"Where are you Girl?"

Okay, Jen, to answer your question... I have been:

-dealing with a computer that decided it no longer liked being connected to the internet, or being turned on at all. we have been working through its issues, and it seems that a few compromises have been made-at least enough for me to actually check my email and respond to a few of them.

-enjoying family in town. first, andrew's parents for a wonderful thanksgiving feast. then my mom and my sister and her two kids for the birth of my darling niece (daughter of my other sister, who luckily lives here!). pictures to come (but i'll just mention now with joy that this was the first time i've been at the birth of a niece. so, one nephew and one niece i've seen come into this world, and hopefully many more to come! it was awesome! and she is gorgeous. did i mention that already?)

-watching the birth of my beautiful niece (which i guess i just mentioned) and intruding into her once quiet home as often as i could find any excuse to snuggle her cuteness. did i mention how adorable she is? do i sound a little baby hungry?

-trying to figure out the ins and outs of Primary, because someone thought i'd have a lot to learn as the secretary. they were right, i do have A LOT to learn. (ie I have no idea what I'm doing, and for some reason, I'm expected to know! advice, anyone??)

-spending a lot of mental energy worrying over getting a christmas letter written and envelopes addressed and all that. with all the time i've spent worrying over how to possibly make this task accomplish itself, i probably could have done it all twice. but somehow it doesn't work that way. if i don't send anyone a card this year, will you still know that i love you, and still send me one anyway? because i really love getting them. (really, really love getting them!) (lots more than i love sending them!)

-i don't really know. stuff. lots of it. all that stuff that life just throws at you, or kids throw at you, or someone throws at you, and then at the end of the day you try to remember what in the world you did all day, but all that throwing has just made your head throb, so you can't really remember anymore. or something like that. but i'm sure you understand!

so, assuming this truce with our computer will last, i'll be posting some pictures of our adventures shortly. but right now i just want to go rest my tired head, okay?

love you.

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