I miss blogging, so I'm going to try to do it more frequently. I've learned that there is no "later", so when I get a minute, I'm going to try to post random thoughts. It will probably be more chaotic and a weird format, but at least it's something.

So, we're planning a family vacation. We have to get back to MN this year for a visit, I think I've mentioned that our entire extended family lives there, and nobody has seen Rayne yet (except her grandparents, who came out here). I want to make it a camping road trip, since we would have to pay for 3 plane tickets this year. So I'm starting to plan it all out - I want to hit as many national parks as possible. Plus, this will force us to start taking short weekend camping trips so we're experts by the time we leave. I'm really excited about this, so I hope it works out. We have to crunch numbers, and make sure D. can get enough time off work, but that's what I want to do.

And, two of my very favorite people in the world are coming for a visit in just over a week! My aunt Roz (the Pagan), and my "aunt" Connie (she was with my afore-mentioned uncle for 13 years before he decided to join the monastery and become a Buddhist monk, instead of just a lay minister). I still consider her my aunt, though. They will be here nearly a week, so I'm very excited. I really have a need for this - quality female companionship. Plus they're both brilliant gardeners (Roz's garden in WI was actually on an official Garden Tour for a magazine), so I'm hoping they will help me get my fairy herb garden going with Beaner. I also have a lovely herb pot, that D. gave me last year, that I want to get planted. I've been putting it off, thinking I'm going to plan it all out and make sure the herbs are all properly coordinated, but at this point, planting *something* will be an improvement.

All for now...