The Birth of my Fake Brazielian Heritage

Hello.

I'm Emily.

As the title of this blog might suggest, I am now Brazielian...by marriage. My semi-new (we've actually been married for nearly a year) husband's last name is Braziel, which has allowed me to snatch up a much more interesting sounding heritage. Sort of.

He's not really Brazilian of course - of French descent actually. (Hence the interesting spelling of the name - no I'm not that bad a speller.) But still it sounds cool and seeing as I am pale and freckly, it's as close as I am going to get to exotic. Ever.

I do feel confident there were other factors in my decision to marry this man besides the name upgrade...

So, here we are. The newlyweds with the cool last name.

It occurred to me to start a blog when I realized that I now had not one, but two families to keep in touch with and reguarly update about our life. Apparently, this job goes to the girl by default. I'm on Facebook and Twitter and all of that, but most of our relatives and many friends are not.

So, I thought this would be a great way to plug everyone in to what's going on in our food-obsessed, malarkey-loving, fantasy/sci-fi-supporting existence.

Welcome to all.

Enjoy.