To Blog or Not To Blog...

That is the question! I never thought I would be one to actually start a blog... and now I know why! (I do realize that this is a very cliche introduction to a first posting -- but I needed to start somewhere.) I don't think that I'm witty enough or that my life is interesting enough to actually publish some sort of commentary about it, even though I do have an incredibly cute and entertaining 8-month old son who I'm sure everyone would love hearing about! (although I am not even close to being caught up in updating his baby book - and I should probably spend my time doing that instead...). So I started to think about what I would actually post if I started a blog. The next day I started obsessing. That's what I do best -- my husband Jon calls me "obsessy Jessie". And I'll be honest, it's fitting. I started making a list of topics that I thought would be interesting enough to write about. I even started creating cute titles and coming up with some semi-witty introductions. Usually when I get on some sort of "kick" like this, it will take me days to think it through before I actually do something about it. So, I went against my ususal tendencies, sat down at the computer and went straight to blogger to create my blog. I was getting very excited until I got to the part where I had to name my blog. I literally stared at the computer screen for an hour trying to come up with some sort of creative title. Again I started making lists of different titles and asking my friends what they thought. Then I realized I should probably have some sort of theme or mission statement for my blog -- I know what you're thinking... this girl is psycho -- it's true, I admit it. Anyway, I finally came up with this title, and I thought --I'll never get around to starting this thing if I don't do it right now. So, here it is. I never really came up with a mission statement, but for the most part you'll hear about my muses of living in New York City -- especially with a baby, my recent adventures in motherhood, the somewhat depressing life of a resident's wife (a.k.a. single mother), and I'm sure I'll throw in a few quirky Mormon stories along with some commentary on world peace, politics, reality TV, and Oprah, of course! Hopefully I'll be able to keep my obsessiveness under control and actually keep up on my postings. But who knows -- I guess we'll find out...