I've been toying for a long time about taking this blog down. Do I take it down? Do I just try to post once a week?

So here's what's driving this...I hardly post anymore, and when I do, it takes quite a bit of effort for me to come up with something to say. I'm not sure why this changed - maybe because my knitting has slowed down considerably in the past two years, or maybe its like anything else and when you're out of practice it's not as easy?

When I do post, I tend to post about Simon, aka Baby Lug, and I have an internal debate about this. Now this is just my opinion, and I in no way am judging anyone else's choices about blogging about their kid - but I keep thinking that it's unfair for me to create an internet presence for my child without his control or his input. At a time when your internet identity is just as important or influential as a resume or college application or criminal record even, I really feel like I should keep the baby posting to a minimum. I keep thinking about how I take this blog to be private, only open to those who I want to read it, but in reality it's not. Its available to everyone and anyone.

So anyway, there's that and the fact that I have a very limited amount of free time, during which I think I need to concentrate on some other things like crafts, and exercise, and family time, etc. So maybe I'll be back in full blogging fashion sometime in the future, but for now I'm leaning towards taking this sucker down. I'll remain on twitter - which I use every day, facebook, and ravelry.

I read your blogs all the time still and will keep up with you guys! It's been so much fun blogging, and hopefully I'll be back - but for now, www.thebiglug.com will probably be going on hiatus.

Posted by jen at 08:52 AM |Comments (8)

We are taking part in our local CSA Organic Farm again this year. We took a year off when we had the baby and here we are back again, except this time we got a delivered box share that we pick up near our house. This works out well for us since we probably would have a hard time getting the baby to tolerate the trips to pick.

Tomato and Cucumber salad with Basil

If there's a CSA in your area, I'd recommend trying it. We end up with all kinds of organic veggies that we'd never normally buy, but end up eating. Of course, this leads to some confusion when I don't know what the heck to make with what we have. Fennel? Yeah...Not so sure what to do with it!

Also related to the heat...I feel like I just posted about the baby's first haircut, but he's quite a sweaty little guy, so the heat of the summer required another trip to the barber. Here's his "after" photo.

Don't mind my huge bib

And on a random note...Project Runway is back on. I love Project Runway, but I'm totally not ready for a new season yet. I didn't tune into the premier. I'm still hanging on to last season I guess...Oh Christian...

Posted by jen at 08:57 AM |Comments (7)

I could go on about why I haven't been posting, and about how life is busy, blah blah. But life is always busy and you're busy, and you blog, so what excuse do I really have? Instead I'll do this meme I saw over at Mayarn.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

July, 1998. The summer after Sophmore year of college. Instead of going back home to live for the summer I moved into an apartment with my then-boyfriend. The apartment was a third of a house, and there was a lawnmower repair shop in the back. All of our furniture came from our parents and stuff we salvaged around. I must have been working, but I can't remember what job I had. I was 20, and living on my own in an apartment for the first time. Funny story about that apartment is that one day we found a rabbit in our drop-down ceiling. It turned out it escaped from our upstairs neighbor and got stuck in the ceiling. He was fine, and we got him out by offering him a carrot.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?

1. Take Simon to 15-month check up

2. Type up notes from work meeting

3. Schedule appointment to use spa gift card

4. Knit on never ending afghan

5. Catch up on blogs

3) Snacks I enjoy:

Cheez-its, Chips of any kind, string cheese, popcorn

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire (in no particular order):

Set up a giant compound for our families to live in, or buy them their own houses. Make sure that Simon never had to go to daycare. Have more babies. Knit, read, garden, travel all the time. Help others in some way.

5) Places I have lived:

All over NJ as far south as Wenonah and as far north as Trenton. Yardley, PA

6) Jobs I have had

Cashier in a hardware store, Victoria's Secret employee, Mall Deli worker, CVS cashier, PA at a tv station, internet producer, producer at exhibit company, project manager, barnes and noble employee (my favorite i think)

Feel free to copy me!

Posted by jen at 09:12 PM |Comments (3)