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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Emerging from the Tunnel


Well, it appears I haven't blogged in awhile. (No, duh! You say.) I haven't been staying away from my little home on the World Wide Web on purpose, it just sort of...happened. In my defense, though, I've gotten a lot of things done in the meantime! For example, since I last blogged:

  • I have been on 10 airplanes. I think.
  • I have set foot in 11 states. I think.
  • Spike and I drove a moving truck from North Carolina to Kansas, towing my car behind.
  • I sold my first home, a townhouse in NC.
  • I have finally been able to furnish and decorate this house!
  • Spike and I saw our families and many of our dearest friends.
  • We also took a short belated honeymoon to Las Vegas.
  • I chopped six inches or so off of my hair.
  • I met my four-month-old nephew for the first time.
  • I experienced my first White Christmas.
  • I made my first Kansas friend.
  • I attended my first Army "Spouses' Coffee."

Yeah, I suppose we all had to deal with some amount of holiday travel and such. The real holdup here has been the house: I found myself simply incapable of doing anything fun (e.g. reading, blogging, walking, biking) until it was settled to my satisfaction. And that took a lot longer than anticipated after hauling my things here from NC, probably because I've worked during the days and been gone most weekends. We're pretty much out of the cardboard-box-and-unassembled-furniture woods now, though I have pretty much given the bedroom up as a lost cause. It just exists. It might never look inviting. Oh well! 

So, my New Year's Resolution (the only one I will make as I am something of a Resolution Grinch) is not to stay away again for so long. And also to produce posts more interesting than this one!

8 comments:

  1. Glad your back:) YAY for getting a lot accomplished!

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  2. Thanks! I write all day long for my job...I forgot how nice it feels to write for ME, even if it was just a bullet list of some things that have kept me busy.

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  3. So glad you're back! Happy New Year!

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  4. The comments are unanimous...you're here! Welcome back. Happy New Year!

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  5. Welcome back! What did you think of your first coffee?

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  6. HOLY COW! You have been busy!! I was seriously worried that you disappeared from the Blogging world all together. Congratulations on selling the house in this economy. So happy to have you back!

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  7. Wow you've been busy! Glad you're back though! Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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  8. Sounds just like me! I haven't been around a lot because of morning sickness and I, too, can't do anything or concentrate unless the house is tidy and organized! I'm glad you are settling in and made a friend!!! Looking forward to reading more chica! Good job on the spouses coffee, at least you tried!

    xoxo

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