There are all sorts of things to obsess about these days...

Oh, how I've missed this place. So much space here to stretch out and just write. But there has been too much stuff happening on the other end of my keyboard for that! Somewhere, somehow, we've managed get 4 amazing young people through high school and off to the next big adventures of their lives, and they are all doing so incredibly well.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I cooked for over 100 days straight and baked a ton of bread and just STAYED HOME like everyone else, but especially enjoyed being in my kitchen. In January this past year, I opened up a little Etsy shop, Rusted Roof Creations, and it just took off like gangbusters. I think it's been the most fun I've ever had.

Through it all, my youngest son Austin has been reminding me to get back to my blog, and he's totally right so here it is, my first nearly midnight post all over again. 💗

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