I really have disappeared, haven’t I? I’ll try to do a quick catch-up about the happenings of the past couple of weeks (forgive me if I repeat things I’ve mentioned previously).
I had a nasty cold/flu bug that laid me flat for a number of days. The cough and tiredness still hangs on a bit, but on the whole, I feel so much better. But because of being sick for so long, this update will probably be fairly short. After all, it’s hard to do much or have much happen in your life while lying in bed or on the couch. lol
Our local newspaper is going to have me write a regular column on simple living. It’ll be written not just by me as “me”, but by me as the Neighborhood Outreach Director from my church. I’m quite excited about it. 
My computer appeared to die completely, but the guy from Dell was here yesterday and able to get it all up and running with just a few quick repairs/replacements. AND everything was still under warranty. So now I have a good-as-new computer … with no additional expense. Very nice. 
One of my children has been fighting a nasty virus since back around Christmas time. We even ended up at the emergency room a couple of weekends ago because she was so sick. Poor kid. She’s been tested for everything under the sun, but it all came back to just being a virus. The doctor at the hospital said it’s been a really nasty year for viral infections … people have been getting one thing after another after another. The doctors think my daughter just wasn’t recovering fully before she’d get hit by the latest round of whatever was going around so it’s had the appearance of non-stop illness. Anyway, all that to say, she woke up on Wednesday with life in her eyes, color in her cheeks, and a bounce in her step again. Hooray! Honestly, I’d almost forgotten what “healthy” looked like for her.
Well, that’s it for now. I have some ideas for some more posts so I suspect I’ll be here in the Blogosphere more often again.
