<a rel="attachment wp-att-3741" href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/nelsons-ranch-house-tulsa-kids/dsc_1616-3/"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3741" title="Nelson's Ranch House" src="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1616-500x332.jpg" alt="Nelson's Ranch House" width="500" height="332" /></a>

Over the nearly five years that I've been reviewing local restaurants, my approach to the whole thing has changed somewhat. There was a time when I could show up to a restaurant, order a smattering of items from a menu, sample each one while slyly taking notes and then make my exit, all very quickly and anonymously - at least, until my write-up went to print a week or so later.

But then I had a baby boy and quit my job as a full-time reporter and restaurant critic and started a blog. I thought blogging would be a fun diversion for me a few days each week during nap time and not much else - basically, something to keep my writing skills sharp and something to keep me busy that didn't involve folding burp rags or washing bottles.

And now you see how sometimes my plans don't go quite according to, well, my plans.

Read about what went horribly, terribly wrong at Nelson's that day <a href="http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-chewy-chunks-restaurant-review">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.