Apparently my blog is needy and demanding ...

... it seems it doesn't like 2 weeks of neglect. I think I have it set to show the last 2 weeks of posts. So if I don't blog for 2 weeks (which, perhaps, has never happened before?) it goes all blank unless you click a post link or category or something.

So. Where have I been?

Uh. With one exception, I don't really have a good, exciting answer for that. I've been here. Even at my computer. Even writing blog entries in my head. Sometimes even taking pictures to go with them. But my poor communicator tendencies have, apparently, blossomed. Not only have I not been blogging, but I haven't been answering emails, making phone calls, or the other things I ought to do. Not that I'm deliberately not doing so. I just am procrastinating and suddenly it's October. You know how it goes?

So a short recap of random things:

I knit all summer on a shrug. It was looking like it'd be very cute. As always, I had greatly kimodifed the pattern. Turns out the loose big-needle-stitches with thin yarn means it *stretches* under it's own weight. It 'fits' okay if I lay it out on the floor and lay down next to it, but if I actually put it ON and let my arms hang down, the sleeves stretch to the floor. I spent a few weeks debating whether to *finish* it or frog it. I have decided to continue knitting, adding some decorative *stays* to key portions. We'll see. I have pix. Maybe I'll post them, if you want to see. Keep in mind it's not *done*.

What else? Iliacat and I went on a very belated birthday trip up to Mackinac Island. We had a good trip, took a ton of pictures. We even did some exciting adventure things, although I'm not sure I should tell you, since some of you might scold me, doing adventure things while pregnant. I'll show you one picture of the one I did NOT do, so you can't yell at me for it. This is Iliacat on the rock wall at the Mill Creek place in Mackinaw City. And a few other pix that I already had gotten ready but not posted.

And two more of her doing the other adventure things:

While we were on the island this way cool fog rolled in. It was great. Here's two fog pix of the bazillion I took:

Uh, what else?

We're doing schooly things.

We did most of the seasonal clothing swap.

I've had some OB appointments with the midwives. Oh, they made me take the stupid 3 hour Glucose Tolerance Test because I followed the instructions on the 1-hour screening which specifically say "you do not need to fast" and I ate a big lunch RIGHT before drinking the goo. I was barely over the line, but still "flunked" and had to waste 4 hours in the lab. The good news is that my blood sugar levels are very good, not even close to the real danger lines. And I read a good book while in there.

So I guess that's what I've been up to. I haven't finished the shrug but did start a new knitting project that I hope to finish soon as a gift to my neighbor who recently had a baby boy. So I should be knitting rather than blogging.

Oh! And we got a wii fit, and we all think it's a lot of fun. I've heard some people say it's boring, but we didn't think so. I've heard some people say it's not a good work out, but I think it CAN be -- certainly the walking/jogging can be comparable to the WATP videos I've been doing, and it's fun to do the jogs with the little boys. They always beat me because they can wiggle their feet really fast, whereas I do it literally, walking in place. I don't really *jog* being 7 months pregnant and all.

So ... that's the news. And hopefully posting this fixed my blank blog of death. Plus, as a bonus, you know I'm not actually dead.