For some time now I have been talking about getting my blog started. Jeremy (my boyfriend who you will vicariously get to know – I’m a lucky lucky girl) set me up for success. He purchased my domain name and hosted my site. I was ready to go however something always stopped me. Questions and thoughts like: What would I name my site, I need a fancy camera and must learn photography before posting pictures, I must have a logo and make sure my site map and functionality works flawlessly…bla bla bla, excuse excuse excuse

When it was about a week shy from my birthday, which happened to fall on the biggest eating day of the year (how perfect, right?!?) I decided this will be the day I “launch” my site. I wrote the recipes, took the pictures and was going to meet my first deadline. Then two days before my birthday, I got the scariest call from the emergency room that my Mom was in an accident and that I should head to the hospital.

Now this story is a happy one, I promise! My Mom had angels looking out for her that night, as all 4’10 of her survived a hit-and-run accident. After 3 days in ICU lets just say my entire family had a LOT to be thankful for that Thanksgiving. Just over 1 month later my Mom was released from the hospital – she was our entire family’s Christmas gift this year.

This month was by far the most challenging yet most loving month of my life. The love and support from my family, boyfriend and friends reminded me what really mattered. It also reminded me that I had the BEST family, boyfriend and friends anyone could ask for. Life is fragile, beautiful, and filled with too many amazing opportunities to let one day go by. At the start of this New Year, and thanks to recent experiences and a serious goals/aspirations talk with Jeremy, my bla bla blas’ and excuses are no more. I couldn’t be more excited to share my food and life adventures with you and look forward to everything I know ChristineJanda.com has to offer.

Stay tuned…deliciousness to come, I promise.