{"id":853,"date":"2012-12-29T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=853"},"modified":"2012-12-29T18:57:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T23:57:41","slug":"gearing-up-for-a-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/gearing-up-for-a-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing up for a new year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe how long it has been since I last posted here. Time continues to get away from me. I’ve got the drafts of at least three book reviews and hope to get them up the first of the year.<\/p>\n

Also, have been working on a sock pattern — my own design so I’m pretty psyched up about it. It’s a toe up and I’m to the point of starting the heel and have been dithering for months over which type of heel would work best for this sock. I think I’ve finally made up my mind and now I just have to get knitting again.<\/p>\n

An observation on getting older:
\nFinger snapping:
\nWhy does getting older mean you have pain when you try to snap your fingers? I used to do that all the time when I was younger. You know. SNAP. I got it — the shouting Eureka in the streets thing with a finger snap. Now — even though I don’t have arthritis in my fingers — it hurts to snap. But, since I noticed I try to do it a few times a day and it’s getting better. <\/p>\n

My guess is that as you get older you don’t do it as often and the muscles you haven’t used then just have problems working in that way. So, practice keeps the skill going.<\/p>\n

If you’ve got another explanation I’d love to hear it (well read it). <\/p>\n

So, book reviews and sock photos are on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe how long it has been since I last posted here. Time continues to get away from me. I’ve got the drafts of at least three book reviews and hope to get them up the first of the year. Also, have been working on a sock pattern — my own design so I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearth-and-home","category-knitting","category-socks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t