I have been told to blog more, so here I go.

Sorry any real posts have been few and far between. I guess I didn't realize anybody was actually reading this anymore. It was touching to find out that I do still have friends out there lurking here. :)

I don't know why I haven't been putting anything up lately. A local friend told me recently I should have a blog. Her argument was that I do all sorts of cool things people like to read about, which which I don't necessarily agree, but her statement of "you like to write, don't you?" was inarguable. I think maybe I just don't feel very comfortable writing about myself. I know that only people who have this link can read this blog, but I'm sure it's floating around in cyberspace enough that loads of strangers could get to it. Now probably they'd all be cool people from Ravelry just here to look at knitting patterns, but still, it's weird having a space dedicated to narcissism.

Also I feel I never have anything new or exciting to talk about. I'm always knitting, and we're the kind of people for whom cooking and gardening aren't hobbies, they're just a way of life. It is always interesting to see how "normal" people live, peeking in another person's fridge is an interesting little window into their home life. Nearly everything we cook starts out as raw ingredients, with the exception of pasta. Yes it takes a long time, but that time is well-spent and usually enjoyable when we cook together. It's the stuff that fuels your body, so I feel it's worth it to make it ourselves and have it be real food from nature, not full of strange chemicals. If you want to read more, a fabulous book about all this is Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Things are going pretty well here socially, we've been here long enough now and met real friends. There are still a few people I wish I got to hang out with more often, it's just hard to pull them out of their hibernation in the winter to get them to come to parties or dinners. But I've built myself 2 separate knitting groups, which each have their own good & bad aspects. I've tried to combine them into a book club that knits, but there's just so much stress and frustration when organizing a group of people that are very busy and not very serious about the book club.

I do plan on improving my sewing skills in the future, so that's a new thing I can blog on, I suppose. I learned recently that I've pretty much fallen off the bottom of the commercial scale due to size inflation, and when I can find clothes that fit, they are usually hideous. So sewing will become a necessary addition to knitting if I want clothes that actually fit. I did combine the two recently in a sundress for my toddler niece. I was pretty pleased.

I'll try to write on here at least every month from now on, more often if I can find the time and something to say. If you're reading this, leave a comment with what kinds of stuff you want me to write about. :D