I am sorry, I am know I am not sticking to my original agreement with myself to blog more frequently. Fortunately this week I do have a legitimate excuse, I have been sick. It started Sunday evening, but I took a Clariten and went to bed. The weather around here has fluctuated so much, that allergies was the most logical culprit. On Monday it got progressively worse, I had sinus pressure, a headache, my ears itched, my throat hurt, I had the chills, my joints ached and the coughing would not stop. I medicated myself to treat every symptom I had, with no significant relief. I ended up coming home from work on Tuesday and staying home for 2 days. According to my stand in PA, I had what everybody else in the city of Wichita has, a sinus infection. Take two pills a day and get as much sleep as I can. Today I feel significantly better, but the cough still hangs on.

Now that that is out of the way, let's back track a little. I got a phone call over the weekend from some family members who were a little concerned after they read my blog. They felt I was a little down, so I promised to try to put happier thoughts into my blog. So here it goes.

Sunni and I scrap booked for approximately 12 hours on Saturday. Neither one of us were as productive as were usually are, but we had good food and great fellowship. We decided to bring in dinner rather than order from the local Pizza Hut, which is about the only choice in BP where we scrap. What I discovered while scrap booking this weekend is that I really enjoy doing it. Not only for the relaxation it brings me, but for the insight it allows me. In general, I am not a very good story teller. I forget details, remembering them 1/2 way through the story when my audience is staring at my with looks of blank confusion, than jump back to tell details that I should have told ya the beginning. (which is the beauty of the blog, cause I can edit myself). But with scrap booking, I can tell the story my way, from my perspective and if I forget a detail I just rearrange pages until I get it right. But the greatest benefit I have discovered is that it forces me to see people in a different light. For example, I am currently working on an album for my family, and to get what I want out of this book, I have had to re examine each member of my family and how they have changed over the years. It is one of the situations where you are in the thick of it everyday, changing and growing right along with them and you don't realize the magnitude of the changes. It has been an amazing experience for me and I am thankful everyday for all the wonderful people in my life.

Oh and one last thing, we leave for vacation in ONE WEEK! I am going to lay on the beach with an umbrella drink in one hand and a book in the other and enjoy the sunshine.