I'm still here...

       I really don't know that much about blogging,  I guess I should post something almost every day,  my life is not that exciting.  I've taken two of the webinars so far that teach starting your own online business.  Very interesting,  I've learned things I couldn't even imagine.  There's a lot of information I need to get before I get started,  concerning laws, copy right laws,  and  also the steps to going thru this is like trying to get a building permit from the city.  Have you ever tried that?  You have to have a lot of patience on both sides,  and patience can run short when you don't know the rules. 
       So I'm not really any farther along on my quest,  just a little more informed.  I've been practicing my digitizing and that's coming along.  I use both Generations Plus and the 5D Embroidery Pro.  I find both have their kinks and treasures, with more I practice I will have a general idea what one I  may use  the most.  
     If  I don't post everyday,  I'm probably practicing my digi-work.  I can do  that for hours on end, til my eyes get cross-eyed and dried out.  I've pulled all-nighters,  taken an  hour or two nap and started back in again.  At least it's something I enjoy,  since it does take alot of time.
    So until next time,  I'll still be here... 

My First Blog...

I've  been a widow for just over a year,  I retired when they closed my shop last May. Lucky me I was old enough and had enough years in for a pension.  But I'm still too young to get social security.  So I was looking into earning some extra pay without having to go out in the job force where jobs are already scarce. I've started taking online classes,  one in particular on starting my own embroidery business.  I realize there is alot of competition out there,  but I believe there is always room for more.  One of the webinars I'm taking suggests starting with my own blog, and so here I am.  I'm not sure how this works,  but I will tell you more about myself.  I was married to the most wonderful man,  but he passed away unexpectedly of a stroke after 20 years of marriage.  So I found myself, alone and needing something to pass the time.   I enjoy sewing quilts and working with machine embroidery even more.  I'm trying to learn digitizing,  I've had some wonderful help from some lovely ladies out there who do a fantastic job of their own. I hope to be at least half as talented at it as they are,  they make it look so easy,  but I have a long way to go. 
I've collected dolls forever,  Barbies, Madame Alexander, and Gene.  I still have my Chatty Cathy.  I have two grandkids by my son, a 17 year old granddaughter,  and 2 1/2 year old grandson.   Even though I'm pushing 60 in a few years,  I don't feel a day over 39,  and probably don't act it either, so I go by Sassygran.  I titled my blog AugienBlue because that's what all our friends knew us as,  Augie & Blue.   My husband and I were inseparable at one time.  When  he retired in 2001,  and started going to Florida for his health (I had to stay and work) for the winter months,  he would call me on the phone 5-6 times a day.  It was like he was in the same room and we were carrying a conversation.  So I never really felt like he was that far away.  Now my phone almost never rings and I miss that believe it or not.  My lovely granddaughter got me started on the Twilight Saga and I read all four books in three months (I was working remember).  So to date,  I have read and reread them each five times,  so I guess yes I am a Twihard,  addicted to vampire love stories.  I am excited for the fourth and final saga Breaking Dawn to come out,  each movie gets better and better.
I used to go to alot of concerts,  one summer I followed Bob Seeger around his tour,  I think I had a crush on him,  LOL!  But now days I just listen to my CD's and Ipod.  I love listening to my music while I sew or work on the computer. 
Hopefully the next time I update this I will have more interesting things to talk about.  Maybe my adventures in learning to digitize will give me something to post pictures.  Until then....