Just Like A Woman

This is just a reminder that I am no longer actively posting under this blog. I'm now blogging quite regularly over at Just Like A Woman. Come follow me there!

Moving On to Greener Pastures

In the past few years, I've just stopped reading blogs. I used to be obsessed with them, checking daily for new posts. But that was in another life, when I spent 12+ hours in front of a computer everyday, at work and at home. I also had the time and luxury to become wrapped up in the clothing-culture, because I had money to spend and a place to wear my goodies.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't like clothes any less now, appreciate a gorgeous dress any less than I did before. But when you work in a kitchen or a bakery, and you're wearing clothes that get filthy despite your apron, your priorities in that regard definitely change.

What does this have to do with my blog reading habits? Well, near the end, I had a massive list of blogs I followed. Some of them are dear to my heart, written by magical women, but the majority were empty shallow lists of clothes some young woman hoped to buy. There was no real personality, just price tags and places for a good sale. That really turned me off from the whole thing, it felt like a chore to slog through all those posts. And the task of sorting through all the blogs in my Bloglovin' list was just as daunting. But I'm finally doing it! I miss what I had going at the beginning, just a few select blogs that touched me and sparked my soul. So if I manage to do what I want to do... Some of you will be seeing regular comments from me again, as I ease my way back into the community.

I'm so easily shied away from anything that seems looming and large and like a lot of work. But I think, once I've done this clean out of my bloglovin' list, that it only makes sense for me to make a new blog. After reading a few posts just this morning from young women my own age, feeling like they no longer associate with their old blogs... I really get that. And I'd like to just take a step away from Spider Silk Stockings, and the person I used to be when I started it, and the reasons for it. I don't really shop for clothing anymore, I stopped posting what it is I am wearing and where I got it. Usually food and nature tend to be the 'big things' in my posts nowadays, and I'd like someplace more geared towards that for me to express myself. This will be the second time I start over, except unlike the first time, I'll be leaving this blog live.

But, this can be known as The Last Post, here on Spider Silk Stockings. From now on, I'll be posting - hopefully more often than I am here - over on Just Like A Woman. Cheers!

Drifting

My first week back in class after Christmas break was a busy one. I completed an entire semester's worth of math assignments and tests in the span of 4 days, to get it out of the way. On top of that I finished with 95% and the professor suggested I tutor. It's not something I'm interested in doing but it's nice to hear that kind of thing nonetheless.

Other than school, I'm not up to a whole lot. I've been cooking, and gaming a lot, especially since I picked up Red Dead Redemption two weekends ago. I snatched up a recliner from my parents' when they got themselves a new living room set. It was originally my grandfather's, then my parents had it and now it's mine. My kitty is more than happy to have it.

My supper last night was the above-pictured mushroom and red pepper linguine, with a healthy dollop of sour cream. The leftovers are something I'm certainly looking forward to eating tonight too. There's nothing better than good, simple food to make me happy. Cheers!

A First on the First

Happy New Year! I had a nice NYE with family, and ditto on today. I'm starting my year off surrounded by those I love, with good thoughts in my mind and warmth in my heart. Couldn't ask for a better way to kick off 2014!

Goodbye 2013

I may have let this blog lapse into long periods of silence but I couldn't let myself allow the last day of this year slip away without some sort of post. The things I have been doing these last few weeks... Primarily, being a hermit. I don't go out, I don't call anybody, I don't have anyone over. I quilted my little heart out in time to make my mother a lap quilt for Christmas. I've been doing plenty of baking and cooking. Also probably a lot more eating than I should be. Video games, late nights, quality kitty snuggle time and a marathon of Nip/Tuck has also been a recent thing for me. 

I have another five days off before classes start again. My holidays have just flown by and that makes me sad. I'm honestly dreading classes this semester, the schedule is brutal and I'm going to be waking up at 5:30am four days a week. It's no worse than what I've done before but still. Not looking forward to it. I could look back at 2013 and think of all the things I've done, but I don't care enough to. I just hope 2014 brings a slimmer, less lazy me who actually knows what the hell she's doing with herself half the time. Happy New Year...

Winter Silence

Time Traveler

I don't often get all dressed up these days but when I do, I go all out and pay attention to tiny details. This outfit makes me feel a bit like a time traveler, as if I could go back to say... 1972, and just blend right in. My clothes were most likely around back then!

Blouse- Purchased from Aliya & Lucas on Etsy

Skirt - Purchased in Paris, France

Belt - Gift from Heather
Shoes - Thrifted from Value Village

I have written exams next week, and then my in-kitchen exams the second week of December. I cannot wait for this semester to be finished! I'm enjoying it, but I am absolutely exhausted mentally. Being around people so often is really taking its tole on me. I can deal with a tight knit work group fairly well once I get to know them, but 40 or so students just stresses my very being.

While there are some students who's company I enjoy, most I wish I could just avoid. Their presence, their voice, just grates on my nerves and makes me want to scream. The fact that people can't just be quiet is beyond me. What's so wrong with just sitting with yourself and not making a constant racket or trying to get attention by whinging or blabbering on about something nobody cares about?! I don't understand people at all.

At least I'm doing fabulously in all my classes. Academics were never much of a challenge for me, especially not now when it's a subject in which I'm actually interested. My grade is high enough in the one class that I'm actually exempt from the final exam, which is great. Now if only all the teachers instituted such a rule, because I'd have no written exams at all hah.

I spent my morning ironing quilt squares for a lap quilt I'm hoping to gift my mother for Christmas. They were originally meant for a double bed sized quilt, a project I started years ago and lost steam for when I realized how big of a job I'd set up for myself. A lap quilt is much more manageable, and some of the work is already done which is encouraging. Fingers crossed it gets done! I hope you are having a good week. Cheers!