The Good Things - The People in my Phone

I'm linking up with Margot and Barbara's The Good Things again this week - really enjoying these.

This week it's all about 'The People in my Phone'. I first used the internet 15 years ago I think, that's certainly when my parents first got dial up. Having email and MSN Messenger at University really helped keeping in touch with friends, especially University friends during the holidays.

Over the years I've used the internet more and more and because I work at a University I got a Facebook account in mid 2006. Then I discovered blogs, with Lucy's Attic 24 blog being the first I regularly read. Twitter followed in 2010 and in December 2010 I got an internet phone and my 'social media network's grew and grew.

Having the internet wherever I go has opened up a whole new world to me and I've been very inspired in many ways by the blogs I've read, tweets and instagram photos I've seen, and people I've interacted with.

I do a job where I can spend a lot of time in an office on my own and being the summer holidays there are no Guiding and little Theatre volunteering to do so at the moment I'm especially glad of the 'people in my phone'.

Talking to my 14 year old Guides a couple of months ago they couldn't imagine being their age with no mobile phone let alone no internet, although they could see the advantage of not having it sometimes. Sometimes I think I should be less dependent on mine, there's a well timed story about this on the BBC Website today - however on balance it's definitely a good thing for me.

Fresh Sewing Day - Goodbye July

July was a big month for me as I finally started blogging. I've often read Lily's quilts monthly fresh sewing day and small blog meet posts and thought I must make this the day I start blogging and never quite got there, but now I can join in!

July was another month that flew by. Nick went away twice with work, I had a weekend away with the Guides and we had a weekend in London so we seemed to spend half the month packing and unpacking. But we did finish decorating our bedroom so we achieved something at home which is good.  

I do have some finishes, a shoulder bag and a couple of make up bags, which were started in March. They were my mum's belated *cough* Mothers' Day gifts. The other zippy bag was for a former colleague of hers who often comments on the lovely sewing I did when she knew me as a teenager. The bag was inspired by a photo on justabitfrayed's instagram and the zippy bags are Essential Wristlets by Erin at Dog Under My Desk.

This is what else I have been working on this month, a finished quilt top, a new one started, three more crochet flowers, a new crochet blanket (I got the v stitch bug thanks to instagram!) a new bag cut out, and the Guides taught me how to make loom bands.

I work in University Admissions so August is a pretty busy and stressful month as we confirm whose got a place but my evenings are relatively quiet so I'm hoping to work my way through my finish along works in progress and share some finishes soon! 

So I'm linking up with Lynne for the first time, both for fresh sewing day and small blog link up as my fledgeling blog is tiny at the moment. Have a great August everyone!