So, it's been nearly a year since my last blog. *fail.*

A lot has happened since then. I was on maternity leave, went back to work, went to Ireland, decided I was missing too much of Annabelle's life and cut back on working to stay home with her. There have been plenty of things that I could have blogged about. Firsts, adventures, baking, homemaking, and whatnot, but Somewhere along the way I lost track of my own thoughts and focused on my girl.

Well no more!

So, yes, I'm still focusing on my girl, but who's to say I can't do this too? So my plan is to blog daily, since I have all this "free time."

To start, updates from previous posts:
-My gardenias died. I give up. Somehow there's a bush growing at my neighbor's house they

don't care for at all that flourishes (from which I nicked flowers all summer without their knowledge), so I suppose the lesson is I love the plant too much. Point of fact, coffea plants and gardenias are in the same subfamily: Ixoroideae. Perhaps this could explain my love of both gardenias and coffee. Heaven help the coffee farm I invest in though! (To the left, the shrub with the white specs is the neighbor's obliging gardenia that gave my house such fragrance. See how well it grows???)

-I did not get accepted to UNCG's counseling program, which is perhaps for the best. My friend Emily was accepted (woohoo Emily! So excited!!!) and after her tales of coursework, classwork and practicum, I think I would have had less time for my Monkey than if I had kept working full time at PCJ. Things are far better this way.

And in coming weeks, dear readers, you can look forward to posts about my Monkey, holiday baking, a new hobby (to take the place of my abysmal gardening failure) and many other domestic activities that try to keep me busy.