Better Late Than Never

I realize it has taken me far too long to accept the 21st century, but I figure better late than never, right?  I don't know what hit me, but all of a sudden I was overtaken by an urge to join the vast blogging community.  Literally, it became an obsession almost overnight.  One day we're installing wireless and the next it's taking over my life.  The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was check my email.  All day long at work I stressed over blog names and internet searches to perform when I returned home.  (Most of you reading this were probably involved in the process and my incessant texts requesting name assistance).  I am making up for almost two years without internet access outside of the coffee shops, I'm sure I'll get over it soon...maybe. 

I'm not sure I'll be very good at this blogging stuff and honestly I don't expect too many people to even read this, but I am excited about the challenge.  More than anything, I'm hoping this will be a good way to keep up with my friends (Ladies...you know who you are)!  You all know I'm much more likely to write than pick up a phone, so I am hopeful this will give you better insight into my day-to-day life.  And I would love for this to turn into a sort of forum to stay connected...so please, please, PLEASE comment and let's get some verbal sparring in where possible.   

And if you're curious about the name...several suggestions were thrown around and votes were cast, but Vegan Papillion won by a landslide.  I added the your because I want all of you to know I really am writing this for your benefit and hope you will take some possession of this blog as well.  The vegan part was important to me because I do intend to use this blog to experiment with some recipes and keep tabs on some of my quests.  Recently, we've been on a mission to find the perfect gluten-free vegan pizza dough.  We've had some successful, and some not to so successful, results.  And based on the endless links to various off-the-cuff pizza recipes, I know we are not the only ones devoting hundreds of weekend hours in the kitchen to this mission.  So you definitely can expect some accounts of funky cooking experiments and some not-so-artistically photographed results.  Lastly, the papillion signifies my social dreams for this page (get it? social butterfly?) and the word itself has special meaning to me. 

So there you have it...for now.  I don't want to be too wordy in my first post (I'd hate to lose you already!).   If you have any suggestions or comments, the floor is yours!  I will post some photos soon and [hopefully] figure out how to make this thing more attractive. 

Can't wait to get connected!