So, why haven't you been writing????

I have already been asked if this is supposed to be a daily blog and, if so, why haven't I been writing? All I can tell you is that I don't think there is really any "supposed to" happening here yet. I also believe that at this early stage, I don't think anyone is reading this blog who doesn't already know me and is a part of my life...in which case, YOU know that I have been busy starting a new job and going through yet another transition in my life.

I am also waiting for my new camera to arrive and have just found out that it will be delivered tomorrow! Then there will be that learning period for me who is not techno-savvy and has yet another digital advancement to conquer.

But enough excuse-making. I am looking forward to working on this blog and making it better. And I have so many things I am looking forward to sharing and ideas for what I want to do. (No, I still haven't located the buttermilk biscuit recipe...where did I put that card?) I am currently reading many other blogs for research and finding myself both inspired and intimidated by them at the same time. I am writing thoughts in my head and cannot wait to get them out. But...bills have to be paid first and I am nothing if not responsible. (Yes, I heard that snigger.)

So tonight, I will post another photo from my archives and then turn off the computer and go to bed. I have a new job to get to in the morning and I am excitedly exhausted. My life is on a journey on a curved road and I still have no idea where I am going...but I like the scenery and love the company. Thanks for coming with me and thank you for asking why I haven't been writing.

Kill 'Em With Kindness

Decide now to spend your life saying outrageously nice things to people... to their face! Overwhelm your loved ones with declarations of how much they mean to you. Ambush strangers with wishes for a nice day or by telling them how nice they look. Lob a smile at everyone you make eye contact with...and then go and make eye contact! Launch a preemptive strike and tell someone "I love you" first, not "I love you too." I mean, good Heavens, we have enough violence in this world....surely we can overtake that energy with shouts of our own loving thoughts....no one can read your mind...spill your affectionate guts! Then go shoot an arrow right through someone's heart!

It's a New Year's Resolution

It will probably be the only New Year's Resolution that I will accomplish, but here it is. I am starting a blog. Not because I dream of "Julie & Julia" (which I do) or because it is my favourite movie (which at the time it is). I am writing a blog because I want to write and I am always finding excuses not to.

This introductory blog is as awkward as a first meeting. I am feeling a little shy and you do not know me very well. What can we expect? Well, I can tell you that I have lots to share and I have my family and friends who find me fairly entertaining. Sometimes that is a good thing, other times I am good-natured that it is at my expense.

So it is a New Year...it is night...and it is quiet...with just us looking ahead to a year we cannot even begin to fathom. I am a fairly cheap date. I will blog for attention...for comments, good or bad, as I have a lot to learn here...but mostly I will share with you things that I have discovered, things that I enjoy and think you will too, and probably things that will take me out of my comfort zone. I will be piecing bits and snippets of my life to make a pattern that you can see. It is a lot like quilting, which I like to do. Or, it is like adding together ingredients of my life to serve up something that I think you will enjoy...a lot like cooking or baking, which I also do.

I was going to start off sharing a recipe for my buttermilk biscuits, but it is misplaced among the after-holiday chaos. That will then have to be for another post. But I will share it here with you and then I won't have to hunt down that little recipe card ever again. I would like to post pictures but I am waiting for my new camera to arrive. So yes, I understand that I am a little unprepared for this first meeting....but I thought it was important to get this blog started, tonight, now, and not put it off any longer. After all, it is a New Year's resolution.