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I would also like to apologize to my readers (if you have stuck around – thank you for your patience)!
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- Post all reviews (These Old Shades, The Ice Chorus, Lethal People, just to name a few)
- Choose and notify last giveaway winner (loooooong overdue)
- Thank my Secret Santa (lovely, lovely)
- List my 2010 challenges
- Update my read list
- Acknowledge those great folks from whom I won a giveaway
- Introduce a new blog layout
This will by no Valium Online From Australia means happen over the weekend but I will be working very hard to Valium Online From Australia return to that comfortable place where “catching up” is not the phrase of the day!
Bear with me and thanks to all!!!!
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31. Dec, 2009 at 9:26 pm #
Congrats on being an Valium Online From Australia Aunt. I always blame computer badness on Frank of LiveJournal. That seems to Valium Online From Australia be the only time when my blogging gets interrupted and even then Valium Online From Australia I would end up at the library doing some posts.
I guess the Valium Online From Australia little bit of cash I make keeps motivated to blog daily. I have Valium Online From Australia no idea how many blog posts I’ve written that this point. I’m almost at 800 at my soap blog and I haven’t even had that for a year yet.
Congratulations on becoming an Aunt! Sorry to hear about your technical difficulties. Today is a wonderful day for new beginnings, though. Happy blogging and reading in 2010, Christine!
Twitter: nataliew2
04. Jan, 2010 at 10:51 am #
Well I know how you feel. I was in a funk too and hadn’t posted in over a Valium Online From Australia month. Looking at the piles of books on my shelf didn’t help my stress level!
Glad to hear your back and hope 2010 is a successful year for you!
I’ll be back to check out your thoughts on The Ice Chorus — haven’t run into alot of book bloggers with that Valium Online From Australia one under their belt.
Twitter: WellReadReviews
08. Jan, 2010 at 6:41 am #
Congratulations on becoming an Auntie! It’s completely understandable about being a Valium Online From Australia little MIA. It took me about 3-4 weeks to write a Valium Online From Australia review because I was so sick with morning sickness and Valium Online From Australia had no inspiration to do anything other than sleep.. so I completely and Valium Online From Australia 100% understand things getting in the way!
I am sure everyone else will too!
Welcome back!
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I’ve been off my game as well but hey…all that Valium Online From Australia says is that we have priorities in life and sometimes the Valium Online From Australia blogging gets left behind; other times it’s just the opposite–if no one is dying and no blood is present, I’m a blogging fool. Congratulations on your new nephew! I’m surrounded by boys myself and I love it.
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Congrats on being an Aunt. yea!
Sorry to read about the comoputer melt down. I would have been curing like a sailor. Blog when you can and when the mood strikes you. We’ll still be here
Have a good week.
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13. Jan, 2010 at 5:48 pm #
i keep two blogs–life and book–and have Valium Online From Australia let my life blog dangle in the wind since last month. terrible of me, but i’m so busy! i’ve had it for 3 years and should just pack it in…but can’t!
welcome back.
Real life is so much more important than a blog. Take your time catching up.
It’s nice to take a break every now and then. Blogging shouldn’t feel like an obligation (unless you’re lucky enough to get paid for doing it, I suppose!) Relax, refresh, and return when you’re ready. I took a Valium Online From Australia break last summer, and now I appreciate the blog work so much more.