And I'm back...

I really enjoyed my time off but I can't exactly say I took it easy. Here are just a few of the things I've been up to:

• took three trips, which had me spanning three states and taking Lucy on five different flights - it wears me out just remembering that!
• spent hours upon hours on the big house project we are planning that is threatening to take over our lives. If you are my pinterest friend, you might already have an inkling as to what that is, if not, well, you should be my friend! (but if pinterest isn't your thing, just wait a few days and all will be revealed 
• read enough books to finish my historical fiction challenge and still maintain a pretty good fiction/non-fiction ratio.
• threw a party which made babies on the other side of the world happy 
• finally found a way to make the homemakers journal work for me - and boy am I keeping it busy now

So after my month off, I still feel like I need a nap, but at least I have things to write about. And I'm exciting to start writing...but first, I have to unpack some suitcases and catch up on laundry. Some things never change :-)