To New Beginnings

Greetings and welcome to the Progressive Mommy blog!

First of all, I would like to say that the title "Progressive Mommy" is not used to pigeon-hole myself into any one general category. When many people today hear the term "progressive," they may picture a stereotypical hippie, one who only eats vegan cuisine, is extremely liberal, and a feminist (the Maggie Gyllenhaal character from "Away We Go" may be the best manifestation of the aforementioned stereotype). Nothing is wrong with any of these labels, but they are not what I have in mind when I use the word in regards to this blog. For me, "progress" simply means that I'm moving forward toward continuous improvement. Improvement in myself, my family, my household, and (hopefully) my world.

That being said, I'm very excited to get this underway and share/vent my experiences/ordeals with the cyber-world. I will say right now that I am not going to commit to maintaining this endeavor on a daily basis. I mean, seriously--I have a 2-1/2 year old and an 8 month old, so that will not be happening. I will say that I will be happy if I can log on here once a week, but I will not encourage you to hold your breath in anticipation for such a schedule to maintain consistency.

As I sit here catching up on various podcasts (yay iTunes!) while setting up this blog, I realize that it is nearly 2a.m. and I'm rapidly running out of steam. Since we're already 2 hours into the start of a new day, I realize that it is now officially our wedding anniversary. As of today, the hubbs and I have been married for 5 years! Holy cow--how time flies! It's amazing to see how far we've come and how much the Lord has blessed our marriage during our time together. Myself, being the good wife, I went out this past weekend and got Mike this DVD set that he's been wanting; the question is, will Mike remember that it's our anniversary (and will there be a gift in store? Note: it doesn't have to be an actual gift, but something to acknowledge it's our anniversary would be nice)? Okay, I think that putting in 4 hours into the development of this blog is enough for one night. Hopefully I won't be neglectful and will remember to update this soon!