I'm baaaackkkk....

Hello bouys and gulls!

After a considerable time away, I am returning to my blog. I know you're excited, too. I finally broke down and decided to pay to get internet. I have had it for a few weeks now, and I am still not used to it.

Sailing season has begun! I am all out of classes to take and still not up to taking a boat out on my own, so I am going to really try to take advantage of the club sails and hopefully, Bill will ask me to skipper a couple times.

Every day that I walk out my front door, I am greeted by purple and/or yellow pansies, daffodils, and hyacinth. And guess what? The lilac has started to bloom! It took quite a beating from the crazy snow (just several weeks ago - can you believe it?), but is rallying. I remember in Maine that when you walk outside the smell of lilac was so pungent it could knock you out. Thanks to my parents, the house is so much better than when I left off in the summer. (Hi, Mom!) I am really enjoying having a yard. I planted a bunch of seeds in little pots inside, and they are all coming up - sometime in the next few weeks my dad is going to make a couple of little raised beds, and I will plant them! Let me know if you want some heirloom tomatoes! I also started a compost pile - I just dumped a bunch of stuff in there tonight - I am worried it is going to attract rodents before it is going to fertilize my lawn. Any tips, blogoshere?

I think I need to join EA - exclamation points anonymous. !

Did I tell you I am in training for a half marathon? A friend convinced me to go to the Hoover Dam half marathon with her - she is doing the full marathon. It isn't until Oct 30 - so I have plenty of time, but I have been nursing some low level foot issue for the last three weeks. It doesn't really hurt or anything, but I just don't want it to get bad. Also, I am excited to be meeting Mel in CT in a month for a 5.5 mi race - hope my foot is feeling better by then.

OK, I think that is a good intro back into my blog. Congrats to all my friends that have given birth in the last several months - Kirsten, Chris, and new Oliver; Sam, Jason, and little Griffin; and congrats, too, to Molly and Andy - can't wait to meet the little one! I also have 2 weddings, a shower, and 2 graduations parties in the next couple of months. Sheesh!

Take care, my friends.