did you worry?

did you begin to say: "she must have quit."  or "I wonder if everything is okay?"

well, i appreciate your concern - or maybe you didn't notice at all that i have not been keeping up here.
the truth be told, it is just plain hard these days to maintain my writing frenzy of the past.

you see, i have some issues...

1.  frank no longer naps.  nap time was my quiet time, the time when i was best able to sit and reflect and be creative.  now it has been replaced, i am not exactly sure what i have replaced it with, but i know it is not reflective, creative time.

2.  from october 31 through january 1 the calloways have some crazy amounts of celebrating and planning of celebrations that go on including halloween, frank's birhtday, thanksgiving, ford's birthday, Jesus' birthday, and then new year's....not that i count new year's - it is the lamest of holidays.  maybe it is better in other countries?
anyway, all this involves multiple trips back and forth to kansas, which is delightful and precious to me, however, it does not lead to reflective, creative time.

3.  photo management.  i always bring it up, but i feel i have a problem.  and it leads to a lack of wanting to be on the computer.  when i sit down at my computer, the first thought i have is, "i need to deal with the pictures."  which then makes me think, "i would rather go to my basement and hang out for a while than to sit and delete photos from the computer."  I have a block.  No matter how many ways i back up the pictures, i always feel like i won't see them ever again if i delete them from the laptop.  i know it is stupid, but i'm sentimental like that.  i want all the photos i have ever taken of my children readily accessible at any minute.  my wish for a present this year is for someone to sit with me and develop a photo system where i can have all of my photos safe and secure and easily accessible, but not overfilling my laptop's memory.  any takers?  you do have to travel to arkansas, though, so keep that in mind before you all jump in at once.  

4.  and this is probably not related at all, but we are expecting another calloway in june.  now most of you know this already, so i am not saying that this is a big news flash, but i will say that it had caused me a bit of lethargy in the evenings throughout october and november that was detracting me from photo management and telling you about my oh so, but really not so, exciting life.

now all that said, i have throughout this time had regular ideas about things i could be writing about, and i really don't know where to begin.  so...let's just pick a place and go.