About

Who am I? That’s a difficult question to answer.

I am a mom, first and foremost, to two rambunctious, wild, crazy (and too smart for their own good!) kiddos. They have changed me in so many ways–mostly for the better, I would hope. I was lucky enough to stay home with them for the last nearly-five years, but now I’m returning to the working world. Balancing working full-time outside the home with the kids, husband, blog, and everything else will be a new challenge I’m looking forward to!

I am a college graduate. I took my time, picking away at it here and there. It took me four years to get to my Associate’s, all of which were spent working full-time as well. Then a break while I collected my thoughts before returning to school in 2003 to work on my Bachelor’s. That stint ended when I had a miscarriage the following summer and couldn’t see myself in school at the time. A few more years passed–and the arrival of two kids–before I returned, again, to school in 2008. I finally graduated in May 2011 with my BA in English from UCONN. Yay! It’s been a long road–only, I don’t know, 16 years since I completed high school–but totally worth it. It’s never too late to go back to school.

I am a wanna-be baker. I love spending time in the kitchen, putting together the pieces of a recipe to create something far exceeding the sum of its parts. For a short while, I flirted with the idea of opening a small bake shop after I graduated. For the time being, however, I am perfectly content as a home baker, sharing my wealth with friends and family.

I am an amateur photographer. My interest in photography sprouted in high school with a photography course I took my sophomore year. We had to develop our own film (can you say chemicals?!), make our prints, and process them. I was never particularly good at this, always scratching my film in the cloth bags we used to feed it onto the spools. Thank goodness for digital photography! I don’t consider my high school course to be any kind of formal education–in fact, I forgot just about everything I learned in the years between that and picking up a DSLR. I’m slowly relearning it now and having lots of fun while experimenting. Lightroom is my post-processing program of choice, though I do dabble (very lightly) in Photoshop as well. Very lightly. It’s a constant learning process.

I am the author of this blog. The blog began as a writing exercise to get myself into the habit of writing more regularly. I’ve always enjoyed writing, even telling myself that someday, I would publish a novel. The problem was finding enough time to work on it between all the other things going on in my life. The blog has been a much more manageable way to get my creative juices flowing, providing instant gratification. I have not given up on publishing–and I’m even working on a screenplay right now–but for the time being, this is probably the only place you’ll find my deepest thoughts.

Who am I really? This only scratches the surface of the ego I believe to be myself. Regardless, I am very humbled that you would choose to spend your precious time here, reading what I have shared with you. Thank you! Without you, there would be no need for an “About” page. I am grateful for the chance to entertain you!