Hiatus?

How about just "stuck."

If you look at the date of my last post (ahem January), the amount of time that has gone by no longer qualifies for the excuse of me telling you that "I've been busy." So what gives?

I think what has kept me from investing more time into blogging is my inconsistency. Inconsistency in my menu choices and inconsistency in my cooking style. Most times when I'm throwing together stuff for a meal it isn't the best time to grab the camera. Yes, I cook most of the week. Yes, I love to take photos of my food. Yes, I love to share recipes that I've created from out of thin air (and also gleaned from other genius sites that must get credit for them.) But sometimes what I create in my kitchen isn't always blog-worthy. Who wants to see a bunch of  photos of leftovers?

Despite what you've heard, cooking isn't always pretty. 

I am constantly inspired by recipes, photos, memories and, of course, other blogs. I see how brilliantly creative Heidi, Ree, Molly and company are -they are pro's at this thing!  And each of them have started out with a blog template, a camera and some food, all things that I have. But suppose in all the excitement of starting this site I was setting myself up for more work than I was ready for. It takes a lot of discipline to record specific experiences (especially when attempting to incite smells, texture and flavor in 2-dimensional digital format) and maybe that's a little something I need to work on. Cooking is something I'd love to do professionally, but I have a full time career outside the home so for now it's just hobby of mine that I feel very passionate about. Do hobbies take discipline? Yes, of course they do. But hobbies are also supposed to be fun and something to look forward to amidst the mundane responsibilities of daily life. Like going to work. Ha! I'm just kidding. Sort of.

So I'm basically giving myself permission to be more casual about this thing. My blog may never be as beautiful as the ones that personally inspire me. I will strive to have as many photos as possible in each post, but I may not quite get there. And as you can already tell, there will be lots of self reflection in addition to the food stuff. No one said this site was supposed to be perfect.

And this is where I stop beating myself up and start enjoying it.