Remember when I said I was going to start blogging again and then there was radio-silence and crickets for two months? Hahahahahahahahaha ... yeah. It wasn't for any terrible reason -- it was just because I've kept busy doing various things and blogging fell kind of low on the priority list. The primary task I've been concentrating on this summer has been mundane but time-consuming -- I'm slowly repairing and repainting and reorganizing our home after 14 years of five peo