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Here I am with another blog. Today marks a change in our household - quite a big change. My husband has officially retired! As a teacher, during August he was officially on holiday, but September marks the start of a new school year, and so today is the first day of retirement. By strange coincidence, or just a warped sense of timing, he told me that he woke at the normal 'getting up for school' time this morning. I suppose it is a way to make the most of the day!
Why have I started this blog and what is going on with the address for it? Well, I want to share my passion and enthusiasm for crafts with people, share my makes, encourage others to try something new, and to share websites that I think will be of interest to people. I want to share my hobbies as well - not just the crafty ones. I also want to promote website, shops and services that I think offer a good or even great service. Finally, this past year has been a bit of a voyage for me, and I want to share what I have learned from it.
And the address, I hear you ask? lue - Life, Universe, Everything - this is what my posts will be about; crafty - the blog will contain a lot of craft posts, and not one specific craft, but those I enjoy, and those I have tried; 42 - this is the answer that Deep Thought gave to Life, The Universe, and Everything (according to Douglas Adams), and since celebrating my 42nd birthday last year I feel that I have got some answers to life, that work for me, and they have come about since turning 42.
I'll try not to do annoying things in the posts - and there may be pitfalls that I try to avoid, such as starting sentences or paragraohs with 'so' or 'well'; there will be times when I feel in a more chatty mood, and the way I write will reflect this.Why have I started a new blog? Well, there are several reasons - and as I write this I'm trying to decide whether to do it in a chatty way, or whether to avoid some of the more annoying phrases - such as starting every sentence or paragraph with 'so', or 'well'. The reasons - to share my crafting projects, to advertise shops, services, websites, that I think people will enjoy; to share my hobbies - and get others interested in them, and to share my experiences.

I think that just about does it for this first post - it explains what and why. How often will I post? I don't know - I will try to blog once a week, but it could be more often!

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