yes, i'm still alive!

well, i truly never intended to be gone from the blog this long.  nothing is wrong...for those of you who have inquired...  i've just been, ummm...nesting, i suppose is as good a word as any. 

it's been almost 2 years since k and i have been a family of 2.  we've been up and down and all around in this new life figuring it out as we go along...struggling some days, laughing our heads off on others, becoming a team, figuring out our roles, our boundaries (her), our patience (me), and a million other little things, daily.

i've been dating.  and i do not recommend it.  it pretty much sucks.  bad.  but, i've met some interesting characters along the way...even a couple i wish were still around...but aren't for one reason or another.  nobody's fault, really, we're just all grown ups with lives and pasts and children and and and, and it's hard...letting someone new in.  but i know it's so totally worth it.  i want someone to know me.  really know me.

and love me anyway.

so i continue.  i continue to open myself up, to be vulnerable, to trust.  i want to learn this lesson and learn it well.  i want my happily ever after.  i do.

but enough of that.  back to nesting.  and blogging. 

i feel like i am in a place where i am ok with me personally....i mean, i'm still dating, but i'm truly ok alone too....and it's time to turn my attention to my work.  the work i was put here to do. 

i want to take my art, my writing, my new-found love of teaching art, my home, my garden, cooking, organizing...and figure out how to use these things, my talents, my gifts, and this space to segue' my life into a life i love...in short, i'm ready to get out of survival mode over here!

and i don't know exactly how this is going to happen...but i feel like it's coming...change is in the air...:~)

and i am so open to suggestions, ideas, brain storms, what's worked for you, what didn't...leave me a comment or shoot me an e-mail...would love to hear your thoughts!

and i promise...i'm back...:~)