How many of us have started a blog, maintained a blog, and then stopped blogging for some reason?

I would venture a guess of quite a few. There are many, many reasons why it doesn’t work out. The biggest reason I have found is time.

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Jenny, and I make stuff, and not just microwaved breaded chicken and gin and tonics… No, I make things. I knit, crochet, paint, craft in general. It’s something I’ve always done since I was small and now, well into my forties, I find I must still make stuff. Sure, I’ve stopped making dollhouse dishes out of backyard clay, but I have the same thought process.

And regarding time, when you make something and want to share the process with whomever will listen, it takes time to snap all those pics and get them assembled with actual words into a meaningful and hopefully helpful blog post. And I’m not all that great at the snapping photos part.

I don’t work in a beautiful dedicated “studio.” I sometimes hang out in my unfinished basement, competing with two boys who love to drag out all the tools and then not know what to do with them. Sometimes I hang out on the sofa, competing with the cat, who thinks she has the supreme right of being on my lap at all times. Sometimes, I knit or crochet in the car while my husband drives. It’s never uncommon for me to have three or four projects going at once.

Now, to explain the title of this particular blog post, “Back to blogging,” it means that I once had a blog, and I had like three readers. My best friend, and my mother- and father-in-law. The in-laws think I’m funny. Or crazy. My last blog lacked direction, however, and because of other things going on in my life, I didn’t stick with the blog and I regret that, even though I had three readers. Three dedicated readers…

See, now that my boys are older (17 and 12) and require less of my hands-on parenting (they totally microwave their own breaded chicken), I have more time on my hands than I know what to do with. My house isn’t super-tidy. There are walls that need painting, and closets that need purging, but I need more than all that. I haven’t had a job outside of being a mom for 18 years. That is a very weird statement for me. I enjoyed working and worked right up until my first son was born. But becoming a mother changed me, and I found I couldn’t go back to work. More on that in another post, perhaps.

So this new blog is dedicated to all the stuff I make. Sometimes it’s a knit sweater, sometimes a crocheted Amigurumi thing, sometimes a cardboard creation. And sometimes it may be food. I forgot to mention that I really like food.

So, if you stumble upon this blog, and you like to make stuff too, have a look around and leave a comment. Or if you don’t like to make stuff and you are really, really bored, have a look around anyway! I am also happy to help others with their crafting dilemmas. I have been on call for a certain relative who shall remain nameless for help with all things knitting…and I LOVE IT. Cheers!

 

Jenny