Hi Ladies!

(waves at Jonesy from the essentials thread)

I thought I would quickly pop in and say hello to everyone after being gone for nearly three months!

I didn't mean to pull a disappearing act on you all. I'd love to say I've been working at a great job in the wilds again, but that would be untrue. Unfortunately I've been on hiatus because I've been away caring for not one but two family members who were hospitalized and I've been without internet while doing so : (. I'm glad to say that one is on the mend after surgery, but my grandmother was diagnosed with AML (a type of leukemia) and hasn't been doing well with treatments. Next week she is going in for testing to determine the direction for future action. Either way, I may be missing for a week or two at a time here and there, but should be home and back on the boards more as I've committed to doing some volunteer work and hopefully some paid museum work this fall.

I'm also in need of doing some shopping and am excited to be back at YLF for fall, my favorite season! I have a couple of things coming up that I need you ladies advice on!

I'm very glad to be back, I've missed YLF.