Monday, November 11, 2013

It's been a while...

So, it's been almost three years since my last post, and I'll keep this short and sweet. In all honesty, I had given up on the idea of blogging. I didn't have enough ideas or enough time to regularly maintain a blog. At the time that I abandoned this blog, I was also working for a major control freak (an understatement) who had made me paranoid that if he detected that I had any sort of life outside of work, it could be held against me.

Since I last posted, I've had a lot of big changes in my life:
  •  A few months after that last post, I changed jobs and moved to a much healthier work environment.
  • In June 2012, I had my daughter Eva. I can't believe that she's 16 months old now. She's absolutely amazing, and I love being her mom.
  • In May 2013, I was canned from my "new" job when the startup company that I worked for laid off 1/3 of its employees, including my whole team. I'm sure that many of you have been through this and know that it's not fun.
  • After going on many interviews and evaluating our options, I accepted an offer with the Large Internet Retailer based in Seattle (the name of my team rhymes with Spindle). As a result, we packed up the family, including our four cats, and moved to Seattle last summer.
Now that I've re-started this blog (again), I have several goals for future posts:
  • In the near term, I am participating in the Cake patterns Red Velvet sewalong. This sewalong runs for the next two weeks, and I'll be blogging my progress here.
  • In the long term, I will post about my sewing projects, patterns, fabric, and such. 
  • For 2014, I am seriously thinking about trying to add some structure to my sewing by coming up with a plan of some sort to push me out of my comfort zone. I have a few ideas for this, which will be a separate post.
  • I reserve the right to occasionally post musings about being a new Seattlite, being a mother of a toddler, and whatever topic strikes my fancy. Trust me, if I allow myself to wander "off topic" a bit, I'll be much more likely to keep this blog regularly updated.
That's all for now!

5 comments:

  1. Welcome back to the blogging world. Good luck with your plans.

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  2. As someone who has also stopped and started trying to be more consistent in the blogging world, I had to pause and post a comment to welcome you back!
    I have a niece who lives in the Seattle area! The weather is very different than San Diego, I hope you will enjoy the change! You will love the coffee (Starbucks!!!):-)
    Don't think your posts must be earth-shattering....just post about yourself and all will be well. Nice to meet you!

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  3. Oh it is so good to see you back. I too am trying to get my blog going. Sewingwithlo.blogspot.com . Your little girl is adorable. You look good and look like you've lost weight since we last saw you online. Welcome back. Lorri

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  4. Welcome back to the dark side! =)

    I knew of your life changes by various posts on PR. I look forward to reading more from you.

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  5. I just found your blog via PR! I'm in the Seattle area as well, also have 4 cats, and two little boys to boot. I enjoy sewing, but am easily distracted... I seem to be much better at planning projects than I am at completing them. Ha! Looking forward to following your sewing adventures. :)

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