The drought ends...

OK, OK. I'm back.

No particular reason for the long blog-hiatus (blogatus?), yet a million little ones. I was on vacation. Work has started blocking websites, and I wasn't sure if I could get to blogger from there (still unsure). I was on vacation. I didn't feel like it. None of them were particularly GOOD reasons, but there you are!

And, of course, the biggest reason is that I've been crazy-buzy, but in a good way. David and I are officially engaged! Yay!!!!

And, no, we have no date set. We don't even have a date in MIND! Why, you ask?

Well, here's what we've done since getting engaged: Painted his dining room, stripped walpaper in his kids' bathroom. Destroyed the walls when said wallpaper came off (people who paper w/o painting should be shot). Patched the walls. Primed the walls. Patched the walls some more. Sanded. And sanded. And sanded. Painted. Painted trim. Painted ceilings. Got professionals to deal with the wallpaper in HIS bathroom. Packed, cleaned, stored, and so on.

Oh, and we also took a vacation with all 5 kids AND the dog.

AND took his eldest off to college!

So, yeah, we've had some other things on our minds. But I promise, there WILL be a date at somepoint. Honest.

And my life is significantly crazier now than it was: At the moment, in my house, there are:

2 adults
1 nearly-16-year old (asleep)
2 11 year olds, both boys. Egad.
1 nearly-9-year-old (nearly NINE! How'd my baby get to be NINE!)
2 cats (who went to the vet yesterday and are both pushing 14 pounds)
1 dog
1 mouse (pet, not pest)

It's crazy, it's crowded, there are times when it's stressful...

But I wouldn't change a thing. I love them all (even the mouse), and I'm glad they're in my life AND in my house.

Now, if I can just keep blogger in my life again!