Well, Why the hell not?

I'm a blog whore, well maybe not a whore, that would indicate some participation in the activity. Let's just say up to this point I've been a blog voyeur and now (to use SVU-speak) I've escalated my profile. Starting a blog is something I've been thinking of for awhile now. I have a list of blogs I follow religiously, Dooce, Crazy Aunt Purl, The Lost Hawaiian, Poor Girl Eats Well, the list goes on and on. Not to mention my friends blogs that I follow. ( HI LILLIAN! HI AMY! HI LESLEY!) I just love having that little sneak peek into their lives (I believe I have mentioned that I am a cyber-stalker. Let's move on.) Not to mention the great writers that are out there who are bloggers, I always love me a good story and blogs are just full of great stories in bite-size chunks.

Well now with all the changes that have gone on in my life and will continue to go on I thought a blog will do two things.
1. Allow me to keep in better touch with friends and family
2. Keep my writing skills in shape since I'm at the point where all I am writing are lab reports and disease profiles and no one wants to get a Christmas card from me wishing them a Merry Christmas and H1N1 Free New Year for you and yours.... PS. Please wash your hands Love, Jen

So here I am, with a blog. I'm not going to put a ton of pressure on myself to update it regularly just yet (Hello part-time job and 13 units? Yeah, you're sucking at my free time) but just touch in every now and again when the mood strikes me.

If you're wondering about the name, it goes back to my Grandma Long. I moved to California from Florida (GO GATORS!) to be closer to her in the last few years of her life. Whenever I did something for her she would always say "You're a good girl Jennifer Land" and I would always respond with "I try, Grandma." Now I say the same thing to my husband. "Your a beautiful women, Wife," he says, "I try" I always say. So that's where the name of my blog came from. And that's what I'll continue to do here... Keep trying