Here We Go

So I really want to try this blog thing out.  I have always thought that my writing style is unique, simple and very similar to the way I speak which I really find amusing.  Filling in some blanks as to the title of my blog, I wish to invite you in on a tour of my daily life as a big gay manny!  I work in the suburbs of Washington DC working for a family with two children, ages 4 and 18 months old.  Their daughter goes to a montessori school full-time so I mainly care for the lil boy, my lil man!!  We have wonderful outings every day and being able to teach a youngster and watch him learn and grow totally fuels my maternal side and gives me a great release for all of my nurturing attributes.  In addition to a wonderful job I love to cook, clean, craft, crochet, and get crunked (on the weekends only of course, and I hope the alliteration dances on your pallet, there will be plenty more where that came from)!  In form of flattery I adopted the pioneer portion of my title from a well-respected fellow blogger.  Its meaning is two fold: a. I was raised Mormon.  Pioneers was probably one of the first words I ever learned, so not only did I learn of that portion of history but also have personally pioneered my way out of the closet and into a life full of fun queerness and social blossoming!! b.  My cooking inspirations include Paula Dean, Anne Burrell, Julia Child, and Carla from Top Chef(fav show ever) and if you throw in a mixed tape from Celine Dion and Ricky Martin, you got yourself close to what I like to achieve on plates.  I love butter and natural fresh flavors infused with love and goodness!!  My dear friend once labeled me the magician in the kitchen because while living on a tight, cheap budget was able to throw together the most disgusting of ingredients and it still tasted like heaven.  Magic I tell you.  So I hope that we can enjoy this ride together as I daily bring anecdotes and hopefully smiles to the forefront of your beautiful brains with the joys and frustrations of child-rearing and hopefully some awesome recipes!  Cheers .

P.S.  As I was leaving the house today to take lil man to the park I rolled my ankle at the bottom landing of the stairs and completely biffed it into the azalea bushes on the right!!  Thank God I had already put him safely in the stroller, but I am a class A clutz!