In the words of George Constanza, it's not you, it's me. Blogging has become a demanding little bitch of a mistress. Thinking of posts to write, writing them, reading and responding to comments (not that I'm complaining about that!), going through my blogroll and reading and leaving comments, is becoming too time-consuming and is taking me away from other things that I should be doing.

Like laundry. Housework. Opening, sorting and paying bills. Reading actual books. Reading with the boys for the library's Summer Reading Program. Working with Nathan on his math skills.

I never did write the post about how Nathan was diagnosed with a Math Learning Disability that he might have for the rest of his life, and how in order to keep him on track, I agreed to spend the summer doing flashcards and working with Unifix cubes and playing sequencing and Memory games. There, I guess I just wrote it.

Before I go, there are three things I want to mention, each of which deserves it's own post, but for the sake of brevity I will condense them into one.

First, Father's Day. To say that my husband is a good father is a huge understatement. He has gone from a young man who didn't even think he wanted to have children to the father of three amazing kids. He doesn't just parent them, he guides them by example. Because of him, they are emotionally and physically safe and secure young people who are kind, generous and thoughtful, caring and concerned, funny and loving. There is no doubt in my mind that the boys will grow up to be good men who are good husbands and fathers, and that the baby will grow up to be a good woman who is a good wife and mother. We are all better people because of him.

Today is also the day that Kaitlyn is seven months old. I wish each of you could spend time with her so you could see just how happy and bright and funny she is. Last night, we took her out for dinner, and she sat happily in the highchair banging a spoon on the table, then in my lap and Chris', taking bites of our food and smiling at everybody. When I took her in the restroom to change her diaper, she lay back on the changing table, looked up at me, and said "Ma ma ma". On the way home, Nathan made faces at her and she laughed big squealing belly laughs that kept us all in stitches for a good ten minutes. She brings us so much joy and overflows our hearts with love. Happy birthday, muffin!

Finally, tomorrow is our 13th wedding anniversary. Where has the time gone? In those thirteen years we have owned two houses, had three children, four cars, and five jobs. We are still each other's best friend. It doesn't surprise me at all that we are still together after 21 years. I can't imagine what my life might have been like otherwise. No matter how hard my day has been, I can crawl in to bed at night and spoon up against his warm back and feel all the tension drain away. He is my rock.

I've no doubt that I'll still be checking in with all of your blogs, because when I don't I always feel like I'm missing something. Feel free to email me since I do check that every day. And in a week or two, I should be caught up around the house and ready to get back to blogging. I'm still not sure about this whole Wordpress thing; not being able to access the template is causing me way more distress than it should. I may have to suck it up and go back to Blogger, I'm not sure. Feel free to chime in with your opinion on that as well.

See you around the blogosphere, everybody. Sounds like the dryer stopped.

Oh my goodness, everybody, I didn't mean to make it sound like I was in such dire straits! I'm really just taking like a week or two off to get my housework caught up and take the kids to the park and stuff. I just didn't want to blog the summer away, you know? I don't want it to be September and have the kids say we didn't DO anything this summer. So that's all it is. Trust me, I have potential blog posts circling around in my head ALL THE TIME, and I know if I don't eventually write them down, my head will explode! Thanks for all the supportive comments and emails, my friends. See you SOON!

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