Ch-ch-changes ...

Well, you may have noticed not much new is happening around here. That's because I'm doing my posting on My Created Life these days.

After about a year of contemplation, I've made the decision to merge my two main blogs. I'm going to put this blog (Thinking Out Loud) up on the shelf labelled "Days Gone By", and continue on with My Created Life.

It's been a very difficult decision to make, but I think it's the right one. Things have been too "compartmentalized", and trying to keep them both updated has been problematic.

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The Best Version You'll Hear This Year!

You gotta believe me!

Well, here it is, folks. I've arrived at that ripe old age that no one believes you actually are when you're honest with them. I'm 39 years old. Not "39 and holding." Not "39 for the fifteenth time." Just plain old 39.

I shouldn't say "old", exactly. I don't feel "old" per se. I just kind of feel like I've grown into myself. I remember when I turned thirty, and my mother-in-law told me that she absolutely loved her thirties because she got a real sense of who she really was then. I wish I could tell her that I now know exactly what she meant.

Maybe next year, when I turn 40, I'll hold a "Hell, no! I won't go!" party, and protest passing that milestone. But for now, I'm 39 (really), and that's just fine with me.

Great.

Rug Progress

Hi!

Just posted a progress picture over on My Created Life. C'mon over if you'd like to see how it's shaping up!

I wish I'd spent more time hooking this week, but c'est la vie.

In like a lion?

I know I've been kind of quiet here lately, but even I got sick of listening to myself whine about the weather. The final straw came early last week, when we had more than 40 cm (16 inches) of snow dumped on top of us (and all the previous snow that had fallen since December).

It was pretty much my breaking point, leaving me curled up in a corner, whimpering softly to myself. The weather, thankfully, has been mild since then, above freezing for a couple of days. A lot of that snow has melted, but there are still huge piles everywhere, and it's ugly -- layers of dirt interspersed with ice, with amber spots here and there.

On the school front, it's now March Break, and usually we have at least one storm the first week of March. (I know because I had more than one birthday celebration "snowed out" as a kid.) The forecast for tomorrow and Monday keeps changing, back and forth, between just freezing rain, freezing rain and snow, or just snow.

In any case, it sounds like March is coming in like a lion. I'm looking forward to it going out like a lamb.

(hi there)

I have several posts in my head (like the recent "weather bomb" that buried us in more than a foot of snow; progress on the rug; geocaching adventures; hugging horses, etc.) but I'm just not up for it right now. I swear, my head is an entire percussion session these days.

Piper's take on the "weather bomb", however, can be found here.

I'll play catch-up with you kind folks later.

Moose skating on the road

Moose skating on the road
Originally uploaded by ~CelticCastOn~

This is from my friend, Kelly.

I told you it was icy here!

Rug Progress

I spent the best parts of this weekend hooking my little heart out, and I'm so excited to see it develop. Have a peek for yourself. (Click it to see it larger)