Wow ~ It's Been A While...

i'm so sorry about the down time, but we were having some problems with our satellite internet connection, and you KNOW how infuriating it can be to compose some nice long post and then lose it when the connection goes out. Anyway, i just wanted to apologize to y'all, and let you know that i'm back in the saddle, again, and will be trying to catch y'all up with the goings-on!