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Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! 

It's October! And those of you who read yesterday's post will know that I'm challenging myself this month to post everyday. Yes Blogtoberfest has begun!

Now, I thought I'd start in a fairly organised (and very me) sort of way, by asking myself this question:

"What do I want to get out of this experience?"

I've written the question and now I'm a little stumped...

I guess I would like to get into a routine of writing. I love to write. Sadly, the only things I ever seem to write are facebook statuses and university assignments. I love to write creatively, and I think that to be in the practise of writing is a great for thinking and seeing the world differently.

I would love to build this blog a little. Flesh it out with more recipes, more knitting and/or crochet patterns, more about me. I guess I would like to feel like I have found my "blogging identity," so to speak. I'd also like to increase my readership. I'm thankful for the readers I have (hello! I'm thankful for you!) but it is always nice to see more people following along.


I would like to make some new internet friends. I really want to go out of my way to visit other blogs (moreso once I'm on holiday - only two more weeks - than while in this last rush of semester and assignments).

Lastly (but not at all least), I would love love love to get to know my readers more. Please share what you would love to see, and let me know when I post something you like!

By the way, this catalog card generator is totally awesome in a totally geeky way! I made myself a list of what I need to do today too...

Oh and I nearly forgot! I'll be hosting giveaways throughout this month! Yes! Not just one! I've been promising it, and I'm going to do it!

Come back tomorrow to hear more about it - how to enter, what is going to be given away... all that lovely exciting information.

Time for a Challenge

(Because four assignments due within one week clearly isn't challenging enough.)

I am the sort of person that needs a deadline so that I'll do things. That uni assignment? Yeah, it's not due for another three weeks, why start now? That scarf I'm making for my sister's birthday? I still have four months.

Unfortunately, this attitude has landed me in trouble several times. One Christmas, I was finishing of the presents in my sister-in-law's bedroom as other family members started arriving. That was also the year I bought my husband a salami for a present. Best present ever! There have been many times when it's the night before an assignment is due, and I'll be in tears, blubbering things like "it's so much harder than it's meant to be" and "I'm stuuuuuuuuck." It isn't a pretty sight.

All this to say, I'm going to try to get my blogger-butt into gear! Yes, my dear bloggees, I am going to participate in Blogtoberfest! 

I even get a cool button (this is also on my sidebar). If you click it, you will be taken back to the host site.

I have no idea what I'm going to actually talk about for 31 days in a row. I can predict uni stuff, interesting knitting and crochet stuff, and something about my Mum's birthday. Maybe some recipes, perhaps even a new crochet or knitting pattern! Once I get my camera back (I left it at my sister-in-laws) there will even be photos. I'll do my best to remember to share with you all about going to Cradle Mountain back in July too.

I'm starting to get excited!