Hello, how are you doing today? I hope I find you feeling healthy. ~DMB~

I finally watched the movie Julie&Julia this weekend and was inspired to start blogging.  Throughout the movie, "Julie" writes in a blog for a year describing how she cooks Julia Child's food each day.  She uses her blog to really express how she feels about Julia Child, about cooking, and about her everyday adventures.  She says that once she starts something she never finishes it so she wanted to make sure that she finishes the blog.  Her mother and husband didn't support the idea at first but eventually they understood why she was doing the blog and became successful at it.

I am not writing this blog to become famous like Julie did (although I won't mind if it happens!) but I am writing this blog because I love to write and I haven't been able to finish a story in a very long time.  Partly it's because I haven't had the time or I've had writer's block.  In High School I kept a diary for a couple of years and I read it a few months ago and it was actually quite amusing.  I mean it's amazing how much I have changed since then.  In High School I was very quiet and self centered.  I was voted the "Shyest" girl in my senior year and I was never really proud of it but happy to be at least remembered for something.  To this day I regret not trying hard enough in High School to make tons of friends, and not excelling in my classes enough to attend a far away college.  Instead, I still have one best friend from High School and I lived at home until I was 22 and met my now husband.  I went through a period of feeling lost and depressed in High School and even after I graduated.  I never really knew what I wanted out of life or who I want to be "when I grow up".  "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" is a question I always struggle to answer.  Right now all I can say is that I'm happily married and currently pursuing my bachelor's degree in Business Management.  At 25 I'm not as happy as I can possibly be but I'm slowly getting there.

Music is one thing that is constant in my life.  At the age of 15 I realized that I will always be a Dave Matthews Band fan.  I saw my first DMB show on 7/22/98 at the VA Beach amphitheater and I haven't been the same since.  Every summer since then I have seen them in VA and/or somewhere else.  I've travelled to D.C.; Rochester, NY; Houston, TX; New York City; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Ohio; and Hershey, PA to see them.  In total that's about 24 shows and counting.  I've subscribed to their fan sites and made friends along the way.  People think I'm crazy because I even have the "firedancer" tattoo to prove my fandom.  Without DMB I'd be a lost soul and each subject of my blog will have a DMB quote in it.  So I hope you enjoy it!

Lastly, I can't close my first blog without bragging about my family.  I have the most amazing parents a girl could ask for.  For the first 22 years of my life I got to travel a lot with them and experience a lot of neat things.  They took me to the Outer Banks of North Carolina a lot and that has become my second home.  They finally bought a beach house there a couple of years ago and since it's only about 2 hours away we go there quite often!  My parents are always there for me and support me know matter what and for that I am most grateful.  My sisters are Amanda and Staci.  Staci is 11 years older than me and Amanda is 4 years older.  Staci has 3 kids - Chase who is 13, Caroline Elise who is 2, and Scarlett who is 9 months.  I am a VERY proud auntie and will probably brag about them a lot.  Staci is currently married to her second husband Corey and they are pretty awesome and fun to be around.  Amanda has been married once and is currently dating Joe, who is about 20 years older then her.  It's a little awkward but he treats her right and she's happy and that's all that matters.  Amanda and I are pretty close so she's really easy to talk to.  There's a lot of family drama sometimes but other times we are a lot of fun to be around.  I suppose it would be boring if there wasn't a little drama sometimes!

I suppose I have rambled on enough but at least now you know who I am in a nutshell.  I am not depressed at all but I have been emotional lately.  I've been unemployed for 2 months and it's been the most stressful 2 months of my life.  I am frustrated and stressed out about money.  Unemployment really really sucks. I am hoping I can find something soon, so here's the journey... I will share it with you!