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Sep
21
Posted by Stace

Handwriting

I’ve decided that my handwriting has slowly evolved over the years, and now it borders on…. atrocious. Yikes. I used to have really nice handwriting, in school and then college. I remember going to an orientation type day at the small private, Christian college I attended. The professor or office attendant looked at the form I was turning in, and she commented “You didn’t have to type this dear!”. And I was like, it’s not, that’s my handwriting 🙂

But, then I started work, with all men (first in electrical engineering and then in IT) — who do not really write very well or very legibly, as a general group. And I began working almost exclusively on computers. As the days and years rolled by, I used my hand and a pen and paper less and less to write things down. Post-it notes here, scribbles there, thank-you notes at birthdays and Christmas, but that was about it. And now, today, I’ve decided that my handwriting is truly truly bad. I mean, some days, I can barely read it myself!

What brought this on, you ask? (no, I know you didn’t ask that, but thought I’d throw a little lagniappe in). I’ve been watching the new cooking show “Mad Hungry” on Hallmark channel since it premiered last week. I don’t really enjoy Martha Stewart’s show, but I do like her food editor, Lucinda Scala Quinn. I’m really enjoying her new show, and have tried to look up several recipes online to save in my “to-try” file. But — a lot of the recipes are not online yet, as it’s a new show and new website. So, with my handy DVR, I thought to myself, I’ll just write them down!!! And now, I can barely read what I wrote. Hence, the blog post 😀

  1. mamichelle Said,

    Ha! This is so true! I have never had great handwriting but mine is getting progressively worse as I get older. My husband cannot read my writing! I guess when I get back to scrapbooking, I better start printing out my journaling.

  2. Lauren@BaseballsandBows Said,

    I remember working so hard in school to have “cute” handwriting. Now, I am so sloppy. Since I used to teach elementary school, I guess I should be ashamed!

  3. Deanna Said,

    I was just telling my sixth grade Sunday School class that I teach that I had to write all of my homework, papers, etc… when I was in school. They couldn’t believe and really couldn’t believe I had to write it all in cursive. Most of them can’t write in cursive at all!

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