Blog Post #1

I am a young (recent) college graduate that is (almost married) single (but not really). I will be single for the next 298 Days (thank you javascript for the html countdown). As such, I will have to learn to live on my own (including rent, insurance, etc.) until I get married. This will be a temporary state of single-ness until I have to re-adjust to married life.

I am not completely new to the blogosphere (I managed one as a Senior Thesis organizational tool while studying under Dr. Peter Lawler), so that should help me get this off the ground.

Part of this is learning to budget and cook for myself. I already have a working knowledge of cooking, so I don't expect to burn any housing, but budgeting for food is still kind of new to me (college forced a meal plan and the remaining meals I paid for with a part time job). So this full scale on-my- own will be an adventure (until I get married, then it'll be a whole new adventure!).

My reasoning for starting this blog is in response to all of the stay-at-home-mom blogs with the really delicious looking meals (Mmmmm). But the difference being (wait for it...), I do not have six children (this is good, for now). Therefore, I will attempt to use their recipies and budget friendly frugal suggestions to create meals for myself (as opposed to 6).

Also, I have a goal of losing 70 pounds (280 -> 210) before the wedding. So, (low) calories and tastiness is the goal (along with exercise).

This blog post is boring to read (even I had to write it in 3 sittings) and I (don't really) apologize for all of the comments (I am a web developer and computer programmer -> Comment All of the Things!), but I hope that someone down the road will benefit from my research (via blogs, Pinterest, etc).

Stay tuned for the (Lazy) Lasagna to Finish Cooking :)