Oh, Blogs. I love them. I hate them.

I love blogs. I love reading about other's experiences, opinions, recipes, projects, families - I could go on and on. I subscribe to more than I can keep up to read, but I think they're wonderful.

Why do I hate them? I suck at keeping them. I've tried this before, guys. For a while, I had a knitting blog but I wasn't knitting enough to keep it interesting and I canned it. I had a Tumblr for a while, but stopped updating it. I just don't think my life is all that entertaining to consider writing about it. Enter new hobby: stained glass.

I'd like to have a place to document how a stained glass piece evolves, because quite honestly - it's really cool. One difference from this hobby than my others (which are (brace yourselves): reading, knitting, photography, cooking, spinning wool, and sewing) is that it's a more active hobby. Now I'm not kidding myself, it's obviously not as active as a sport (which quite honestly, would be a good idea right about now) but it's a "fiddly" activity. There's such satisfaction in each cut of glass when it behaves the way you want, and with most other hobbies the satisfaction is pretty much limited to the end product.

I ordered some glass today, so in the next couple of weeks I'm going to start my first project at home. Saul is busy cleaning out a corner of our unfinished basement to set up a 3'x8' work table. I think I should have plenty of room for grinding, cutting, and laying out my projects. My very thoughtful father-in-law gave me a fantastic grinder, soldering iron, and other supplies for the holidays, and I've been having fun picking out my other supplies. Since I have everything I need to get started (or have at least ordered it), I'm getting a little impatient!

I hope you find something interesting when you visit the page, and I hope I can post enough to keep you entertained.