Coming and Going
Robert Downey, Jr. Good Hollywood comeback.
Lance Armstrong. Brave cycling comeback.
Britney Spears. Amazingly enough, successful music comeback.
But not all comebacks are good. Like trying to resurrect my lovely little blog from Dublin days. I confess I’m not feeling the love nor the inspiration. Shoulda left it on a high note and made an elegant exit. Ah no, I have to trip and stumble, bumbling in and out of blogdom. Graceful, I am not.
But I guess I had to make sure that the we’d done everything before pulling the plug. Limiting myself to 50 words…what was I thinking? Recent photos…pegging the scale on the crap-o-meter! It all seemed gimmicky, kinda like patterned leggings or the entire fashion decade of the 80s. Feeling a bit silly and anticlimactic, it’s good though, to end on yet another high point.
You see, Norma came to town, bringing with her red scarves for the Orphan Foundation of America. Along with Lynn and Tracey, we trotted along to Mount Vernon for a bit of touring and red scarf photo ops.
Apologies, Dishing-The-Gossip-Diversion Ahead:
If you think Norma is a bit of a whirlwind in her blog, she’s a veritable cyclone in person…in the good sense of whirl-wind-i-ness, mind you.
(Okay, her face isn’t that dark. Another crappy photo, intermixed with periods of ‘cam-nesia,’ where I forget to pull it out altogether. )
Needless to say, it was a lovely excursion, full of laughter and over all too soon.
Kinda like this post.
And this blog.
This is the end.
I really mean it this time.
Thanks for reading it over the years.
Gonna go now.
Time to hit ‘publish’.
As Barbie said at the end of Toy Story 2…
Buh by…
Bye by…
By-by…
Goodbye…
(Still can’t seem to manage a graceful exit.)
Oh, I’ll miss you. But I understand as I have almost completely abandoned my blog too. Sometimes, the reason for starting the blog changes as life changes and it no longer seems to make sense to carry on.
I wish you and your family the best.
And I hope to see you on Ravelry every once-in-a-while. You know they have weaving on there now, right?
12 Dec 2009 at 12:25 am
Oh Cheryl, never say never and how I do love the word “cam-nesia”, I will definitely have to use that one.
Take care.
12 Dec 2009 at 9:15 am
I enjoyed reading your blog over the past few years, but also couldn’t help noticing the change of character lately. So I can understand the euthanasia…
12 Dec 2009 at 10:20 am
Perhaps we’ll see you blogging again if ever you make it back to Dub. We’ll keep the home fires burning. : )
Thank you for representing my beloved capital and country so well for so long.
Slán leat agus beanacht!
12 Dec 2009 at 6:24 pm
Picture me grabbed onto your ankles like a little toddler you’re dropping off at day care, “noooooooo, you can’t really gooooooooooo.”
It was such pure delight getting to meet you and like icing on the cake to see you at work. You really made my day and gave us the opportunity for some great photos. That peanut soup is going to stay with me as one of my top ten memorable meals, as well. Lovely.
13 Dec 2009 at 10:46 am
Blogs and life follow a path. You make your way, to follow the yellow brick road ; )
16 Dec 2009 at 2:31 pm
You’ve done such a wonderful job so far. I’ve noticed the postings getting farther apart. You inspired me to Blog but I’ve fallen into a bad habit of not updating mine. I seem to have lost the reason for doing it. Busy, lazy, I don’t know but I understand your decision – hopefully I can get my interest going again to blog. I will miss you.
Kelly
22 Dec 2009 at 1:05 am
You know, some people only post to their blogs a few times a year. I just know they aren’t ones I need to check on a very regular basis. Once a month, maybe, and if there is no update, no biggie! There is no big cyber law stating you have to blog regularly every week! It’s here, if you have something you want to post, post it without feeling guilt or pressure to post more! I enjoy reading what people have to say no matter how often or infrequent the posts.
23 Dec 2009 at 12:03 am
Never say never. I won’t let you! Write when you feel the urge, and I’ll keep reading. And remember, this is for YOU, and we’re just fortunate that you share it with us.
Happy New Year!
27 Dec 2009 at 8:51 pm
Please don’t go! Even though you don’t blog very often, it’s with wisdom, spirit, and crafty-ness that you do. I don’t write often on my own,but every now and then I feel the need to touch base so to speak. Perhaps if you just wrote when you too felt the need, it would not be a chore. I think that blogosphere would feel the loss if you didn’t dip in every now and then.
Happy New Year
28 Dec 2009 at 1:55 pm
it was wonderful to have you back if only for a moment. take care. and if you find yourself out west, let me know.
30 Dec 2009 at 12:27 am
Cheryl, even a small moment was better than nothing. I was never very good with maintaining my blog. I would write sporadic posts. I have given up.
I have enjoyed reading all of your posts, getting the cowl pattern, remembering Ireland…..
All the best for you and your family.
I’ll miss you. – Diana
13 Feb 2010 at 4:55 pm