{"id":11305,"date":"2020-09-30T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=11305"},"modified":"2020-09-30T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:48:37","slug":"the-view-from-here-what-do-you-wish-you-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/09\/the-view-from-here-what-do-you-wish-you-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here – What Do You Wish You Learned?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Covid-19 first hit, and we were spending a whole lot of time at home, I was sure I was going to learn something new.<\/p>\n

I was going to have all kinds of time to do “those things” I never had time to do before.<\/p>\n

The only thing I learned was I am really good at procrastination.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n

I mean A+.\u00a0 I am really good at putting things off and avoiding things.\u00a0 Like cleaning and organizing my pictures in my scrapbook room.\u00a0 Like actually MAKING the scrapbooks I buy all the stickers, books and printed pictures for.\u00a0 (sigh)<\/p>\n

Something I’ve been thinking of doing lately though?\u00a0 Knitting.<\/p>\n

I shared this a little while ago. And believe me, I laughed when I said it.\u00a0 My kids said “are you a gramma?” with a laugh.<\/p>\n

I haven’t learned yet , but maybe with the colder weather moving in, and after seeing\u00a0former First Lady Michelle Obama on the Rachael Ray show, I might want to legitimately do it.<\/p>\n

In an appearance on the Rachael Ray Show, former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that she picked up a new hobby during the pandemic: knitting. She says over the course of this quarantine she has knitted a blanket, five scarves, three halter tops, a couple hate for Barack and she just finished her first pair of mittens for Malia. Adding one is twice as big as the other.<\/p>\n

She even joined an online knitting community (using a fake name) for tips and tricks, and how-to’s.<\/p>\n

Do I really need to start something new when I don’t have the time to do the other things I thought I might do.\u00a0 Nope.<\/p>\n

Do I even know how to knit?\u00a0 Nope.<\/p>\n

I was taught when I was really young.\u00a0 My \"\"grandmother knitted all the time.\u00a0 We always had a new pair of slippers or mittens.\u00a0 My mom knit,\u00a0 I remember a big chunky knit sweater when we were at that “everything homemade is embarrassing” stage in life.\u00a0 Though now I would give anything to have one of her homemade sweaters.<\/p>\n

She made me a blanket for my bed, that has been passed down to both my daughters.<\/p>\n

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I think of stuff like that as “made with love”.\u00a0 An expression my mom used for everything.\u00a0 I love that you can sit and create something special that you can keep or give to someone else.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing with my abilities at this point I will be keeping a lot of those “first” projects to myself just to save myself the embarrassment. (smile)<\/p>\n

What is something, if anything, you would like to learn or have learned?<\/p>\n

I figure, once upon a time, I was afraid to pump my own gas.\u00a0 If I can learn to do that myself and get over that irrational fear – I can buy some needles and some wool and learn to make something.\u00a0 Like a really, really, long scarf.\u00a0 You can’t screw that up, can you?\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n