggs for breakfast (another fabulous benefit of his moving in), I was talking about my New Year's Resolution of only purchasing local, organic food. Genius Tony suggested my blog theme detail my foray into my new lifestyle and here I am.

Happy New Years and God Bless Us Everyone (especially Tony)!