Hi everybody... wow, I feel like I've been on hiatus! Let's see.. since I wrote in last, my college freshman daughter Emily had a head injury in cheerleading practice and ended up in Greenwich Hosp. for a CAT scan. That was pretty scary, but the scan was ok - tho I kept bugging her when she got home, waking her up every two hours and making sure her pupils were even.. yikes.
Then we had to go to a follow up at her own doctor who was less concerned about the head injury (the scan was normal, btw) than the fact that she fainted afterwards. This is the third time this has happened to her and the dr. is quite sure it is due to orthostatic hypotension (I think I've spelled that right) likely brought on by dehydration and being overheated - basically when you get up too fast you get a "head rush" and get dizzy and may fall down. So... now her cheerleading coach isn't sure she can be on the team - and this is her first time being on any athletic team and she's been loving it.. so this is still not figured out..
On the good side of things we had a wonderful visit with my aunt Ann and uncle Jack in Southampton, NY. They have a gorgeous house on the water and everything was so nice, pretty, comfortable and lovely. We haven't visited with them in years and it was so wonderful. We took the ferry back to CT and it was one of those warm sunny days, the Sound was so calm it was very soothing and nice.
And then.. our internet went out...! We have that "triple play" thing with our internet, home phone and TV all through the cable company and this has been the third or fourth time it's gone out - and the longest. It's been ridiculous - plus the fact I get very bad cell reception at home.. ugh.. it's been just awful but "c'est la vie" is my current mantra when things go wrong..
Then I get back to Typepad and EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED!!! arrrggghhhh... I need to update my blog (not to mention everything else.. my poor Etsy shop...) I can't seem to get buttons in my side panel.. But I'm still working on it!
Meanwhile let me just tell you that I am thrilled to be participating in the Joli Paquet Holiday Pretty Little Kits "..a gathering of creative artist friends offering you exclusive seasonal kits and FREE tutorials!" You should definitely go check it out! There are already many beautiful tutorials and decorating ideas. My tutorial will be on December 10th, but kit previews will be this weekend!
I'm also participating in the Angel Paper Doll Swap which will be a lot of fun.. I'll let you know more about this soon! (assuming Comcast Cablevision won't let me down again!!!!)


