It's Been How Long?

FOREVER.

That it how long it's been since my last post.  Almost a year.  Life with two kids under six is proving to wipe out all free time I may at one time have had.  However, it seems I'm not the only one.  When I finally blew the dust off my laptop and jogged my memory of how to actually log in to this blogging world I've neglected for almost a year I did a little research.  Of the almost 20 blogs from family and friends that I follow only 2 have been updated in the last year!  Most showed posts from 2011 or so.  I'm guessing the fad of blogging is dying or probably more accurately said - is dead.  It's sad.  I used to love signing in and seeing who had posted this week.  Read their stories of their own crazy life and I felt like my crazy wasn't alone.  I felt part of a little army of crazy families doing life and sharing our stories of victories and failures.  We gave each other strength to go through the next day, week, or month.  I usually laughed.  A lot.  It made my insanity look normal.

It's ok.  Don't feel bad if you decide to log in one day months or years from now and see that I'm talking about you.  As I've already stated it's been almost a year since my last post, but hopefully that will change.  I love my little corner of the world where I can unload my thoughts and cute pictures of my kids.  It's fun to go back and read stories of things I've forgotten about and laugh even at myself.

So, you might be wondering, what has happened in the last year?  Too much for one post that is for sure.  We've started the process to do foster care, Aaron took a new job that brought him closer to home, celebrated Thanksgiving & Christmas, Aaron spent some time in Texas with his family as his grandfather passed this February, I had extensive knee surgery in February as well, and I started learning to quilt from my grandmother who also passed this March.  I guess that list makes it a little more clear as to why I've been away from this blog for so long.

But, I'm back.  At least I hope I am.  Let's be honest.  No one reads this blog, but it's mine and love it.  It's my little scrapbook of my life.  You can look through it if you like, and if you do I hope you find it makes your crazy seem a little more like normal.