Disappearing act

Ta-da! How'd you like my sideshow attraction? The blogger who disappears when life gets hard?

Sad thing is I didn't even realize it's been a whole two months since I last wrote, nor did I care.

I just read my last post - well, the one that I was writing on November 7th and didn't publish - and now I can clearly see why I disappeared. I was in the midst of reading Eat, Pray, Love so of course I was analyzing my own life a bit; I had just taken on a new weekend job doing something I've always wanted to do - photography; and the holidays were approaching. Fast. I just had to drop a ball and blogging was it.

The holidays were good to us. The "extra" income really wasn't so extra after all. And we had the lowest budget for the kids in many, many years. That being said, they are happy and so are we. I received a new perfume (it's been years since I bought any) and I got my husband a new coffee mug with his beautiful daughter on it. It outshines the old mugs of the boys, but that's to be expected. She's the princess of the family!

Speaking of the Princess, she totally enjoyed Christmas and the days leading up to it. She probably thinks we'll be having another one in a few days. I've tried to cut back on the Christmas stories and songs at bedtime, but they have become her favorites. With the tree up and holiday shows still playing on the TiVo, the concept that Christmas is only for one day is a hard one to digest! She has really picked up on her words and "Santa" is one of her clearest. :)  She makes me so happy and in love with her every single day. We're completely blessed with our little girl.

So what's the outlook for 2011? New visions? New adventures? Continued successes and blessings? Above all else I hope it includes good health for our immediate and extended families.

May you and yours have a wonderful New Year. :)  See you around in 2011!