05/16/2009 Welcome!
Why hello, and welcome to my blog! I intend to make this a lifestyle blog featuring the events, projects, and situations I encounter in my day-to-day. I am a pediatric genetic counselor, and my work days are spent preparing for clinic, coordinating genetic testing, communicating results, and counseling families. This work frequently sucks away much of my energy, and outside of work there are so many things I enjoy doing, especially in this cool city of Chicago where I live with my husband and cat. I am a pretend foodie, and enjoy finding recipes and cooking. By "pretend, " I mean that I have not experimented much with my own recipe alterations or creations. Let's face it- one must have some extra time and backup plans to allow for mess ups! I plan on posting the good recipes that I find for those after work days when you need something fast and those lazy weekend days when you have more time for an involved meal. In addition, I am striving to cook healthier foods and nothing pleases me more than meals that are inexpensive! In addition to food, I will highlight my other interests and projects- knitting, dancing, scrapbooking, photography, decorating, etc. As alluded to above regarding liking cheap meals, I may possibly be addicted to couponing. My Sunday morning routine involves sitting on the floor cutting out coupons and discovering the weekly specials that will give us our biggest bang for our buck. I will share those tricks and the ways I stay organized. Our cat Major will likely make a few appearances too. I may occasionally comment on genetics- but only if it comes with some type of monetary reward: -)I remember last year a rare day that I took off of work. Despite hoping to sleep in, I woke up at the usual time, saw Jim off to work, and then proceeded to attack an internal to-do list which popped up out of nowhere. I ran to the the grocery store, got a slow cooker meal going, did some cleaning, did some wedding planning, and then before I knew it Jim was home and the day was over! Still, all in all, it felt great to move through the day on my own schedule. My biggest challenges are balancing the things I enjoy with the daily grind of working a fairly draining job and still trying to manage some level of mental sanity. It doesn't always work, but I invite all of you to follow me along for the ride!
