Well, here I am wishing that I had some brilliant excuse for my lack of blogging. You know, I've been so busy playing in the yard with the kids, or learning to swim, or taking up the decathalon...something like that.

Alas, I have just been packing and unpacking boxes to make way for our (cue trumpet fanfare) NEW CARPET!!! Hurray for my dear hubby who has a job and works  hard at it so we can do things to our house.  My feet are appreciating the lack of painted concrete in our basement now.

But on other blog news:  I am starting up a new blog. Slowly but surely. My intention is to double post for awhile. Whatever I post here I will post there.  Check it out. It looks really pretty: Ta-Da.  I'm in no way totally done over here, and am not shutting off this blog. I just like playing with the formats over there. Anyhow, if you want to add that page to your favourites instead of this one  you will find me easily (I am on your favourites right?)

The real reason I want a blogspot blog is so that when Mike and Jess and Jer  and Joy and Kris leave comments I get to see their picture beside their words. That's it. :-) Love those Avatars!

So, I will try to be more blogworthy in the coming days.  My kids have said some funny things so I'll likely start there. Wait until you hear our conversation about marriage. Laurie, I think you'll approve.

And one more thing (don't you love all this linklove today?)  I just giggled with a feeling of "I'm included" whilst looking at the slideshow on this blog.  They like me. They really like me.

Now stop reading blogs and go outside and become a decathalete. That's what *I'm* going to do.