Behold the Avocado

One of the things I'm really enjoying about this particular break from school, is that I have found a TON of cool stuff I want to read on the internet.  Useful stuff too.  I'm not talking emails from the entire Senate Communitee from Nigeria like I just received in my inbox, I'm talking valuable places. Obviously, as you read this, you are at least someone familiar with blogging, meaning you are aware of what one is.  

I have come to determine that blogging can be the most awesome thing in the world, or totally stupid.  There are millions of blogs out there.  It's amazing what some of them are about, I know, I've been reading a lot.  But I really enjoy the reads.  Not only do I feel like I am learning what to do, but what not to do as well.  I've learned so much, and am motivated to, sometime in the future, take my blog to the next level.  I'm not sure what that entails yet, but I'll keep you posted.

One thing about blogs though, is that they don't all have a purpose.  I feel like this blog has a purpose, right?  To share with friends and family all that is happening with the Nolls Down South, especially important when most of you (probably all of you who read this) are so far away. 

HOWEVER, it also amazes me how interesting it is to read things that people write, that have no importance or relevance to anything at all.  One lady has an immensely popular blog from which she earns oodles of money, and so far as I can tell she uses her caustic wit to write about her family, her latest skin-cancer-scaring mole, and takes pictures of balancing things on her dog's head.  I can do ThAT! (Write about stuff, not balance things on my dog's head.  Although....)

If I see one more money-saving coupon blog preppy blog I just might hurl plaid, and yet I am strangely addicted.  (If you want to see some of the favorite blogs I'm following click on my profile and you will see them.  A couple are people I know, and one is my cousin Hayley's.)

So, as we are on this blogging journey together, don't be surprised if you see something, that maybe doesn't make sense.  That's okay.  It's me, stretching, growing, practicing, e v o l v i n g.  Tell me it's stupid if you want, I don't care.  Just read.

Let's practice:

I have a new favorite food.  It didn't start as love at first bite, it has evolved slowly and has reached addiction proportion.  In fact, as I write this, I am lavishing every bite of this velvet delight -- all that is...the Avocado.  I had never had an avocado, I had never bought an avocado even, until I was getting ready to make Clara's baby food when about 8 months ago. I mean, I know I like guacomole, so it would make sense.... I read my favorite baby food website, and it talked about avocado being a perfect first baby food.  What the heck, I thought.  And sure enough, Clara loved them, and still does.  I would try nibbles here and there as I mixed different concoctions for her, and it took a really long time but for some reason, very unlike me, I continued to try it.  And low and behold, one fine day, it occurred to me how absolutely fascinating this food really was.  And from there on, it's history.  I'm addicted.  I think about avocado, too often to be normal, but that's addiction isn't it.  And so, while I was just going to eat some and save the rest to give Clara with dinner, I think I will gobble this up with my piece of Tuscan de broule -- really good bread -- and call it lunch.

And while this part of the post may be useless, inane, or totally irrelevant, if you haven't eaten lunch yet I bet your stomach just growled.