Renewed in Spirit!

I'm very excited to report that I'm letting the internet take over my life! And this is a good thing? Well, it really depends on whom you ask...

If you were to ask all of my new buddies on twitter, well, we're kinda all in the same boat. I think more than a few will say that it all started with Facebook. True enough for me. And what fun! Just today, I reconnected with a childhood friend I haven't seen in over 20 years! Amazing. And my sister has even begun fbing with elementary school friends and had a girls' night out because of it!

I started on fb as a spy.

My daughter "Bunny" wanted a fb account. Every parent out there has been sternly cautioned to keep an eye on their childrens' internet activities. Predators. Scam artists. Evil peers. So can you blame me? I got a fb page - much to Bunny's chagrin. It took about 3 weeks for her to "friend me". Humf. So much for the cool mom routine. I think I have more going on sometimes on fb than Bun and her friends!

And now, twitter. I've fallen in and I can't get out! I find myself "twittering", or "tweeting" a lot. Just in case my mom is reading this, I do have entire days that I'm too busy to tweet! (case in point, the 6th grade field trip on Wednesday). And ya know what? I hated house work BEFORE twitter and facebook. It's just really cool chit-chatting with people all over the world!

(Excitement building....)

So, this past week, one of my foodie "friends" on twitter brainstormed an idea for a foodie challenge. She selected the gorgeous Bread Baker's Apprentice, by Peter Reinhart, and challenged those of us who considered ourselves bakers and wannabe bakers, to start baking bread with her. The plan was to communicate and record our experiences via twitter, blogging and a brand-new Google group.

What fun! I love to bake, and to cook, in general. I have dropped off the bread baking lately and think now would be a fantastic time to get back to it.

Picked up my copy of BBA yesterday, purchased the polenta "flour" and I'm all set to start on our first endeavor - Anadama Bread. The polenta has to be soaked first, and tonight's the night! Everyone is posting all kinds of success stories and I'm chomping at the bit.

Wish me luck! Can't you just imagine the smell of homemade bread baking....