Blogging absence

I have been away from blogging for a while.  It's not because I no longer wish to write.  Quite the contrary.  I have so many thoughts and opinions and stories floating in my head that need to be set free.  On my To Do List, I have "Blog Freedom Fair" and "Blog Chelan Trip".  I want to tell about how Drake is getting the hang of school, how Flynn is evolving his sense of "style", how I am more socially awkward at 37 than I was at 17, how I attacked Camp NaNoWriMo.  I have to let it go and face forward.  It's almost October.  I need to not feel guilty for not completing tasks I am under no obligation to complete.  Time to cut myself some slack and move on to the next writing topic.  But, I will leave you with this: my deranged beauty queen.

Now, picture him wearing pants and waving a small American flag,
and that's how we went to the store last week.