146 Days Until Christmas

If that thought makes you panic, you are not alone. To some it may sound like plenty of time, particularly if you are a Christmas eve shopper but it will be here before you know it. What better time to get started shopping especially when it is 100 degrees out side and you are ready for cooler weather. I always have these big plans of making all of these exciting gifts for everyone but never really come to fruition. This year that is going to change. I happened upon a wonderful blog created by a woman named Deb. Her idea is starting July 1 (okay so I am a little late to the party!) you make and finish one gift a week. I think this is fabulous, it totally takes the stress out of the holiday. Also as added incentive she is doing a fabric giveaway every week. All you need to do is blog about your gift add a link to her post on saturdays and she will randomly pick someone. I think my goal this week is to semifinalize my handmade gift list. I can't wait to submit my first gift.

The What?!

Okay so I have decided to start again in my blogging endeavor. My previous attempt at a blog was a failure and one of the reasons why is because it had a crappy name. I was kind of embarrassed by it and I used it only because I couldn't think of anything better. So when I joined booksneeze.com I realized I would be sharing my blog with tons of people. I promptly realized that I had to start over and spent some time mulling over a new name that described me. I finally decided I would go with bluestocking spinster. For those of you who don't know, a bluestocking is an old fashioned word for someone who was well read/educated. Eventually the word actually became an unflattering word to describe a smart woman who didn't care as much for "feminine" type things such as silk stocking and typically dressed in unrefined woolen ones. This of course was a deterrent to men seeking a woman's hand in marriage, they didn't want a woman as smart or smarter than they were. Which brings me to spinster. Everyone knows the meaning of that word and suffice it to say I am one at the age of 28. Don't get me wrong I am perfectly fine with it despite the well meaning comments from friends and family on how I should be thinking about marriage and it will soon be too late to have children. Well that is plenty for a first post and I need to get my current book finished so I can review it and get another:)