Where have we been?

So, it has been a long time since our last post. What could have happened to them, you wonder (if there is anyone left to wonder at all)? Well, in order of delay, the causes are: children, company bankruptcy, children, trip to San Francisco, children, family holiday things, children, . . . oh, did I mention children? I know, you are saying to yourself, how bad can those kids really be? I mean, they only have three, right? How hard is that? Let me just explain that the following picture represents exactly 25 minutes of being left alone without adult supervision, and finding, by stroke of great luck, the food storage closet that has wonderfully climeable shelves.


Now think of the damage that can be done to a top heavy christmas tree (toppled three times minimum), or, say, white living room carpet when blue pen is so readily available to those who climb with ease? Add in a bevy of cousins that help us play with lots of toys, and a girl who is true gypsy at heart (i.e. carrying every possession she owns into first one room, then another, leaving little bits --or rather, large piles-- of stuff wherever she goes), and Dad ends up too busy to write anything.

So there you go. But on the bright side of things, I am going to try to make up for it all in the next couple of days, so here's hoping we can keep disaster at bay for a bit.