Let's play our favorite game..... Catch Up!

Several people asked me if I'm still blogging.  The answer is.....yes.  I have not given up on blogging entirely, but somehow circumstances the last while have not been conducive to actually doing it.  My record of all the things that have happened during the last few months is quite sketchy, but I'll do a bare-bones summary and then try to do better in coming days.  :-)  Thanks for your patience.