A Blog is a Funny Thing

I think this entry marks my return to blogging although I'm not sure I can make any promises as to how often I’ll be writing, I sort of dropped the ball when I was blogging from Australia and New Zealand although it wasn’t intentional. I had meant to write much more frequently while we were abroad but to be perfectly honest I found myself so exhausted at the end of each day that I could not summon the energy needed to write interesting and coherent posts. Might I be forgiven?

After spending the most amazing six months of our lives, we returned to the US in June to a bittersweet homecoming. My beloved grandmother whom long time readers will know was a huge influence in my life and a frequent subject on the blog became gravely ill while we were gone and passed away the week before we returned. I cannot begin to describe the enormous loss and sadness I feel nor will I even try, my pain is not the only pain suffered for a lost loved one nor will it be the last and so to lament endlessly here on the blog is letting too much of my personal life hang out and this just isn’t the forum for that. I will miss her terribly but I was lucky to have her with me for as long as I did.

So here we are back from the trip and living in upstate NY. We’re settling back into our lives and adjusting rather well to the new lifestyle. We’ve been very busy with unpacking the house which we never got a chance to do before we left and in turn busy with getting the house ready for the coming winter. I cannot wait for winter this year. Among the many, many things I discovered about myself on the trip was the realization that for me, as much as I tire of the snow and cold right about mid-January I do need some cold and snow in my life. I don’t ever want to spend another Christmas and New Year in 45 degree Celsius temps again (113 degrees Fahrenheit) if I can help it!

The little girl is thriving and not a day goes by that I don’t marvel at how lucky we are that she is in our lives and in turn, not a day goes by where she doesn’t make my blood pressure climb so high that I think my head is going to pop off. I swear I can sometimes see the smoke coming out of my ears, the joys of parenting I quess. Anyway, she is growing by leaps and bounds and in a few months will be three years old; where that time has gone I have no idea.

So my friends, I’m looking forward to blogging again but with a few modifications. For the time being I cannot change that the comments are broken, as much as I miss having them I don’t miss the spam, nor do I have the free time like I used to-to figure out how to fix them or the time to learn how to upgrade the software. Broken comments and the software I use for this blog are going to remain like this for a while longer I’m afraid. Regrettably, I also won’t be able to answer every single email the way that I used to either. That’s not to say that I don’t love the emails because I do, its just that sometimes the amount of email I get can be overwhelming and while I wish I could answer every single one there will be times due to sheer volume that I cannot get to all of them.

I can promise more cooking posts, particularly more cooking posts of more challenging recipes, for me the fun has always been about pushing the limits in the kitchen and since a lot of my cooking is now done with an almost three year old and a dachshund (more on him in another post) underfoot the operative word here is definitely challenging. Oh yes, and before I forget, there will be more Lost Soles posts too!

ETA:That last bit I wrote seemed a bit harsh and wasn't meant to imply that I would not answer emails ever again. It is just to say that there may be times when I don't get to all of them, but I will certainly try.

Written by Deb on October 22, 2006 12:02 AM