Constant Commentary

Instead of blogging, I have been................. working working working!  Things are busy in crisis-land these days!  (and so much of my job is writing, the LAST thing I want to do on my downtime is write some more!) hiking a little --very little-- running getting a kitten (who is right now adorably distracting me by playing with a piece of fuzz) celebrating a kid turning 20! teaching the other kid to cook learning new recipes turning a coffee table into an ottoman--- still a work in progress playing with my camera and Lightroom watching football on TV ...and in real life, GO MAINE! reading dabbling in Scrapbooking  planning our next vacation researching places to live when we move in a few years!  (Right now Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Texas, South Carolina, and Richmond, VA are the top contenders) sleeping til noon (Hey... it's genetic!  I can remember staying with with my Nana and Grampy and waiting... and waiting... a...

While the view from my window today is still bleak, Spring is definitely knocking on the door! Holy crap, I haven't been a very regular blogger!  Hate that! I am going to take the chicken-shit way out here and blame my blog-slacking on my "WINTER BLUES."  I wouldn't say I have seasonal-affective disorder, but I would say I am about as close to saying that as I can be. Wintertime is tough.  I spend a LOT of time (which also seems to always translate to a lot of money) trying to find ways to cheer myself up and feel like there is reason to jump out of my warm, cozy bed into my frigid apartment every morning.  This years 'cheeruppers' included a personal trainer, a fishtank, talk of another puppy (not happening), lots of indoor building projects, and not one, but TWO trips to Mexico.  ....and quite a few extra work shifts picked up to afford them all ;-) I am very grateful for a partner who is so supportive and more-than-willing to join me in...