Sorry, I've been gone too long

Ok, I just started this blog and I'm already slacking.  A lot has happened, however.  In the past week, I turned 30, got engaged, and cooked a huge Thanksgiving feast with my lovely mother-in-law to-be.  So the past couple of days have been crazy wedding planning.  Luckily, I have the best sissy in the world who is planning this entire thing! She is so awesome! So that is all for now.  I'm at work (so I guess I should be working) so I will write more details later.

My first memory

So I was born in a log cabin. For real. My mom didn't want to have her babies in the hospital. I think that's a cool fun fact! Luckily, I got to see the log cabin before it was torn down.  It was on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  My mom didn't work when I was a baby and spent a lot of time reading to me.  I was reading some books by the age of one. I think it was more because of my photographic memory rather than actual comprehension.  My dad was a truck driver when I was little so I didn't see him a lot.  My first memory is a spanking. Go figure.  You aren't supposed to forget why you got spanked.  I was a few months shy of my second birthday and my brother Aaron had just been born.  He was born at home as well but in a duplex!  So my mom is asleep with my baby brother and my dad was at the University of Arkansas taking classes.  Apparently, running around the house alone at 2 years old was no big deal back then.  They probably didn't even have plugs on the electrical outlets. I digress.  All I remember is I'm rubbing toothpaste into the arms of a hippie looking arm chair and my dad walks in with his bicycle helmet on. Next thing I know, I'm in the tub with a fresh spanking.  Isn't that a terrible first memory? Actually, I'm kind of chuckling about it while I'm writing this.  I'm of the opinion that a good spanking every now and then never hurt anybody but maybe did some good.  In fact, I think I can remember every spanking I ever got and why!

I'm new to this

So this is my first blog.  I really don't even know wtf a blog is but from what I can gather it is like a personal journal.  I guess some blogs are themed like cooking, fitness, etc. But I want mine to be about whatever I feel like when I write the blog.  For instance, right now I'm at work writing a training document and listening to whatever I feel like on spotify.  And I'm feeling like I have a lot on my mind.  I guess this has to do with the fact that I'm about to turn 30.  I've learned a lot in my twenties and there are a lot of changes I want to make for my next decade.  I know this isn't much but I am at work! I promise to write more and I'll try to make this funny and not boring.


On the agenda for tonight

• Run 3 miles (really more like walking 3 miles)
• Cooking Moroccan chicken from Real Simple's Daily Recipe
• Walking at least one of my dogs
• Xmas shopping brainstorm
• Reading "A Discovery of Witches"

That's all for now. (OMG I hope people find this interesting).