So nine years have passed.......

I am so incredibly bad at blogging !! When last I wrote a post, it was 2011.  None of the five kids were married -- now three of them are and I am a grandmother twice over even though we still have two at home (sort of... #4 is in college!).  I'm still working as a lawyer, still crafting and making objects out of yarn and paper, still gardening, still volunteering.  This is WHY I am so bad at blogging -- time is never my friend.

Except we have just moved into "yellow" in Montgomery County, PA from the pandemic that has rocked the World, COVID -- 19, so I decided to take a few minutes and reflect on the last nine years (very briefly since I have a bunch of work to do). I still find that making time for creativity is crucial to my well-being.  Thankfully, two knee replacements later (August 2018 and June 2019), I am no longer in constant and excessive pain.  Right before everything got shut down, I was back in karate and back in the pool.  Now that my county is moving back toward humanity, I have already been back in the pool and cannot WAIT to be back in the dojo.  Now that I am not required to work from home (lawyers were "non-essential" personnel but we still had work to do), I have re-transformed my home craft room BACK to a craft room from the office it became in March of 2020.

Meanwhile, our family has grown considerably with the addition of the three "in-law kids", two grandsons, our own two fabulous rescue dogs and four "grandpuppies". There have been some pretty overwhelming life moments as my oldest daughter was diagnosed with and survived cancer (four years now).  As I type this, my youngest, who was 3 when I last wrote, is heading to high school.  I'm not sure whether that will make me have more time or less.  But stay tuned... I am going to TRY and blog better (I've made that promise before.....)...