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My life so far...

In my adult life I have started blogging about 1,000 times. I had different blogs for different topics and moods... I've decided to start blogging in a way that is more like a journal. I can't juggle what to put in what blog and sometimes it feels repetitive and uninspiring. One place to put all my thoughts on the hobbies that I'm pursuing at the moment instead of a different one for paper crafting, knitting, my health journey and our homestead. It's too much and I found myself unmotivated to do any of them after a while.
My mother likes to write, my older sister has a degree in journalism, I think it's part of our DNA... I hated writing in school but I love reading, I loathe math but I find Biology interesting and I absolutely adore history! 
Some of my current interests are knitting and spinning wool and fiber into yarn, quilting and sewing, learning to live with Type 1 Diabetes (I was diagnosed just over 2 years ago!), raising our animals on our little farm, bringing up three boys to be strong Godly men, being the wife to my husband that he deserves, 
I enjoy watching knitting podcasts on YouTube and documentaries on history and historical figures. There have been a few series with Ruth Goodman and it's basically a year in the life of someone from the past, fascinating to see how their lives were in a actual setting and not a dramatic retelling. British history is something I especially love. I don't know what it is but I've been infatuated with British history and culture for as long as I can remember. 
My friend Kara introduced me to the "Outlander" series and that brought back my love affair with reading. It's been so long since I've read anything that I couldn't put down! I love the romance of modern calligraphy, it seems to have taken off with in the last few years and I want to pick it up again. I took it a couple of terms back in college and love the new techniques using pens and markers.

I hope to use this blog mostly as a journal for me to keep but if I share something with you that makes you laugh, think or try then that would be amazing too!

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