New Record of Not Blogging

Yeah. It's been a while.

Everything after Thanksgiving was pretty much a blur, thanks to the following:

--getting ready for the DC Sunstone Symposium January 30-31
--realizing I'm behind on Sunstone West
--going to Texas for a week of house painting/indoor camping
--getting home in time for the Christmas rush of concerts, family events, and Sunday evening shopping (not at all crowded!)
--a very white Christmas
--Christmas Eve dinner at the megaplex food court & a showing of Seven Pounds
--Late services at the Episcopal church next door after the movie
--cleaning and prepping for a week with the two youngest step kids
--my laptop crapping out again and no tech guy available until January 5
--another trip to Idaho Falls to hang out with Grandma Sue and all the in-laws
--a thermostat that broke the night we left for Idaho and kept the house a sultry 96 degrees the whole time we were gone
--Jackie leaving her ID in the Crown Burger restroom and having to rush back from the airport to retrieve it and barely making the flight to STL

The fun stuff:

--Sleeping in Christmas Day
--Our memory foam mattress topper--delicious sleep
--Making German pancakes for an appreciative crowd on New Year's Day
--Jackie & Jessica getting me Becoming Jane for Christmas
--Cosby knocking over the Christmas tree and chewing up one of the ornaments
--Belatedly celebrating Jessica's 16th birthday at Red Robin
--Jackie stopping to listen instead of texting while Grandma Sue was telling a story
--Jessica being talkative and fun and having a great time with the kitties
--Our comic book character movie marathon that wasn't really a marathon (one movie each night instead of all three on NYE)
--Picking genres and movies for the marathon via mass voting by cell phone

And between the time I started this post and finishing it, I got my all-better laptop back from the tech guy. Maybe I'll get all crazy and set up my office rather than laptopping on the dining room table.