Psssssst! Who's there??

Ok, I have reason to believe that someone has actually come here and read my blog. I realize that is what it is for.....and I do want readers. I think. See, I haven't told a soul that I'm doing this. I don't know....I guess I'm just not ready to announce to my friends that I write on the internet and please read it! And please tell me it doesn't suck! It very well might suck, though I hope my friends would lie and tell me it's delightful reading anyway.....

Soooooooo......if you are reading this, welcome! Chances are you got here by mistake, but make yourself at home anyway!

In other news....the "turn off the tv" experiment is going well so far. It's been easier and harder than I thought. It was easy to say "there is nothing on so time to turn off". It was even easy to find something else to do. But I can also see that finding something else to do will be challenging at times. Yes, there will always be some corner of my house that needs to be cleaned (lordy, ain't that the truth!). There will always be a book to read (sometime I will share the titles of the PILES of books I have waiting to be read). There will always be knitting to be done (hats!). But there will also be times where I say (or whine, as the case may be) "I don't feel like doing something else! I want to become a bad tv zombie!" It will be a test of strength and, I'll admit, there will be times where I give in to temptation. I guess as long as I don't plant my ass on the couch with the box turned on for endless hours, I'll be ok if I zone out once in awhile....

Tonight is knitting. Have I shared about our Hands On Nashville (HON) knitting group? I may have to come back and edit if I have not. Let's assume I have. So, as I was saying, tonight is knitting.....and I'm not really looking forward to it. This is going to make me sound like a mean, heartless person, but, I'm getting kind of tired of teaching people to knit. I was not cut out to be a teacher in any capacity (god love teachers....I don't know how you do it!). I don't explain things well, which gets everyone just a tad frustrated. Also, I am part of this group because I love to just sit and knit and drink coffee and gab about stupid stuff. But when I have to teach a new knitter, I don't really get to do any of this (for anyone that doesn't knit.....it cannot be learned in a quickie 5-minute lesson. Let this be a warning to you). So, I get to hear my friends laugh and carry on and KNIT while I focus on one person who is usually looking at me like I just spoke to them in Japanese.

Now, this does not in any way, shape or form mean I don't want to bring people into the knitting family! When you have a passion for something, of course you want to share. But having it thrust on you when you were really looking to just unwind (hee!) and not think about stuff makes it not so enjoyable. Not to mention the fact that time after time we teach these people, send them off with our yarn (it was all donated....but still) and never see them again. We're basically running a free knitting class (and free yarn distribution). I'm getting a little bitter...can't you tell??

Just let me knit in peace!