Obligatory First Post

I'm Tracy and together with my husband Michael and daughter Sweet Pea make up the Soggy Granola Suite.

"Soggy Granola" is a common enough phrase now, it seems.  I have generally considered myself Crunchy/Granola(tm), but it doesn't always appear that way or actually happen that way.  For one thing, I looked like a pretty standard suburban wife and mother, live in a non-crunchy neighborhood/house, and do all sorts of other things that don't look all too Crunchy/Granola(tm) on the surface, even when they are.  And then, we went and had a baby and the mom I thought I'd be isn't quite the mom I am.  There are many things in the realm of Crunchy/Granola(tm) that turns out haven't worked as well for us or I just don't have time for or...whatever.  That "whatever" is proof of my Sogginess alone.  I'm just too tired to come up with more for a simple list in a blog post.

The "Suite" here comes about because as the concept of "Crunchy/Granola" came about in the world, I couldn't help but hear the song "Crunchy Granola Suite" by Neil Diamond.  Alas, I was raised on the man's music and that little-known song will always stick in my head.  The silliness of the lyrics actually kinda work for some of my attitude about crunchiness and sogginess and life in general.  So, when it came time to find a blog name and I thought of Soggy Granola, I immediately tacked on "Suite" as that's how my mind works.

And since we're a little suite of characters and I plan on writing about a suite of topics, it works.  Just go with it, okay?

Hopefully I'll actually write here every now and again and share some of our silly soggy life, my thoughts about family and children and birth, and all manner of things.

Welcome!