I'M ALIVE......

I swear, I am.
I know I've been absent a heck of a lot longer than I intended to. Life has just been crazy. I planned my blog hiatus, and then got extremely sick. Apparently I'm horribly allergic to cedar trees. Who knew? 
When I finally started feeling better, I went on a very important quest to rid the world of any and every cedar tree in existence. 
Not really, but I wish I could have, because seriously, I have never felt so horrible in my life. That's most likely an exaggeration, but not too big of one, because trust me, it was awful. I am still sporting the Rudolph nose to prove how sick I was. I would post a pic, but you really do not want to be subjected to that. Use your imagination, instead. 
So of course, I did not get any thing at all done like I had initially planned. I know, I suck. So at this point, I'm basically saying to heck with responding to the comments I needed to, but I promise I read every single one of them and I love you so much for taking the time to leave such thoughtful responses. Right now, I'm wiping my slate clean, and starting fresh. I will reply to any comments posted starting today, I pinky swear! Since I didn't get anything prepared while I was being attacked by the ALL THE ALLERGIES, there will not be a Cover Puppies post this week. It takes me awhile to get those posts put together, and today is the first time I've even looked at emails/blog/stuff since last Friday. I was just too pooped with my emotions all over the place and my being sick on top of that. 
HOWEVER...
I AM BACK!! Just bare with me on getting some posts up and scheduled again, because to say I'm not behind at all would be the biggest understatement in the universe. 
One last thing, I am so thankful to say I came back to my blog without losing any of my followers. I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you all stuck by me during this rough patch, and it has been rough for me. I want to thank each and every one of you for your sweet and thoughtful condolences on the passing of my dear friend and the deployment of my Marine. Your kind words got me through each and every day. I've heard from Marine quite a few times since he left, and he's doing great over there! If you would keep him in your thoughts and pray for a safe journey and return home, I would be forever grateful!! 
Anyways, that's about it from my end for now!  I love each and every one of you to the moon and back!