Dare I venture out again to share my many passions after more than a year has passed? It certainly requires no small amount of committment, in my opinion. I could come up with a number of excuses, but, in all honesty, I simply was not prepared. I have missed reading blogs though, and I am willing to try again.
With that, I relocated my family to the East Bay. We live in Concord, California, now and we work in San Francisco. I was offered a great position, same agency. The prospect of living in Northern California was much too attractive to ignore. In October, we left Tucson. Since then, we've slowly settled into our new home, basking in the beautiful weather. We live for our weekends now.
Of course, along with moving comes the usual array of boxes that are woefully left unpacked. Among them are many of my quilting, sewing, knitting, and crochet projects. In one sense, its almost too easy to create an excuse not to pull it out and work on it. Who wants to pull out a bunch of boxes in an attempt to find that one project I worked on way back when? That, and the lure of new craft stores around the corner. On the other hand, it's time to make a decision about those old projects - redo, unravel, or get rid of it.
I've been good though. Sort of. The Bay Area has so much to offer! I've started some new projects, worked on old ones, and completed several. I still faithfully peruse Ravelry, but I don't nearly post all my projects anymore. Sadly, I don't use Pattern Review as much as I should. I may participate here and there, but, really, working through and talking about a project as I progress (or don't) appeals to me more. More importantly, it allows someone like me, who is normally very reserved, to blossom a little bit at a time.
In the meantime, I'll dust off the cobwebs and hopefully revamp the blog!
Melanie
