Shout out and Apology

I now see it is February 16th, and the last time I posted was back in January. That is just inexcusable (alhtough I have some really good excuses like new lawyer job, traffic jams, grumpy husband and so forth). SO now, it appears a regular feature of this blog will be an apology from Sadie, as only an oldest child who tends to the overly-responsible/guilty can make.

I'm sorry for not posting more! And I am sorry for me, because writing this blog is proving theraputic, and despite my earlier claims to having "adjusted" to life in Dobby, and being "un-fazed by the traffic and bad customer service," I can now honsetly say I was completely delusional when I made those statements. You should see me screaming explicatives in the morning on our way to work (via a massive traffic jam), and degenerating into tears on our way home at 9PM (via another massive traffic jam). Harry just looks at me like who is this creature I bound myself to for life?

But we have both resolved to communicate more with all of you, especially since we miss you all terribly and have yet to click with a group of friends here....although we have met some wonderful people and can count a few neat individuals as part of a network under development.

And now for the Shout-out. Being basically blog-illetarate, other than posting and sometimes adding a photo, I have had trouble listing the two other blogs I read regularly, written by people I admire and love. One of these blogs was the inspiration for this blog, and is written by someone Harry and I hold near and dear, admire greatly, and die laughing almost every time we visit her site. That said, I ENCOURAGE all of you to visit http://www.adventuresinselfloathing.blogspot.com/ (formerly http://www.selfloathingsuckers.blogspot.com/).
And to you Ms. Laaw-yher, if you are reading this, you have some mucho mas huevos and I am excited for your big, ongoing change. Kudos, and much love. And please come visit.

One other Shout-out. To my mother's fifth-grade class: we loved your letters! And yes, we have lots of running water here, and no we don't have our own horses, but lots of other people do. We will write a special posting to answer all of your questions, and send along more if you like. Maybe my mom will give you extra credit :-).