I’m here

Sorry.

I didn't mean to drop off the face of blogland. It happened gradually.

Chris took longer to "return to normal" than we anticipated (but he's got a clean bill of health after all the testing..it's all good)

then i typed up a grateful post on nov. 30th and never finished it.

then there were those lovely holidays and all the fluff that goes along with them. and it was great fluff. truly. but it left me behind the eight ball a bit.

then photoshop decided to quit working. after a week of back and forth with adobe support, it appears that it's a vista v. photoshop issue. so now i have to buy either the upgrade for photoshop or the upgrade to win 7. sigh. that wasn't exactly in the budget this month.

so now i can't edit photos, make scrapbook pages…and consequently, i haven't posted to the blog. but i'm working on it. i installed the free trial of lightroom in the hopes of being able to edit pics soon (big learning curve first) and i will resolve the photoshop issue as well because i'm going a little stir crazy not being able to create.

for now, know that we are all alive and well.

zoe is growing out of clothes and shoes (a rarity for her) and we are baffled as she still eats next to nothing.

tori is getting very excited for her upcoming performances of annie jr. at the end of the month. lots of rehearsals. swim team's winter swim starts this weekend as well. her other favorite activity.

connor is wrestling, writing a research paper, figuring out his course schedule for high school next year, working on his solo for solo/ensemble next month (or rather he NEEDS to be working on his solo more), doing the scouting thing (prep hikes for philmont, meetings, camp outs) and generally being the busiest person in the family.

chris is working hard, feeling good and looking forward to a good year with his company. he too has philmont prep, scout campouts and has taken on a new volunteer job with our youth council at church. the travel schedule is starting to pick up again as well.

and i'm doing POTD this year (that is 'picture of the day') and taking pictures every single day. i missed one day, but took 2 the following day. interestingly, i've only taken one photo of a person so far. i'm sure that will change but i find shooting things right now to be a little less intimidating. i hope to be able to add a link on the sidebar of the blog to my flickr account once i'm back up and running with editing software. i've started a new bible study, a new yoga session and i want to walk 1000 miles this year. my girlfriend did that and then made a page about it and i thought the idea was brilliant. i need to move more and this is a good way to start….so that's the plan. i need to get the treadmill up and running (we have non functioning outlets in our basement) and have a go. i'm still struggling with being tired, COLD and run down but i'm slowly working to correct that. this year is the year to get myself balanced.

so, thanks for asking about the blog, begging me to post on the blog, etc. i will post pics as soon as i am  able.

love!