Happy New Year!

Well folks, here goes!  I have never blogged before, but I suppose there needs to be a first time for everything.  Let me start by giving you a tiny snapshot of my life.  My name is Megan Eilean Nollet.  I married my best friend on December 18 of last year.  We took off for a honeymoon to Cancun, and now are moving ourselves back in to a snowy Grand Rapids, Michigan.  My husband works/studies at Van Andel Research Institute.  I... am blogging, lol!  We both graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids.  Eric with a degree in Bio-Chemistry.  Me with a degree in English.  People have been asking me since I left for college if I was going to teach with my English degree.  I have always said no.  Writing is what I like to do, not teaching, so here I am :)  I'm not just going to sit at home, though.  In the next month or so I will be applying to any job that looks promising, and also sending in an application for the seminary across the road from us.  We'll see what comes from it all, I suppose!

Now, for my new year's resolutions, which are to be the focus of this blog.  Cooking.  Every wife is supposed to be able to cook, right?  I can, I guess.  Very mediocre meals.  I have been asked if I have any burn marks from the stove yet....  I do not!  But maybe that only means I haven't been cooking enough.  We received MANY cookbooks as wedding gifts.  Perhaps folks were worried for Eric's well-being?  He helps me cook in the kitchen, and we make do alright.  But I like variety, and am actually quite excited to try out my new cookbooks. 

As for the exercise... not so exciting.  I have a TERRIBLE time motivating myself to exercise.  But we decided that since we are now old and married, we'd better try to make exercise more of a habit :)  We would like to avoid being married and morbidly obese!  Currently we live in an apartment and we don't own a car, both of which factor into our exercise options.  For starters, we'll probably just walk a lot, and call that good.  It's slightly ironic, I think.  People buy cars so they don't have to walk to the store or carry heavy bags home.  Then they buy gym memberships so that they can walk on a treadmill and lift weights!  Granted, we want a car, and are saving up for one.  Walking outside in winter can get a bit chilly.  But for the time being, not having a car seems like a fairly healthy option.

Goals for this week then:  make an apple nut dip (and employ the powers of our new blender - I have never used a blender before - in the process), and get outside to walk despite the cold.  Check back to see how I do!