Networking. I'm totally into it.

I was talking to my neighbors sisters mother in laws best friends plumbers dry cleaners daughter and found out the coolest thing!

It's called blogging and a few years ago when I was introduced to the world of blogging and encouraged to start my own by this wonderful best friend and sister of mine I had no idea what I was in for.

Blogging sounded like something I regurgitated that resembled some form of squash after it hit the gag reflex. What was the point?

The point is.....I have made friendships I would have never met if not for blogging and I have been blessed by the talents and gifts of others that I myself can not do or would not know where to look for to buy.

When I was a kid......okay, who am I kidding. I still like to do this: Driving around at night out in the boonies people rarely cover their windows with drapes or blinds so you can see into their homes as you drive by and your imagination runs wild with stories you've conjured up as to what goes on in those soft yellow lit rooms.

There is a blog that I like to peek in on. It is this blog. Twin sisters write this blog together taking turns and I find these ladies to be very talented and full of ideas that appeal to me. One of their posts was a tutorial on making these stars.



I loved the idea of looking through this window on a dreary winter day and seeing pinwheels in primary colors.

The other day, I was reading another blog that I like to follow and the author posted a photo of some yarn she'd just purchased. I fell in love with the yarn. She also posted the link to the gal who she'd purchased the yarn from. I was delighted. Along with blogging I've embraced shopping from home on the internet and the gal behind the yarn did not let me down.

I told her what I wanted, the colors, and she set to work finding them and dying the yarn for me. Back and forth we'd e-mail as she'd ask questions, I'd answer. I'd ask questions, she'd answer.

Yesterday a package arrived in the mail. I opened it and it was Christmas in October! All because I'd peeked into someone else's blog. Wanna see what I got? Here's a little taste:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31909186

"Come in, and know me better man"! (Charles Dickens)

I would encourage you to go and visit other people's blogs. You might be surprised at what you find, the things you learn, lives that touch you, and friendships that are made. Oh, and don't forget to leave your card (a comment) before you leave. No doorbell ditching aloud.