You have to start somewhere.

Okay, so I'm in my mid-thirties but I still remember that doing homework was a drag.   

That translates now into everyday life:  projects at work, tackling that messy closet, getting on the treadmill for a workout when I'd rather be eating a cookie. 

Whenever my shoulders slump and my spirit sags, I hear my mother's voice: 

"Honey, you have to start somewhere." 

And so I do.

With that, I formally and very happily inaugurate the Belles of the Blog:  Three women, three separate lives, three mothers, three chefs, three Marthas, three aspiring artists of various arts trapped in their not-so-glamorous day jobs, three friends who agree with Schoolhouse Rock and think that three *is* a magic number - that's us. 

We had to start somewhere, and that somewhere is here.

xxoo,
Jen