Food: NaBloPoMo #3

My food never comes out pretty. It tastes good 87% of the time, but never looks good. I'd never see my chicken and rice on a cover of any magazine, except maybe Ripley's Believe it or Not!.

I want to be a foodie, I really do! I love reading food blogs, (Epicute.com? These food artists are GENIUS!) looking at delicious desserts and getting great ideas for dinners, but whenever I copy a recipe from these blogs? It tastes GREAT. Looks NOTHING like the shiny photo that made me drool on my keyboard.

I take that back, I did have ONE meal that looked as good as it tasted.

I burned the chicken, scortched the spices and Jake still ate EVERY bite that was in his bowl. That's true love with an iron stomach.

I'm calling out to my foodie friends, how do YOU make your food look good?? Post your photos in the comments, I want to feel envious of you!

NaBloPoMo

NaBloPoMo, rolls right off the tongue right? Well, It is inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) or by the same people, I don't know- I'll research it for a later post.

NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month and whether you guys know it or not you've been participating! I'm bending the rules a TINY bit due to my internet connectivity issue. I do write everyday, but the posts will have to be back-dated whenever I get online (like today, this is technically Monday's post but it was published on Tuesday, get it?) Most people have been starting this with a welcome/introduction post and who am I to buck tradition??

I'm Tracy. I'm very much a "Jackie of All Trades, Master of None" type personality. I love to dabble in anything and everything. I write, draw, paint, sing, parent, speak french and do laundry. My favorite title is "Mother" but I'm also working hard on developing the one of "Artist".



I'm incredibly shy in person but loud and obnoxious online. I'm married to a great guy, Jake, who has his own rarely updated blog.



 We have a beautiful daughter, Chucky-Sue who will soon be 6 months old. Chucky-Sue has a twin sister, Angelina, who you can read about in past entries, they are sprinkled throughout the blog.

My blog is mostly about my family; lately mostly about Angelina and our experience with her. I try to alternate my sad, heavy posts with funny light ones. I do also blog about my crafts, my church, and the crazy things that happen to me. I love photography, and use the blog as a reason to break out my camera anytime I can!

My favorite color is red. my favorite number is 5. My favorite song is (currently) Rose's Turn from Glee. I'm a twitter newbie, but I do love following my geeky celebrities. I go to comic conventions and I love steampunk jewelry. I can quote almost the entire series of Friends by heart, and a day doesn't go by where I don't read cakewrecks.com I'm silly, sarcastic, loyal and just plain weird sometimes.

And Welcome, to NaBloPoMo!

NaBloPoMo

Wow, that's  mouthful ;)

Anyway, I found out through Brittany's Blog that there is a National Blog Post Month, where you post one entry a day for the month of November. (Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where people write a 50,000 word novel in a month)

I maybe a few days behind, but I will definitely post 7 more to catch up. 

My dress came in last week! :) It's perfect and beautiful!!!! I absolutely LOVE it. Now I'm working on getting a cheap photographer either in DC or in our town who is willing to travel up for the day. As much as my family will be taking photos- none of the have been trained and I'd rather fifteen really really good photos than a thousand crappy or fuzzy photos from family.

Okay, so. Consider this my first NaBloPoMo. Not too exciting, but I think it works ;)