Hi Blog, Not sure if you remember me at all!

Good Morning Blog,

How the heck are you?  I haven't written in so long and really thought about just tossing you to the wind and saying good-bye forever.  Paper and pen have been my method of journaling of late.  I really do like that tried and true method of journalling the best! Paper and some kind of writing instrument---works great as I think about WHY DO I FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE MY LIFE WITH THE WORLD! Then there is IG, Facebook, Ravelry, how much of a digital footprint do I actually need. Who is really stopping by to read this blog anyway besides the strange trolling sites from dubious countries, or just plain ol'strange people trying to lure you into thinking they are in fact real when they are a porn site.  Then I have to think why am I writing anyway . . . I originally set out to blog as a way to just write more.  

The other issue I am always trying to figure out if I should keep using blogger which is free, never really updated, a basic tool and why pay $$$$ to blog . . . Wordpress is more sophisticated and has been around a long period of time and one can pay to have more whiz-bang.  I am as basic and non-whiz-bang as one can be. 

Yes, it is saying winds of 65 mph!  Winds are blowing in the 40-45mph and gusting right now 55-59mph how freaking charming is that! UGH right! How ever, I just love Mother Nature and all her strange brutal and nice conditions.

Back in mid-March when Sadie could ski with me before leg/knee #2 went out.

I will post this letter to you Blog and then see what happens maybe with C-19 (as I am calling this freaking mess), our current huge storm, Miss Sadie who blew out her other rear leg, living in a shutdown village, and feeling rather isolated. I will write more and use you again Blog. 

No matter what I am very grateful for all that I do have, for family, dear friends, my great life, my wonderful husband, great health, and technology to connect with the rest of the world!  Get outside, make the best of what you have and I will do the same!

Writing-on, Create-on, & Knit-on,

Wool-n-Ski

{thank you EZ for the Knit-on which makes me use it for other ons' in life.}


“Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.”
― Elizabeth Zimmermann, Knitting Without Tears

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLOG you are now over 4 YEARS OLD!

I am sure this is just an age thing but I have very mixed feelings about social media.  I even get caught up in all the buzz. I find myself just wasting time looking at various "things" realizing I am just wasting my precious time on earth.

Don't get me wrong sites like Pinterest are a life saver for classroom teachers! I love Pinterest.  Need an art idea within seconds you have great ideas on any topic out there.  I am totally blown away by the creativity people have and how willing people are to share their great ideas.

Ravelry is basically FaceBook for knitters!  I love the forums, access to patterns, yarn, help, you name it you have all of this and more on Ravelry. I do have to watch my time as you can really go down some serious rabbit holes.

For awhile, I was using Twitter which I will say I like far more than Facebook.  The best thing about Twitter was that I only had 1-3 people I actually knew in real life.  I was able to get ski racing results instantly which was great if you are a Nordic/Biathlon skier/coach and no one hardly covers your sports. I also found some killer sites and people who are just rocking the athlete outside world: climbers, hikers, runners, paddlers, endurance folks just people who don't have to use a ball to have a sport. One great find was the Women's Outdoor Alliance.  Once again, I was using Twitter too much for my liking.  I still do find Twitter motivational as I followed various athletes that do things I feel are important and worthwhile.  I am deactivating Twitter and just saying goodbye to my account there.  I was using Twitter too much!

Facebook  . . . just don't get me started as I have to use it for skiing . . . but it is a serious love/hate relationship.  I do sign off after the ski season and I return to it once I am back up north.  I find it to be the village radio which is a helpful tool.  I have to really monitor myself on the ol'FB!

Then there is the blog which I truly like the most!  I have for years been looking at changing over to Wordpress and even had a site set up thinking I would move over to it at some point.  This morning I deleted that site.  Once again BLOGGER will keep me!  I like the simple format and I find BlOGGER really has all the bells and whistles I need to blog.  I blog mostly for myself and enjoy the challenge of forcing myself to write. I love that people stop by to look at photos and to read a bit about my world.  I really enjoy comments . . . I mean who doesn't!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 

BLOG 

you are now over 

4 YEARS OLD!