Vertigo B Cooks: July 2010

Please join me, won't you?

http://vertigob.blogspot.com/

I hope to see you kicking it at my spiffy new digs.

Who is Vertigo B?

I am 43 year old late-blooming (got married one week before my 39th birthday!) SAHM (and work at home). I have two children (4 year old boy wonder, H and 2 year old feisty drama queen, Baby C), an amazing husband (Mr. Smith) and I love to cook and bake. You might wonder how I have the time, let's just say, there is plenty of crying around here (mine and the children)!

Everyone tells me I should do stand-up comedy, but I hate to be the center of attention and I am phobic about almost everything (having my picture taken, small places, crowds, going out in public, etc.), so that is out.

I know, I am so late to the blog party that it is actually kind of sad, but I have completely fallen in love with this medium.

I think every recipe has a wonderful story. I will be sharing what I am cooking on any given day, where the recipe came from and the story behind it.

I was born in New York (not the city), grew up in Delaware and Pittsburgh. I moved to Southern California in 1993. Living in So Cal is a mixed blessing (great weather, too much traffic, too crowded), but for now, this is where we are. I have family all over the country (New York, Louisiana, Texas, Northern California, Maryland).

I swore I would never marry a native Californian, a younger man or a smoker. I broke every single rule with Mr. Smith. He has since quit smoking (not due to any pressure from me!), but I can't do anything about the other two.

Mr. Smith and I got married 3 1/2 months after our first date. Another great story and a wild ride for sure! Our lives are wonderful and kind of crazy, but I don't think we would want it any other way.

Mr. Smith's family is here, but that is a whole other story for another time and another blog. Suffice it to say, we don't see them much and most of the time, that is just fine.

Why VertigoB? Well, right after I had Baby C, I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis. It is an interesting thing to have with a newborn, a preschooler, an energetic Jack Russell, and a growing business. Trying to juggle all of this WHILE feeling like I was falling randomly throughout the day and night was a challenge. I still have tinnitis in one ear and some minor hearing problems part of the time with the occasional bout of vertigo.

Stay tuned as I roll out old favorites, try some new stuff and share it with all seven of you.

Thanks for reading.

Vertigo B Cooks

Monday, July 12, 2010

Time to change...