Where to start....what started as a day away from blogging has turned into months. I have tried and somewhat failed at keeping up with emails. But, I am back with bells on. On a serious note, thank you to all of my blog buddies for their bloglove and understanding.
One of the reasons I took a break is not my business to tell publicly, but for those who know (through emails and calls) my very ill family members are doing much better!
Here is a list of some of things that I have been up to since my last post:
Decided to move to Italy
Changed my mind and decided to stay here
Decided to move to England
Somewhat decided to stay here
Decided to move to the country and have chickens and alpacas
Still trying to talk myself out of that one
Took Bentley and Jeff to the mountains
Okay Jeff took us
Learned more about Geometry than any 40 year old woman should have to
Painted some of my aunt's house
Got fired from painting (by hubby)
Decided he was just being sweet to say that I should not work that hard
Learned that paint is pretty hard to get out of curly hair
Managed to buy some great Alicia Paulson patterns
Managed to "not" be able to work on a one of them YET
I have not won the lottery
I have figured out how to use my DVR
Lived through no air conditioning on the top floor of my home for a few days
Got that fixed pretty quick
Survived a broken dishwasher
Got that fixed pretty quick too!
Had part of my roof blown off
Had that repaired
Repeat the last two lines again
Had it happen a third time
Waiting on insurance to get the whole thing replaced
Put braces on boy #2
Preparing to send boy #1 to camp (can you say sad mama)
Got addicted to Real Housewives of New Jersey
Started collecting old dishes and linens (so far only family pieces and a friends family)
Decided that is an upcoming blog post
Made reservations for the happiest place on earth for Bentley and myself
Was convinced the children and hubby really should get to go to
Discovered British TV mysteries and comedies
and Wallander (not set in England, but a great one)
Okay, that could go on forever and I will not bore you anymore.
For those who really only care about The B-Man he has been having a great time! I have been taking care of him, I promise! Here are a few photos just to prove it!
He received two gorgeous Valentine's Day Cards from his Louisiana friends, Jasmine, Jay and Eli! He LOVED them. He has asked me to send a goodie package to their mom, so I will do that soon!
Here he is totally rubbing his mail in YaYa's face.
Forced us to have family game night with him.
Traveled with DorisDay (more to come on that)
Two monkees showing their true colors, because I got the goodie and they did not, thank you so much Kai!
Happy (late) 17th Anniversary to my man! I love you!
I can't wait to get back in the blog grove with everyone! I will be around to visit soon! This is pretty sad for a return post but, I am leaving for a week, so I will see you after the 4th. I should be able to check email though. Is anyone doing the twitter thing? I am not sure how I feel about that one, comments about it would be great!
Love ya all!
PS Mama you were right! It felt good to be back!
Welcome back Leigh - I missed you (and Bentley of course)!
Posted by: CurlyPops | June 27, 2009 at 03:18 AM
I cannot tell you how happy I was to look at my blogroll and see you just posted.. I was growing more concerned every time I looked at my blog roll and saw another month had passed since you posted. It was so refreshing to see your humor again ;-) Glad the family is well, and all the rest of you too! Wonderful to see you back! Missed you!!
Posted by: Courtney Short-Prudhomme | June 27, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Hurrah, so good to read your blog post. Have a great week off, but don't forget to come back. We've all missed you. You know the England thing, there's always space here :)
Posted by: scarletti | June 28, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Helloooo! Good to see you back in blogland.
Alpacas and chickens in the country sound good to me - especially if they're here in England :)
xxx
Posted by: Lesley | July 01, 2009 at 05:17 AM
Welcome back Leigh!
Posted by: laura | July 01, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Hello, glad to see you back to blogging.. It is a shame you decided not to move to England, we could have been neighbours.
Sarah x
Posted by: Sarah Walley | July 05, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Wow, and Welcome Back!! I had to take a breath after reading that enormous list of events. Well I am glad that things are on the mend in the health arena - good luck while you're away!
Posted by: Jenaveve | July 07, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Welcome back, Leigh! You have been missed so much! Thank you for your visit on my blog! It made me happy, I can tell you!
So many things you deceded to do!
Moving to Italy or England! But you changed your mind, and will stay in the US. You could consider to move to Norway? haha.... No, I'm joking.
I understand you cannot, of course.
Congrate to your 17. anniversary!
And it was good to read that your family members are doing better.
I wish you all good!
Hugs and love. brit.
Posted by: Brit | July 08, 2009 at 05:18 AM
i missed you:)
Posted by: Zelia | July 09, 2009 at 09:02 AM