I've been away an awful lot

As a result of being away so much I have been neglecting my poor blog. I went down to Medford for my uncle Jim's wedding and then I went back the next weekend for my cousin Carla's visit. Jim was something of a woman hater so it was a shock that he fell in love and wanted to be married again... I couldn't miss that, could I? Carla hasn't been here since August 2002 and had never met my kids, and in the time since I saw her last she has been married and pregnant, now she has a husband, 2 step daughters and a baby girl I was dying to meet so I HAD to go back again. Of course, I couldn't drop in and go so I stayed a whole week. It was wonderful and tiring and I loved it.
I barely seem to find the time to get online anymore and I really should since it's an integral part of my crochet business. Getting THAT off the ground has been proving harder than I thought. Sigh. I'll persevere and who knows, maybe something good will happen.
While I was away for the week, Mike hired his nieces to clean the house before I got home. It was AWESOME!! He found a tall shelf for the towels in the bathroom and a nightstand for my side of the bed (both of which are things I've been trying to get for a while) so I was really pleased to come home. Guys who might possibly be reading my blog- this is a GREAT surprise gift. Keep it in mind, file it away in your mental records under Things I Can Do To Gain Points.
All of this business seems to involve other people. That doesn't seem like a bad thing, but I have hermitous tendencies and living so far away from family and not having many friends allows me to revert a bit. I get nervous. As a result, I talk about myself in glowing terms for a greatly extended period of time. I irritate the crap out of myself but I can't seem to stop. It's horrible. I can only hope that the people who already know me well understand what's going on and forgive me, and that the people I have only recently met or have budding friendships with will tolerate me til I am comfortable enough to quit being a jackass.