February in Retrospect

I'm aware that I'm not exactly on top of writing these days, for a number of reasons:

1. I missed my third blogiversary, not that it matters, but I'm still amazed.  Not so much that I've kept going, more how freaking fast the last three years have evaporated! 
2. I managed to publish Part III of the 'cars I've loved' series before Part II (this is a function of writing drafts and forgetting to change the date);
3. I see I wrote about January in retrospect and included posts from February.

[sigh]

Be that as it may, I thought I'd have another go at reviewing what I wrote a couple of years ago.  I still enjoy re-reading a lot of my posts, which I hope isn't too narcissistic; then again, some of them make me cringe.  In February 2008 I was still trying to work out what to write about.  This has turned out to be anything that catches my fancy, but leans towards a frugal life in England and some of the hobbies that entertain me cheaply; at least I think that's what it is.  So, allowing for some practice sessions, we'll start with 

2009, in which I:

• confessed to my magazine addiction;  I keep thinking I will add a 'magazine' section to my bloglist, but as I'm semi-paralyzed with sloth blog-reading, perhaps better not
• showed you the oldest thing in the house
• gardened on an antique card table as opposed to a plant stand (I guess that's what it is)
• took nice photos of snow on the beach and a glorious sunset
• took you shopping for fleas

Then just last year I

• was Loving Food, Hating Waste (as we are again presently)
• took you to Britain's National Glass Museum  (I think it's time for a return visit - their current exhibit is called 'Waste Not Want Not'!!!)
• showed you Bill's red car
• talked about corking (you know what this is, even if you don't think you do)
• told you about The Settler's Cookbook and did my own autobiographical cooking review, which was surprisingly fun to write
• compared our food costs with the USDA 'thrifty plan'.  In 2010, we averaged £107 ($165)  per month for food, compared with the $300 (£195) allowed us for our gender, age and thrift...  Bill says food is not subsidized in Britain, but I'm beginning to wonder about that)
• showed you the lovely place I did bookbinding

You know what?  I think I'm having a really good life!  Hope you are, too.