I am....

...officially a slacker and a bad person.

Yep. My last post was December 19. DECEMBER 19! Like I said, I'm a slacker. And, a bad person.

My aunt had to post this on my Facebook wall to get me to do something about it:

"Oh where, oh where has your little blog gone?"

Nothing works like a guilt trip, I suppose.

I didn't even get myself together enough to post pictures and commentary from the many family Christmases this year. And, let me tell you - the was commentary aplenty. There were so many pictures I could have posted and snarky comments I could have made. I'm sorry. I know this makes the four people who actually read my blog really, really sad.

I have plenty of excuses as to why I couldn't update my blog, including: Chritmas, winter sucks (so what if that has nothing to do with tapping out a few words on the computer keys?), long hours at the office, stress, I became obsessed with The Office (how did I function for so long without watching this show?), I forgot I had a blog (not true), my dog ate the power cord to my computer (I don't have a dog), Scoop Jackson wouldn't let me use our computer (again, not true) and I was cooking (probably true, but I don't have the data to back this up).

Whatever. Either way, I did not keep up with my blog as I should have. Which means, I probably have a lot to catch up on. But, instead of boring you with two-month-old Christmas pictures and snarky commentary (you can see a sampling on Facebook if you want to), I'll just pick up here and try to get things rolling again.

For Scoop and I, things didn't really calm down after Christmas like I hoped they would. I had a couple of week-long trips for work that took me to Las Vegas (just before Christmas) and San Antonio (the first week in January). My trip to San Antonio was particularly interesting because I was down there for NCBA - an event that I have never been to before. It gave me a chance to learn quite a bit about the beef industry, meet some new people and see San Antonio - a city I had never been to before. Which reminds me - if you've never been to San Antonio - GO! It is such a neat city with lots of fun things to do and places to go.

Scoop spent most of December and January (and the first week of February) on the road, too. Add in a few nasty snow storms and some long hours at the office and we've stayed pretty busy. Which means we were totally ready for a relaxing weekend.

Of course, this past weekend was Valentine's Day. But, don't worry - it was still relaxing. If you know anything about Scoop and I, you know that we didn't have any magnificent plans. Instead, we went out to dinner on Saturday night and rented a couple of movies to watch. Sunday, we just chilled out at home (i.e. I ignored my blog some more). It was a wonderful, relaxing weekend after what seemed like a never-ending January.

Once we get through February, Scoop and I are looking forward to heading back home for a long weekend. We have both decided to take the first Friday in March off in an effort to spend a few extra hours at home. Scoop will be making the rounds and I will be helping mom and Janell with the set up at the Illinois Horse Fair - and I am so excited to get a little horse time under my belt.

Well, I think that's the official rundown for now.

I'm thinking about setting an alarm on my phone so that I don't forget to write another rundown sometime this week. Is that what my life has come to?