Excuses, Excuses

I know it's been forever since my last post. I have all sorts of reasons for my absence, none of them very convincing, since I have still been on the computer multiple times every single day since I posted. I could blame my never-decreasing pile of wooden letters, my husband who does not like this letter one little bit and would like his wife back one of these days, my children who can trash the house much more quickly than a team of professionals could clean it, or a newly mobile baby, or, or, or.

But seriously, the reason I haven't blogged is because I never seem to have anything substantial to say. At least nothing that would take longer than a sentence to report. It seems I'm constantly storing up little tidbits in my head, thinking "that would make a great blog!" but then I think, well, I'll wait a little longer until I have more to say than *just that*, and by the time I think of it again (okay, IF I think of it again) it's old news, or boring news, or something more exciting has happened, or I just plain don't remember how the story went in the first place. Like, this morning, Wesley came downstairs like the dutiful firstborn rule-follower he is, and, referring to our new list of House Rules, he knew that there would be a Punishment for taking food without asking. So he asks me if he could have some cereal. I said no because Dad would be up soon and we'd probably go out for breakfast. And he said, "Well...see, I accidentally poured a bowl of cereal for myself..." See, there really isn't enough substance there to take up an entire blog...at least not one that anyone would read!

BUT, if I posted every day, then I could write short little blurbs and include all things substantial and unsubstantial, and you all could have the enormous pleasure of tapping into my stream of consciousness and witnessing how truly fascinating (ha ha) my life is on a day-to-day basis. So, if there is anyone left who reads this blog (I'm thinking Shannon because you get alerts when I blog and Cheryl because you are just so faithful), get ready to see a lot more posts! And pictures, too.