This is my first attempt at blogging. It's rather scarey for a 50 something grandmother who only uses the computer for e-mail and reading the news. Whenever something goes wrong I run to my 21 year old son. Yesterday my cute little laptop went dark, it wouldn't turn on, no response. "Oh crap it's crashed. What will I do? No e-mail, no Ravelry, no wasting hours of my day reading blogs and searching for knitting patterns. What am I going to do?" Panic. Tears began to well up in my eyes. I called my son, who by some miracle was home at the time. "Adam, my computer crashed!" I calmly yelled, fighting back fear and tears. He sat down at my desk, tried to turn on the power button, glanced to the side of the machine and pushed the power cord back into its place. The cord had come loose, I had drained the battery and the computer wouldn't work. He pushed the power button again and the screen lit up.
I'm still trying to understand how to set up this blog. When I do I'll post the pictures of all my WIPs.
Next weekend I leave for 3 weeks in Spain followed by 8 days in Italy. In Spain I will be going to school trying to move closer to the elusive goal of fluency in Spanish. It's my third trip to Spain. I love the country and its language. After three weeks my husband will join me in Madrid for few days then we will fly to Rome, rent a car and drive to Tuscany. Part of my reason for starting this blog to post pictures of the trip.