My friend Mildly Granola has the best crafty blog posts. I’m straight up stealing some of her ideas for posts – starting with Sock It to Me Monday. I cast on a new pair of shortie socks today, using a variation of the Rose City Rollers free pattern. Shortie socks are stupid easy when you’re a toe-up sock knitter. You just stop once you’ve reached the ankle. It’s been a great way to use up…
So, my awesome friend Mildly Granola has a blog that she’s faithfully maintained for several years. She posts consistently every week with fun things like books she’s read, knitting projects she’s completed, and fun trips she’s taken with her family. Sometimes she even posts about me – and since I am a narcissist, those posts are my favorite. 🙂 She’s inspired me to take up blogging again. I haven’t posted to this site in nearly…
Friday night was kind of a big night for me. I ran the longest distance (2.91 miles) I’ve run in nearly a year. I ran it at the fastest pace I’ve run in several months. I ate my first bug while running. So, kind of a big deal. 🙂 Even though I feel like a weenie for saying it, that three miles were really a big deal for me. It’s the longest distance I’ve run…
When my best friend’s nephew was a toddler, and was asked a question he didn’t have an answer for, his response would be, “Aunt Pati, I can’t know…” He really meant that he didn’t know, but his answer has been applicable for so many things and situations in my life. And probably in yours too. I’ve spent the last several hours entering and re-entering numbers into my accounting spreadsheet, trying to project how much money…
I was rummaging through my bookshelves the other night – don’t even remember what I was looking for – when I ran across this: As I held the book in my hands, I distinctly remember sitting in my cubicle at my most soul-crushing job in early 2010, staring at the cover of this book on Amazon. I remember the feeling I had as I ordered it – that it was an impossible dream, thinking I…