Eat.Knit.Sleep

So, my goal for November was to post every day, post a picture 3 times a week, and do something physical every day.

I managed to give up on November 5. I suck. I really do.

I don't know why I find it so onerous. I think some of it is that I never really made a good transition from using Typepad to Movable Type especially as I had switched from Windows to Mac. It seems to take forever for me to resize my photos, and post them so I tend not to even if I had taken them. Also, since in Safari there aren't as many bells and whistles in Movable Type as there are in IE or Firefox, which I can't get to work for some reason, I have trouble even posting links.

Not that it isn't an excuse. For me, blogging is a lot like exercise. I enjoy it immensely when I do it, and I feel great doing it regularly, but I have a really hard time making it part of my routine. I think I have some learning to do both in Movable Type and HTML, so if any of you have any good resources you would like to share, I'm all ears.

As for what has been going on lately . . .well my birthday was fantastic.

I learned how to spin on my Lendrum and that was a great time, although I have only filled one bobbin and want to learn how to ply it correctly.

C made me an incredible meal on my actual birthday (November 9) and took me to Philly for the weekend. We had another great meal out at a restaurant and then Saturday went yarn shopping at Rosie's Yarn Cellar. C bought me enough RY Cashsoft DK for a sweater, I bought some Koigu and Annie Modesitt's Confessions of a Knitting Heretic.

Sat night, C's dad and some friends met us to go see Medeski Martin and Wood at the Electric Factory which was packed! An enjoyable show none the less.

Thanksgiving was great as well . . . I made the meal and C made the dessert. I was a little bit stressed because it was the first time my Dad (and his girlfriend) met C's family. (Keep in mind that C and I will have been together 5 years come February). It went off without a hitch.

I'm not going to make any promises about posting more, because clearly I am not able to keep those promises. But . . . if you are reading this, please let me know you are out there. I'd like to pretend that blogging is for me a completely personal endeavor, and in many ways it is. However, if that was what I was truly seeking out . . .I would not be putting it out for the world to see. I would not be holding back the information and experiences I feel uncomfortable or unfair to share with others.

I started this blog to become part of a community that I saw being formed while reading other blogs and that I wanted to be a part of in going to Rhinebeck. So, if you are out there, let me know.