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Wow - My Blog Is Relatively Self Sustaining

Apparently some goofballs check in here even if I have nothing to say.

Some of you might have missed me, while others are probably like "Fee who?"  I can't blame you since I've been incommunicado so long it's a wonder I remembered how to gain access to my own blog.  I promise I'll have something of substance to contribute to the information overload very soon; for now I'll just burden you with my list of excuses for not writing.

1. I thought my kids would NEVER go back to school, what with a snow day two days after winter break ended, and Robey's school's incomprehensible compulsion to give students EVERY. MONDAY. IN. JANUARY. OFF.  It's hard to write or concentrate with kids at home; if you don't believe me, you try it.  I'll send you some.
2. I've been having some work done on our house since mid-December, which has kept me busy inventing games like Endust-and-Pledge Skating to try to stay ahead of the dust.
3. Robey's Bar Mitzvah is less than six months away so my feet are getting closer to the fire.
4. I always start a new year by selling old stuff on eBay, starting this year with a vintage, mint condition Hermes silk scarf my mother gave me years ago (shhh -- don't tell her I'm selling it).
5. I've been helping Cupcake prepare for the spelling bee, studying something like 1800 words from 14 language sources (lederhosen?* gnathonic?* perestroika?)

*Spellcheck wanted leaseholder, spinsterhood, prognathous or pathogenic.  Funny -- these are (supposedly) actual dictionary words.

I'm back.  I think.

Are you back?  Are you sure?  How do you know?

My Own Top 12 List: Some Of My Best Posts (In My Opinion) From 2009

Recapping some of my favorite posts of 2009, because I'm not Dooce and no one else will do it for me

Because I'm all about laziness stealing ideas recycling, I'm copying Melissa's idea (Rock and Drool) which she copied from Scary Mommy, which she probably copied from me since I possibly had this idea first many years ago before there was even such thing as blogging so I'm calling my lawyer:

A List Of My Favorite Posts From 2009
Which Should Carry Exactly As Much Weight As
When The Waitress Confides Her Favorite Menu Items
But It's My Blog So If You Don't Like It Get Your Own Blog

January: My Trip to the Super Bowl, in which I see a halftime show consisting of the finals of the Punt, Pass and Kick competition, and discover that idiots with no sense of humor can be found anywhere

February: What is it about stories that originally starred Julie Andrews that confuses my daughter?, in which Cupcake thinks she recognizes Aretha Franklin

March: Strangers On a Train, in which a disgustingly hirsute stranger ruins my breakfast

April: Bobama, in which I jump on the bandwagon and admire the First Dog

May: Klutziness and Mud Pies, in which I land in the mud

June: First Day of Summer Vacation, in which we sleep late and spend the day relaxing. Or not.

July: Travel Crises, in which I contemplate the advisability of stuffing corks up my kid's nose

August: Bike Riding Without Tears, in which I teach my kid to ride a bike without my having to break a sweat

September: Cell Phones for Kids, in which my kid gets a cell phone that's cooler than mine

October: Halloween Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm, in which the mud lands on me

November: Bar Mitzvah Planning and Save the Date Notices, in which I believe myself very clever

December: Book Exchange, in which I again believe myself quite clever

Wordless (Nearly) Wednesday: Look! I Made A Favicon.

I'm disproportionately proud of myself.  See it up in the address bar?  It'll follow you just about anywhere you roam on my blog.  Here it is:

 

Isn't it just as cute as a button?  Well, actually it is a button.  And it only took me somewhere between ten minutes and four hours to implement, with intermittent breaks for sending whiny notes to TypePad and attending Robespierre's wrestling match.

Now if I could just get that drop down menu to work...