MIA

You may have been wondering where I've been lately.....or maybe not, but I'll tell you anyway

The blame for my absence lies in three places:

1. An ambitious plan for homemade Christmas gifts...really, what was I thinking?? Everything got done, for the most part, but I'm really not that great with crafts--I need to remind myself of that more often. It is kind of like IHOP--about once a year I get a craving to eat there and then I eat there and realize that I don't really like it and I stay away for the rest of the year. I always think that I can do crafts, but then I try and remember that I really can't.
2. Primary.....take an already large primary, add in some new ward boundaries, divide off two of the presidency members and a few of the kids and a LOT of the teachers, add in 49 (yes 49) new kids and a lot of chaos (did I mention that only the president and I were left?) factoring in holidays, new teachers being called and trying to plan for the new year and I've barely had time to breathe...
3. My kids. For some reason they think that despite my crazy schedule they still need things like dinner and a ride to karate....being a co-room mom for both of their classes this year was not a helpful factor and this winter has been terrible for their health--sinus infections, the H1N1 flu has hit several of us and we've made a couple of visits to the pulmonologist because of breathing issues.

Luckily Christmas is done (it was great, but I'm happy to have all my projects done), Primary is mostly settled, and we now have a complete presidency so my duties have lessened significantly. My kids are still sick, but Karate is on break for a month and with school out we are enjoying some down time...

So--I'm going to catch up on the last 5 weeks of blogging! (just a warning)