No. You're not seeing things. Stop the presses. It's really me. Typing. On blogspot. For the first time in months.

I would try to list a million excuses, and chances are it wouldn't be that difficult to come up with them, but there really is no honest excuse except that i'm a total SLACKER!

You know that feeling... like when you intend to call a friend you haven't talked to in ages to thank them for a sweet card or gesture or maybe you just happened upon them at the local market and promised a phone call to set up a lunch date. Yesterday passed and you got wrapped up in work, today you're still dragging from the wine you had last night and just don't have the energy, but tomorrow - TOMORROW you will call.

Soon enough it's 4 weeks 3 days and 22 hours later and even though you've told yourself every single day to call, you just didn't and it almost feels like it's too late to even bother.

That's how i've been feeling about my little blog-e-roo. I've seen some terribly quirky things that reminded me of this special nook in my life. And though I wanted badly to post those terribly quirky things it just felt so inadequate when i've been MIA for this long.

Nevertheless, here I am and I have more updates than I know how to type and more than i'm sure you care to read. So this is me dipping my toes in the pool. Check out some things I probably would have blogged about had I not been slacking....

* A signed contract to build a house at the beginning of February. Set to be complete at the end of June.
* A continually growing love for Sully (if you can believe it) who turned one and took his first solo steps since I last wrote.
* A wedding date set at a beautiful old barn in SC - June 5th - and the flurry of stress and excitement surrounding it that i'm sure will make into the pages of a future blog
* Several amazing parties in honor of mine and John's love
* A knee replacement surgery for Dad and his successful recovery
* A visit from my favorite DC-ians (did I say that wrong?)
* The birth of a nephew and news that another niece or nephew is on the way
* A new Canon digital SLR camera (that i've been dying for) as a present and HUGE surprise from John on Mother's Day
* 2 new favorite websites that deserve a blog post of their own
* A vegetable lasagna recipe that John has fallen madly in love with
* A birthday shout out to Tucker who turned 7
* A case of pink-eye for the little guy and some crazy expensive medicine that comes in a little itty bitty bottle
* A best friend's surprise 30th birthday party
* Sully's first experience with egg dye - we did pretty good
* News that my best friend is relocating with her family to Portland, Maine (a new place to visit!!)
* An obsession with paint colors, and just colors in general
* An invitation to the graduation of my cousin who I babysat after I graduated high school (talk about feeling old!)
* A snow storm in Charleston on Valentine's weekend - aka. mine and John's first scheduled date in 6 months that was interrupted when the babysitter called to say the power went out. Charleston's first snow in 10 YEARS on our one date night!!!
* The engagement of two dear friends
* A new hair color - back to my roots brown


Now I promise that we'll talk again soon. I won't stray away for too long because there's lots to be said. :)