I was actually in the middle of some family health emergencies that resulted in the kids and I spending almost five weeks with family in California, so I had no idea there were problems with the blog.

It reappeared later, but I couldn’t post anything. I figured I had picked up a virus or something at some point, but didn’t have the time to fix it. Or the money to pay someone else to fix it!

Then a few days ago I decided to check it out again…I still couldn’t post. I would type and type, but no letters appeared in the trusty posting box. I wondered if maybe it was a sign that I just needed to let the blog go. In all my clicking around I accidentally switched browsers- I use a non-standard internet browser- and lo and behold, I could post!

It seems that in a recent upgrade, my browser and my blog became incompatible, and I have been avoiding my blog for about two months for no reason. All I had to do was switch back to Safari.

And here I thought I had all this internet stuff figured out!

He has a bad habit of losing thigs like phones and IDs so I wanted to be sure he knew it was at home and not lost.

So I texted him to let him know that it was here.

When he got home that evening, I told him I’d texted him that he forgot his phone, and did he get the text?

He said he didn’t know, and he asked if I’d checked the message.

Ya’ll, I spent the whole day wondering why he hadn’t acknowledged my TEXT MESSAGE about his FORGOTTEN PHONE.

That’s right, I sent a text message about a forgotten phone to the very forgotten phone I was texting about, and didn’t even realize it until he pointed it out to me.

Sometimes I wonder how it is I can even have a simple little blog without breaking the entire internet.

Just for kicks.

But I had one of those mommy moments at lunch today. I use the “healthy” noodles that are higher in protein and whole grains, and today I made a mac n cheese casserole for the kids.

And grabbed myself half a bowlful to go with my chicken salad I was having. Since it was made with healthy noodles and all.

Totally forgetting that healthy does not translate to gluten free.

And for the first time in four days, I feel full.

And not that nice, satisfied lack of hunger kind of full.

No, I’m talking the bloated, I can feel my stomach sticking out kind of full. Up until now I was actually feeling slimmer throughout my ribcage and stomach, but now I feel like I just have all this overflow hanging out over the top of my jeans.

And it’s not a pleasant feeling.

Mama TaderDoodles tagged me for a memories of 2007 post. However, that would require deep thought and much contemplation, and as I’ve just returned from a long weekend alone with my hubby (no kids!!!), I am exhausted.

I’ll just let you read into that whatever you will.

Anyway, on someone’s blog, and at this point I have no idea whose, I saw a post where you write the first sentence of the first post from each month. So that will be my year-in-review.

That’s right, if you’re looking for deep insights, lessons learned and lofty aspirations, you’ve come to the wrong blog.

Lazy cut-and-pasting?

Read on, my friend.

January

I’ve had a few questions about why I had a baby attached to me for five hours straight on Christmas Eve.

February

It is a sad fact of my life today that if I am not at home (and I usually am) then I am at Target.

March

Dora-Let my people go!

April

It seems my life has become one big paper trail.

May

We had some terrible, terrible news today.

June

So today Isaac was watching “Future Weapons” on the Discovery Channel.

July

I can’t even begin to tell you all how much you have encouraged me over the past weeks as my husband has been deployed.

August

Today we are potty training Luke.

September

So my break is over and here is some of the excitement of our day today…

October

We had a day full of errands and are almost ready to go tomorrow.

November

And no, I don’t mean for the year.

December

If you get a wireless internet connection, your husband will want you to make it secure.

If you decide to do the same, leave a comment and I’ll come see! And if I stole this from you, please don’t hate me.

When you finally get around to it, it will probably be midnight.

You’ll want some hot chocolate to give you strength.

With all your chocolate induced strength, you’ll probably visit the Microsoft page.

If you read the Microsoft page at midnight you will get very confused.

You’ll want some more hot chocolate to make you feel better.

After you’ve made more hot chocolate you’ll visit many more web pages.

After visiting many more web pages, you’ll remember that your new modem has a user’s manual.

You’ll read the user’s manual.

You’ll probably want some more hot chocolate to go with it.

The user’s manual will direct you to the online settings.

You’ll go online to change your settings and accidentally lock yourself out of your own network.

You’ll try to change your settings only to realize that they’re online, and you have locked yourself out of your network.

You’ll probably curse and cry and get some more hot chocolate.

You might try to use someone else’s unsecured network.

Then you’ll use the reset button on the modem.

You’ll probably lock yourself out of your network and have to reset the modem two or three more times.

And chances are, if you make your wireless network secure, you’re going to need some hot chocolate so you can blog about it.