The blogging begins!

So I was flying back to Chicago (Where I do NOT live BTW) from San Diego (Where it would be nice to live) and I was reflecting on everyone I saw at ASHA and the number of people who asked to be on the Christmas letter mailing list.  I thought to myself that it would be nice to include everyone on the letter list but REALLY, that is just an abbreviated version of what happens in any given year of my life.  It would be way more fun (and timely) to blog about the day to day events as they occur whenever I get a chance.  Thus:  the blog! Turns out naming the blog is one of the most difficult parts of beginning to be a blogger.  I chose midlife Melissa because if you know me at all you know my memory is failing me at an alarming rate.  My husband recently called me from home to ask why I put the full mustard bottle in the dishwasher and I had absolutely NO IDEA what he was talking about.  Maybe if I blog I can remember what happened in any given month versus my current reality which is to wander around the halls at work and home and try and guess at what needs doing in that moment.  I have no idea how this will end up looking because when I began to set up the site I had to answer questions about things like textile and gravatar which sound more like names of fashion items and video games than web based blogging sites.  It may take a while for me to get all of the kinks ironed out but, if you choose to, you can follow my attempts at sharing what happens in my sometimes surprisingly hilarious and sometimes gratefully mundane world.  Don't expect an update until after Thanksgiving as I am in touch with reality enough to know that if I do not do laundry and pay some bills in the next few days, I will have naked and homeless children.  (Which BTW, I would still be thankful for but my husband would frown upon as I am the self-proclaimed CEO of the family).  Welcome to my world!