Hello, hello

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Once upon a time I wrote posts on this blog, and then I stopped for, oh, four months or so... The reason? I'm not really sure. Not enough time? Nah, I'm not that busy. Lack of inspiration? Sort of. Not wanting to sit at a computer after sitting at a desk for nine hours at work? Pretty much. I won't make excuses, and I won't make promises to "be better." But now and again I do get inspired, I do want to share something, and I do want to sit at a computer and write even after a nine-hour day. So here's to writing again once a week, once a month, once every half moon...we'll see!

These quiet months on the blog haven't been quiet months in our lives. A random sampling of things we've done, people we've seen, places we've gone and itty bitty things in between:

*We had various friends in town and enjoyed showing them around our fair city.

*I got a bike and we took up bike riding on the weekends, after work, whenever we could fit it in. Then it got hot and the bikes stayed inside for longer spells of time. But we still love them.

*Speaking of love, I became completely smitten with our neighborhood somewhere between the days getting longer, the air growing warmer and us walking down to Kaldi's as a Saturday morning tradition.

*I went home to Houston two weekends in June and July and got spoiled and loved on by my parents in a way that you only truly appreciate when you move away from home (again) and have to pretend to be an adult.

*We traveled to Branson for the Fourth of July with Jonathan's parents and did what any good Branson tourist does: caught some shows, watched fireworks, relaxed by a pool, rode the Branson Belle, shopped at outlets, and played mini golf (hole-in-one right here, thank you very much!)

*Speaking of golf, since the second week I started my job (in March) I've been planning a golf outing for our firm and it's finally on Monday, and then it's over and I can take off my event-planning hat and let it sit on the shelf again until next year.

*We celebrated two weddings of dear friends in Columbia and Kansas City.

*Jonathan started a new hobby: leather work. My man is a serial hobbyist like the best of them; it's because he's so freaking talented and as a natural learner, he picks up new skills in one sitting. Stay tuned for more on this endeavor.

*We still want a puppy real bad.