Soooooooo behind on this blog!

Ok wow.....I did not truly realize that the last time I updated this blog was BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!! What the heck? Well now that I am laid up in bed sick with some crazy viral something or other, and have been running fever for over two days now (tapering off some today, hoping it will break completely here soon).....I decided to grab the laptop and sit here and catch this thing up!!! May not be as detailed as I usually do, but here goes......