Hello, after an extended absence...

Perhaps I'm screaming into the void?

Written but not posted on 3/29/16...

Seems like FB takes up way too much of my time these days. I'll have to remedy that.

This morning I was looking for some information that I knew I could find on my blog. After searching around for several minutes I realized that there is a wealth of information here regarding my crafty life. Since it's such a great resource I should probably keep at it as long as I can. Perhaps it will all be valuable to someone someday.

Life flows by so rapidly that the days are a bit blurry at times. There has been illness at our house the past couple weeks. Once I began feeling better it was necessary to clean all the things around the house. To finally have the dining room table cleared off has given me a new lease on life. Do you have a place that things pile up? Does it mean that there are mounds of crap right where you want to put your elbow? It gets annoying after awhile and makes me cranky. Not sure why I don't clean all that clutter up more often. I guess I'm too busy knitting and keeping up with my social engagements.

At this point in life I find it a bit scary to become ill. I can usually keep everything in a good balance. Being low of energy and feeling poorly points out how fragile that balance can be. James and I are like a couple of leaning towers holding each other up. If one doesn't lean enough the whole thing starts to tip a bit too far on one direction or another.

And today is 11/28/23...seven years have passed since I posted here. It's like a lifetime has passed. So many knitting projects have flown off my needles and then counted cross stitch poked it's head in and I fell down that rabbit hole...where I remain.

In January 2023 James became ill and suffered nearly 10 months thru radiation and chemo, lost the use of his left side, half his sight then made a slow downhill slide due to Glioblastoma.  The filthy bastard of a disease took his life on October 6, 2023, leaving me to live a new and different life without him.  I'm adjusting to life alone, mostly figuring out what's for dinner for one. The dogs keep me on schedule. They think they need to eat at 7am and 5pm every day. I guess this is a good thing as I may tend to sleep half the day away without them pushing me.

I'm going to attempt to post here regularly again. I enjoy looking back on things that make me happy.