Inaugural Post

My best words of advise...be careful what you vow. For years people have tried to encourage me to write a blog. I was intrigued by the idea that there would be anyone out there that would actually care to hear the rambling of my inner thoughts. Let's face it, I drive myself crazy so why would anyone else be able to put up with me?!?  But I must admit that I have some absolutely wonderful friends.

In all, my reasons for NOT blogging are practical, I don't have the time or dedication to commit to the maintenance of a blog. I am very infrequent at posting anything on FaceBook and that's really a minuscule time commitment. I also feel that allowing others into the inner workings of my mind would somehow scare them away or disentigrate the illusion of awesomeness that I work to tirelessly to portray (scoffing and eye rolling appropriate at this moment).

In actuality, I came to the conclusion a very long time ago that it really doesn't matter if other people think I am a total idiot, as long as I do my best to not intentionally offend them I can live with myself; and since I am the one that is stuck with me, I'm okay with that.

For the last 3-4 years one of the items that I have not been able to check off my daily task list is to write in my journal.  I actually have more than 1 ongoing journal, one for spiritual thoughts, one for momentous occasions and such, and then the one that I have never written down and is slowly disappearing into my memory banks with a permanent freeze on the account, I doubt most of those assets will ever be released to the public, not even in probate.

Today I decided I was tired of loosing all the wonderful cyber treasures that I spend a rather large amount of time procuring.  When I find an awesome recipe online that my family likes, and realize I've forgotten to bookmark it, or which device I bookmarked it upon, or even worse when I tweak a recipe making it even more amazing than the original (I frequently adjust the recipes not always resulting in a success) how am I to remember all these wonderful tidbits?  

Some (like my sister) would endorse sites such as pInterest but truly that site doesn't hold my interest, it merely gives me a headache. Turning the World Wide Web, more into the "tangled web we weave." 

So here I am taking time to make a blog; wherein you may see crafting ideas, patterns for needlework, educational treasures, pictures and videos of my five little Monkeys (whom I love dearly and appreciate most when they are away) in essence the name of my blog speaks volumes of my life.. If you've made it this far and are still with me, you must be a true friend...if you gave up reading a long time ago, don't worry, I really never expected you to read me in the first place.

While I will try to make this Cyber Journal organized so that one day I may be able to peruse the archives of what is otherwise lost inside me; I can't propmise that anything you find here will live up to your standards or expectations. I am totally okay with that.  And I'm sure if you find things here that could be improved upon, you are more than welcome to do so...on your own blog.  I'm doing this for me, and I hope you are okay with that.

So welcome friendly observer, to the Chaos that is My Life.

Oh, and if you should come across a word that you don't understand, do not fear, it is likely a Toni-ism.  Most are self explanatory as read contextually. Yet if you should ask, I will do my best to explain.