If we were having coffee I would tell you I can’t believe that it has been over 3 months since I last blogged. Initially, this was due to writer’s block. I struggled to come up with any inspiration. I found it much easier when I first started blogging as I followed The Daily Post topics. If you have any suggestions or secrets to overcoming writer’s block I would love to hear them.
If we were having coffee I would tell you how much I’m enjoying using my sewing machine again. I hadn’t sewed for over 10 years but wanted to sew masks for my family. Operation cover up has been a family affair. My husband and I enjoyed going to Spotlight to choose fun materials to match everyone’s personalities. Then between my husband, daughter and I, after several trial runs, we eventually found a pattern that sat comfortably on all of our faces.
If we were having coffee I would tell you about our slide-on camper Ruby home. When it came to preparing her for our recent holiday, the hardest thing was deciding what was essential to take. This was because we were limited with weight availability. To fix this we needed to weigh everything we put in her. And if necessary find a lighter alternative. A bigger ute is able to carry a bigger load, so we will look for a new one before our longer trips. Eventually we won the battle and excluded 100 kilos worth of useful things. The we could legally depart and no longer put our insurance at risk.
If we were having coffee I would tell you how excited I was to buy myself a pie maker for my birthday. Today is my first attempt at making pies. I chose a basic beef mince pie for the filling. While cooking it had an amazing aroma. The frustration is the need for a delay between making the mince and making the pies. The reason is the mince filling needs to be cold when it goes into the shortcrust pastry or it will go soggy. End results, worth the effort for both regular and gluten free pies.
If we were having coffee I would ask you what is happening in your world. Let me know in the comments.
Same boat, I haven’t blogged in a while due to writer’s block. I’ve felt lately that I really don’t have much to say at our coffee shares! I miss everyone though. Those pies look amazing!
I felt the same about this one. But in hindsight I think it was more about losing my writing skills. As I have been focusing more on it I have come with with ideas for my next coffee share that I hadn’t remembered when writing this one.
Not much blogging either. But lots of baking…
Baking is good.
If we were having coffee together, I’d have tea & say thanks so very much for spending time with me. especially these days, it’s easy to feel lonely…
One of the things I love about blogging is connecting to others and finding out about life outside of my world.
me too! it is truly amazing that way 🙂
I love those masks! My favorite is the fox pattern with the gray background. I don’t know how to sew (shame, i know), but I order from someone who makes them with fun patterns just like what you have. I recently dusted my blog as well, after almost two years of no input at all. For me, it’s just the timing of when I am ready to share things especially that I wanted to deviate from all that’s happening since the plot twist of 2020 happened. I wish you a great weekend.
A pie maker! Now that is a must have gadget!. The masks look fun. Great work.
It’s amazing. You can make just about anything in it very quickly.
Those pies looks fabulous! I have never heard of a pie maker, what does it do? I imagine the pie smelled incredibly good as it was baking. Thank you for the coffee?
It looks a bit like a sandwich maker but with deeper holes so it cooks form the outside in and automatically seals the two pieces of pasty together. You can also cook little cakes omelettes, scones etc in it. The one i have cooks 4 pieces at once and only takes about 8 minutes to cook. Very practical.
Ooo I see.
Thank you for your post, which gave me some comfort, I stopped for a few weeks posting then it never seem to happen. I planned to write more during lock down that did not work either. It is comforting to know I am not the only one struggling to write regularly as when I first started. I have been posting Wordless Wednesday in the last two weeks I slipped up now to even do that as well. It is now officially that I am having a writers block. Thank for making feel a bit better.