A Few Notes

Last night before I went to sleep, I made a couple of notes about what I wanted to mention/do/talk about in this blog before I forgot. One is to do simple reviews of the books I have recently finished. This occured to me after finishing one book that has taken me too long to read for this particular author. She is one of my favorites but I found that I actually had to slow down and read this book. So here is my first review:

The Hidden City: House Wars by Michelle West

This book is in the same world as the Sun Sword series and the Hunter's duology but starts to give the background for Jewel aTerafin (who is Jewel Markess) in this book. Jewel is one of my favorite background characters and it really starts to come together some of the bits and pieces of her that you find in the Sun Sword series. I give it two thumbs up and hope you enjoy reading it as much as I do.

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One of the other things I wanted to do was to rant about something that has been bothering me for a bit. I am usually a hermit. My partner managed to get me out to join a group of ladies who meet in the West Seattle area at a local coffee house on Thursday evenings. I went and had a good time and continued to attend. After a couple of months I started noticing some social distancing by some of the other ladies. Then a couple of weeks ago I was approached by the nominal leader of the group asking that I moderate my conversation style a bit because some of the group were uncomfortable with it. Now a little background is needed... I was raised to say what I was thinking in the most succint and clear manner as possible and that short of use curse words anything pretty much went. There were times when this was not appropriate and I learned to do polite conversation at school, work, Masonic events and at family events with more than just the immediate family attending. I firmly believe that I should not have to moderate my conversation when I am out with friends outside my work enviroment. Perhaps that is just me but the way in which this was handled was poorly done and as a result, I no longer see those ladies at all. I decided that going back to being a hermit was better than having to deal with more social distancing and akwardness that would come from me having to use "work etiquette" with my friends.

I feel much better having laid that out. Now I know that there will be some that say that there are things that are not appropriate to discuss regardless of the group or time but not for me and my family. Sorry.

That is all for today.

A new beginning

So....

I am new to the blogging world but I have had the need for somewhere to talk to just let some steam off, boast about my projects or just be a little on the silly/crazy side.

A normal day for me totally depends on the day of the week but always includes knitting and my four cats.

On the cat end of things, we are currently in medical quarantine with the eldest as he had a bite wound that refused to give up the ghost, became infected and required surgery. He is in solitary confinement for at least 11 days. Needless to say, he is not pleased and he makes it known to all of us quite loudly.

On the knitting side: I am working on four different pairs of socks (one being a stealth project); a slumber cap for a co-worker; a spring/summer twin set in alpaca for me and a colorwork hat for my partner. I also have a fall/winter sweater for me; a FLS for me and a baby set for a co-workers expected arrival waiting in the wings.

That is a good start for today. I can't say how often I will post but it should be pretty regularly.