Welcome to the Modern Domestic Geek.  I hope as the weeks go by, you start to see what I mean by the term.  I think I came up with it to try and describe what I do and who I am.  I’ve always been one to embrace tech – I’ve built my own computers, I know how to set up a home theater, I’m a gamer.  But while Windows was taking it’s time to install, load, or the other things – my hands would be kept busy by needlework, knitting, or even a jigsaw puzzle at some point. When I struck out on my own, I found I had love of baking, and in the past couple of years, have tried tweaking recipes to find the perfect cookie, or pie.  And when I married my wonderful husband, I started to teach myself to cook – to really cook from scratch, though I would throw a convenience food in there.  And most recently, I’ve started to teach myself pastry decorating, with fondant, buttercream and the like. And I’m always looking for a better way to do things in our household – the best way to clean things – how to keep things organdized and looking nice, etc.

So how do you put a label on all this?  The Modern Domestic Geek seems to cover it all.  And one with this label – you don’t have to be a female, you don’t have to work out of your home.  I can remember a friend that was trying to put her resume together after staying home taking care of her kids and managing her household.  She asked me what she should describe that as, and I told her Domestic Engineer.  Because really – people like us are the wearer of all hats, the jack of all trades.

So this is what this blog will be about.  A little bit of this, a little bit of that.  Tips on how I use technology to make my handwork and crafting easier.  I hope to interview a couple of people that I admire as Domestic Geeks, and show a little of how their life is.  We’ll see how this thing plays out.  Because of course, blogging is one of those things that interest a Modern Domestic Geek.