SHEESH...

where the heck has everybody been for the last eighty-four days?

What? You've been here? Hmmmmmm

Well then where the heck have I been all this time?

I walked in to Mystic Paper last week and Jennifer and Kim just about fell over. Seems they were sure I had met my demise while in Seattle! {grin}

My cousin in Boston emailed her father, who emailed his brother because she was worried she should be sending flower arrangements.

My dear aunt in Colorado sent the cutest email mentioning that the ONLY way she knows what is going on in our life is by reading my blog.

Several local friends are asking about my well being - because the word is making its way back to me.

Strangely enough, even former co-workers seem to be waiting for some really good gossip to explain away my lack of blogging.

Well - I'm sorry to say that there is no juicy, convoluted, breath-holding explanation for why I haven't blogged. I just wanted to take some time off.

Let's call it a "surgical removal of the keyboard from my fingertips".

So instead of blogging - I've been traveling. And scrapping. And cleaning. And organizing. And reading. And shopping. And cooking. And writing. And taking pictures. And redecorating. And building. And laughing. And planning. And scheduling. And wife-ing. And mom-ing. And friend-ing. And generally feeling no pressure from anyone, anything or any entity.

And I love it!

But in all honesty - my break can't go on much longer. So I may as well get back to blogging.

I got an amazing new computer for Christmas - from my dear husband...


so I'm all set to start working again - HUGE monitor and all! Love me some MacBook goodness - speedy, shiny white and sporting a built in iSight. Thanks hon - LOVE IT!

There have been all kinds of fun things going on the last 3 months - but one unplanned bit of excitement was this...(click on the picture to enlarge)


a little mention in Simple Scrapbooks magazine by the one-and-only Stacy Julian. How fun that was - and it led to mass hysteria on some message boards that I frequent. It was definitely a great way to kick start my 2008 scrappin'!

I'm heading to CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) in a couple of weeks. Can't wait. I know secrets. I've been told secrets. And I've got secrets that I get to share once I get there! And I LOVE SECRETS! The only bad part is I'll be away from my family on Valentine's Day...but I think we'll celebrate the whole week before, so that'll make up for it!

Thanks for being concerned. Thanks for understanding that a 2-week break often leads to a 6-week break and that ultimately leads to a really L-O-N-G vacation!

I promise - I have lots of scrappy goodness to upload in the next few weeks - stuff to show off, stuff to share and stories to tell!

until then - - -