I'm still here

This post is dedicated to Delton Judd and to the ladies of Emmanuel BC in Purcell.  I am still here and I do occasionally blog.  :)

It's weird that I don't post more often because I am constantly writing blog posts in my head.  I also have at least 5 draft posts saved that are in some stage of completion, but have yet to make it to the published world. 

Here are some of my excuses for not posting more often:

1. I have an 8 month old daughter who is active and busy.  I can only do things like this when she is sleeping.  And most days the list of things that need to be done in those few short sleeping hours is much longer than what can actually be accomplished so blogging has to be relegated to the next day's to-do list.  and then the next day's.  and the next day's.  And to be honest, when given the choice between getting to take a nap myself or updating the blog...most days the nap feels infinitely more vital. 
2. I can't be signed in to my email and my blog at the same time.  Maybe there is some tech-savvy google guru out there who could figure out how that's possible, but I'm not that person.  Generally I don't just sit down and type and publish in one sitting (although I am today).  It would be great to be able to have both tabs open and move back and forth between my blog and the work that needs done over email, but I haven't figured out how to do so. 
3. Sometimes there's too much to catch up on so it doesn't seem worth the time to catch up to present day. 
4. This one is new today...they re-designed my blog dashboard so that I don't know where anything is. 

Enough with the excuses, here's what's going on.

• Catherine:   I can't find the charger for the camera battery so I can't post any pictures, but Catherine is 8 months old now.  Her hair is almost long enough to put stuff in it.  She is crawling, standing, laughing, bouncing, and drooling.  Her favorite game these days seems to be when I lay on the floor and allow her to use me as a human jungle gym.
• Moving to China:  Plans are moving along nicely to move back to Asia in August.  James is scheduling to speak with lots of potential partners about our plans.   I'm working on clearing out our home and deciding what to take with us.  We already have an apartment lined up for when we arrive there!  James is now working as the broker only four days a week, which gives us one day a week to plan for China.  All our documents have been sent to the university.  When they get us an acceptance letter, we can apply for visas and work on getting tickets!
• Business:   I've been spending more time on JLCS and we will be offering some online classes this summer.  YAY!  Send us some referrals!  www.languageandculturalservices.com!

I know this post wasn't very detailed, but I'm working on getting back in the blogging saddle.  And I'll work on getting some of the saved posts up in the coming days.