Sometimes you don’t.
I love Almond Joy. I wish it was dark chocolate like Mounds, but a gal can’t have everything.
Have you ever noticed all of the merchandise on the market promoting Joy? “Find Joy”, “Choose Joy”, “Seek Joy” or just “Joy”.
Is joy really that elusive? I don’t think it is. I am going to be bold and actually suggest that joy resides within us all. It is our default. It is the noise of the world that pulls us away from our nature to be joy-filled and positive people. So why are people so comfortable with being pissy? Stop being pissy, people. Just stop it. Get help. Get to know God. Go for a walk. But for cryin’ out loud, cheer the h*ck up! 🙂
I received a message from WordPress the other day. It congratulated me on 10 years of blogging. Well, isn’t that special. I thought I would share one of my very first posts with you, but in doing so, I realized I have been babbling on as Cosmicknitter for much longer than ten years. I started this blog on the Blogger site in 2007 and it was in 2011 that I migrated to WordPress. I have officially been talking about absolutely nothing for 14 years! What the heck??
I don’t know the fate of the first ever post; I can’t locate it in my archives. Let’s hear it for sloppy seconds! Cosmicknitter circa 2007. Classic. Vintage, even. The photos did not migrate with the new platform. As you can clearly see, I had little to say then and I have stayed true to form since.
That’s all for today. I have knitting to report on, but that will have to wait for another day.
Happy Monday!
Love,
ReginaMary
Cosmicknitter 
Wow, congrats on your long blogging career. 🙂 I am coming up on my 4th anniversary. I love seeing what other knitters are up to via their blogs.
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Hey thank you! I was a little surprised, honestly.
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haha, true to form! Sometimes a little means a lot to someone else.
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So true!
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i started on blogger too, back when blogging was new. I wonder if I can even access that old tome anymore.
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You should give it a shot. I got a real chuckle when I read my old posts!
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I’m trying now!
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I enjoyed an almond joy today I’d been saving in the back of the meat drawer in fridge – out of everyone’s eyesight!
It was joy!
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That’s awesome!! When the boys were home, I would wrap my favorite candy in freezer paper and label it ‘fish bones’. I managed to conceal a small ice cream cake that way!
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Good trick!
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A gal’s gotta gotta do what a gal’s gotta do!
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We lived about 12 miles from the original old brick factories where they were made in Naugatuck CT. Sadly all torn down now.
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Thank you for sharing your info. I really appreciate your efforts and I am waiting for your next post thanks once again.
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Wow, 10 years of blogging. That is so cool. I only have a few years under my belt. I love almond joys too.
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Congratulations on your blogiversary!! I’m so glad you are here – love reading your posts 🙂 And I agree – joy is within us and always a possibility!
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Awww…thanks! I think the best part of blogging is meeting really kind people like yourself.
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So does your husband still wear those socks? Do you still cozy up under that cabled throw? Funny how time marches on.
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Honestly, I don’t know the fate of the socks, and I ended up donating the throw. Funny thing about the throw…It took me 3 winters to knit it and in that time my skills improved so my tension improved. Rather than having a rectangle, I had an isosceles trapezoid! It was pretty funny.
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I feel the same way about the joy signs and the signs that talk about simplicity. If you were trying to live simply would you really need to add to your life with a throw pillow?
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are.! That’s hysterical!!!
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Was I just hit upside the head with Joy? Ha! Awesome and enough with the pissy, we need to embrace some joy – love this post! Congrats on 10 years of blogging!
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Be happy dammit!!! 🤪
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Okay if you insist 🙂
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I love Almond Joys too!
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Happy blog anniversary! I still love reading blogs, even though so many have fallen away.
I’m full of joy over here! Happy to share it as much as I can.
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You have much to be joyful about; your new book looks GORGEOUS!
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It’s wonderful that you’ve continued blogging for so many years, what with new social media popping up with every blink of the eye. To many more years.
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Thank you! Social media did try to lure me, but being on one of those apps also exposes me to some of the garbage that I absolutely need to avoid if I have any hope of staying sane. Blogging is the perfect medium for finely curated woolly and non-woolly stuff.
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Having been there too, I can’t agree more with you.
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Happy 10 years! 🙂
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Thank you very much!!
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Congrats on your long-term blogging journey! It’s definitely a milestone 🙂
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It’s been a great experience. I overcame many insecurities to do something I enjoy regardless of whether or not anyone read my blog! I have met so many wonderful people from around the globe.
Thank you for visiting me! I love your blog!
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Sorry I’m so late, but happy blogiversary! That many years is quite an achievement 😀
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Thank you! It is kinda special.
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