2012, a new plan, an old blog, time for some reno.

Initially I had started this blog to review and go through the volumes of The Art of Sewing by Time Life.  And honestly, it started feeling like a chore.  First, it seemed like my posts were lifting too much from the books. Second, it was kind of boring to me to only concentrate on the books.  Then Life interfered.  My husband returned from working out of state, my son was graduating high school and starting college, my mother moved in, my nephew moved in, we acquired a dog, my job changed and increased in hours-- the kinds of things that can happen to anyone.

I still follow a great many blogs on my Google Reader and social websites like Pattern Review, Sew Weekly, BurdaStyle, etc.  Often I think of things I'd like to share that isn't scattered all over the web.  So I've made a command decision to expand the scope of this blog from sewing related stuff, the books, the projects, day to day life, stuff I think is cool, stuff I have opinions about and goings on.  I think it will be better than to post a whole lot of nothing which is what has happened since last April.  So my goal is to write something at least once a week, maybe more.

Above is the mandatory cute cat picture.  This is Mardigras, our tortie, (we call her our "tartie" as she loves up anyone that will pay attention to her, until she is quite done, then she nips you).