Sparky’s View

So I’m learning more and more about blogging. Mostly things my wonderful husband tells me that I need. So I am now on FuelMyBlog and have a widget for people to vote for me, if they feel so inclined.

And now I’ve added Drew’s Photo-a-Day widget to my page, which will show Drew’s most recent photo from his Photo-a-Day project. He’s an excellent photographer. You should check out his photos.

I also added a MyBlogLog widget, so you can see my recent readers (only those who are registered with MyBlogLog). Apparently I have some readers that I don’t know. Pretty nifty!

I have been tagged by Autumn. So here goes:

Eighteen Musical Meme

Here’s what you’re supposed to do: Go over to popculturemadness.com, click on the decade you turned 18, find the actual year you turned 18, and copy the top songs for that year…pasting them. The ones I liked are bolded, the ones I hated are in italics, the ones I was neutral about are not formatted, and the ones I didn’t know at all have question marks (???) next to them.

I don’t have as many as Autumn but here it is!

One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs N Harmony
How Do U Want It – 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo
You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton
Macarena (bayside boys remix) -Los Del Rio for about five minutes, then it got annoying
No Diggity – Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre
Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

Apparently I’ve never really been into pop/current music. And that was years before I became a folk groupie!

So I’ll tag Mo and Stephen (maybe he can do his A’s year since he’s not 18 yet!)

So this winter I decided that I needed a new hobby. I read a lot, I like to do Sudoku in front of the television, but I wanted to do something else. There is a little yarn shop right around the corner from our house called Yarn It All. So one day I decided to stop in and see what the classes are all about.

The classes are really reasonably priced and run for four weeks, two hours each Tuesday night. It’s nice to get to meet some other people in town, learn to knit, see what other people are working on and get a little social time.

It’s great fun and I’m starting to find some cool online resources in addition to my weekly classes. I plan to start a link section about knitting, since I’ve found some pretty cool sites about knitting. So far one of my favorites is Lion Brand Yarn. They offer free patterns, a free newsletter and info about knitting. If you’re interested in knitting, check it out.