Terrible Truth

The terrible truth is that I've quite nearly forgotten how to blog and I certainly can't remember how to change my blog settings.  We have been screaming busy in the last year and our lives have changed so much that I simply haven't felt like blogging.  I am a completely different person than I was a year ago; that's good in some ways, bad in others.  We have weathered Dan Lloyd's mysterious illness (the thought of living without my other half has been the constant shadow I've lived in), Ryan went away to college (we survived that, too, but it is more awful and heartbreaking than anyone can ever tell you), Chels survived the surgery and rehabbing of her completely rebuilt knee (it was difficult to watch her struggle so hard and not be able to participate in her one true love--sports), a brand new deputy clerk (she's working out great, but is probably going to leave me when her new baby arrives this October), my dear friend's loss of her 24 year old son, and so many other things.  Needless to say, this last year has been both incredibly difficult as well as a terrific and exciting growing experience. I am grateful for my trials.

Hence the complete and total lack of blogging.  Anyhoo, my mother has been bugging the crap out of me to get back in the saddle and get going again; she needs to see what's going on in our lives she says!  Stay tuned...I'm going to give this a try and see if I can rediscover my love of the blog.