So it’s been a little while since I’ve blogged, I know.  But holy cow, they’ve totally changed the place (the WordPress folks, that is) on me here!!  Man, this is like coming home from vacation to find that someone has replaced all your furniture with totally different stuff and put it all in different places, too.  LOL

Anyway, I’ve been heads down working on holiday gifts…  pretty much everyone is getting handmade stuff this year.  I’m really only buying a few items here & there for the kids, my boys and my nieces.  Every spare moment I’ve had has been either knitting or crocheting on a project – too many to have listed here!!  Besides, I don’t want to post everyone’s gifts, just in case the fam actually remembers my blog & reads it.  ROFL!

But…  here is a shot of the first doily I’ve ever knit!

Last night I took Leonardo out for a run after dinner.  It’s been a little while since I’ve run & I am horribly out of shape still.  Of course, it started raining about 3 minutes into it!!  Yeesh.   Since I’m still recovering from a nasty cold/bronchitis/laryngitis, I kept it short & sweet.  Just enough to work up a bit of a sweat & breath heavy anyway.  LOL

We ran down to visit with my young man-lets – they were volunteering with their grandfather at the Kiwanis Club’s tree lot.  Naturally, Dad had to give me hell for running in the rain while I’m sick.  *snerk*  But hey, I knew it was coming & I still stopped by to visit.  ;)

This morning, I knocked out a Tae Bo workout with some added pushups.  It’s time to reclaim my fitness!!  Logged into Spark People for the first time in almost a year today, too.  I am determined.  It’s been one of the most stressful years, way too much work and personal events to focus on MY health.  Time to get back to my usual self, though.