Not Blogtober

I haven’t updated my blog in a while, and thankfully today the prompt has actually worked to kick me into handling that task. There isn’t any particular reason I’ve avoided blogging, and I’ve still been around to continue reading what others are up to. There were a few other writing cues I’ve started to explore over the last weeks but as my entries started to seem kind of depressing or go in an anti-social direction (when I promised myself for the rest of the year I’d keep a more positive attitude!) I decided not to post any of them after all. Nothing too exciting or dramatic has happened in my life lately, I’ve just been busy. 

For a few months now, I thought I wanted to go see the Joker: Folie à Deux, but I still haven’t yet. Popular online reviews claim it’s “awful”, and I guess that could be what’s affecting my excitement. I heard the same kind of thing about Furiosa earlier this year, though, and the haters were wrong!  I’m glad I went to see that in the theater. So maybe I can try to disregard all the contrary opinions again. Lady Gaga in any role seems fun to me, but then again, the movie will show up on a streaming service before long.. it’s been too hard for me to decide what to do. 

Not much knitting has gone on lately because I’ve been on a cross-stitch kick. I’m not very good at cross stitching, and often question if I even enjoy doing it, but as soon as I finish one project lately, I keep wanting to make more. A sunflower I stitched on black cloth came out a little derpy, but I’m still glad I completed it (there were moments I seriously thought about quitting and throwing it away). The project I’m working on now is some pumpkins on a pale green fabric, from another free pattern. I plan to make 4 pumpkins in a row and they will be in the colors from Animal Crossing New Horizons (green, orange, white, and yellow pumpkins) a favorite video game I still continue  playing. I found a lot of free cross stitch patterns on the DMC floss website and have been stitching while I unwind from the day and catch up on podcasts or listen to an audiobook. 

There are some household tasks I need to attend, like putting away laundry that’s been dried and sitting in the basket for a few days now, and taking out my trash. The power bill came this week, so I need to pay again. I didn’t mean to put these things off, but will definitely do them this weekend before it becomes urgent!

It seems so unlikely any of this is interesting but I’m glad to have gotten something posted on my blog anyway. It really has been in the back of my mind, and I feel a bit relieved now that I’m giving it some attention again.