I was thinking about blogging, and how it’s changed so much for me over the years…. at first, JWo didn’t even know I was blogging. At first, only three people read my blog. And, at first, I had no idea what the future held.<\/p>\n
Well, I still don’t know what the future holds, but it is interesting to go back and read blog posts from different time periods. I catch myself reading the ones before my father’s death with a certain wistfulness and longing, like how you might look at a photo of yourself as a child. I had no idea what was coming. Wasn’t even on the radar.<\/p>\n
But we’ve soldiered on, and now I have new digs, and MOO cards, and a job I really like, and small knitty-business-ey things taking off, and right at the moment, nobody is gravely ill. So I count my blessings, and thank everyone for their time – witnessing the roller coaster from hell wasn’t part of the Fun Jen package, and I am always wide-eyed with a touch of naivet\u00e9<\/tt> when people really – honestly and truly – just pull themselves right up to the same precipice and lock arms with me and say, “I’m with ya.” Having been on the outside-looking-in my whole life, I forget I’m not alone out here. And that’s really the message of life, isn’t it? To recognize what is at your feet, your front door, a click or a call away – not focusing on the things you don’t have anymore or wishing life were different. I can’t say I wouldn’t undo some of the past, would I were that powerful, but I know regretting it or looking at it too long can turn me to stone.<\/p>\n
So, the fun thing – and yes, I realize I start 8 bajillion sentences with the word “So” – came to me last night as I was driving home after Sock Stars (the sock club I facilitate at The Studio). I love words. I love writing. I want to list, each week, words that I think describe me – both good and bad and in-between, and do this exercise alphabetically. It seemed like a fun anniversary kick-off, and I was enjoying the words in my head so much I drove right past Red Snapper and nearly forgot to pick up our dinner. (But I did remember before I’d gotten too far past it…. whew! What with gas hitting $4.09 today, I can’t afford daydreaming and getting lost like I used to!)<\/p>\n
I might do one word a post, or five in one, but my goal is to have at least<\/em> five words a week. It actually gets challenging! You try, too! (ala Pooh.) (Oh yeah, we all get to cheat on “X”, too.)<\/p>\n Week One: A is for….<\/p>\n Animated.<\/p>\n Acerbic.<\/p>\n Aggravating.<\/p>\n Argumentative.<\/p>\n Amusing.<\/p>\n Artistic.<\/p>\n helpful hint – a thesaurus is your friend!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was thinking about blogging, and how it’s changed so much for me over the years…. at first, JWo didn’t even know I was blogging. At first, only three people read my blog. And, at first, I had no idea what the future held. Well, I still don’t know what the future holds, but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,16,45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}