the difference a year can make.

Well, I guess I made a big fat liar out of myself 6 months ago when I announced my official return to blogging. 

It wasn't that I didn't want to --I had every single intention, but if you only knew what's been up around here, you would agree that maybe my comeback was just a little premature.

Because this blog is public, and I have no intention of ever making it private just so I don't have to hide things from a few select people, I've decided after a lot of thought and deliberation that I need to make a few things "known".

I've gone through a lot the past two years.  My life did a complete 180 mid 2009 as I ended my three year marriage, moved back to the place I grew up, and tried to figure out what to do from there. I was embarrassed, sad, overwhelmed, and pretty resentful. But, and this is a BIG but, life did not stop.  If there is one thing I can say I did very well throughout the divorce, it's I kept my spirits high.  And most of the time, that wasn't hard. I had my beautiful, precious baby girl to keep it together for.  I had family who supported me to the nth degree, I had an un.be.lievable best friend and her precious baby boy who occupied all of mine and Scarlett's time and countless other people in my life who were just there when I needed.  I forgave the unforgivable, learned how to just.let.go of what is beyond my control, and realized an independence I never knew I had. I can truly say that it was the best and the worst of times.

And so basically, I didn't want to sit here and write about all that while it was happening, and I didn't want to pretend our life was perfect when it absolutely wasn't.  It took me a while to even start reading blogs again...I had no desire to look at pictures and read all about all the happy little families out there, making babies and taking vacations, living their "normal" lives...

But as the old cliche goes...the one I heard from probably every person I knew over and over and over again through out all this...things got better with time.  And in my case, way --I mean way, way BETTER...

I guess you could say my life has done another complete 180 in 2010.  I mean, seriously, GOOD stuff has happened, and I now believe with my whole heart that in this life, you get what you give.

All that good stuff, I will catch you up on as I begin to post regularly. Cross my heart and hope to die, I am done worrying about who my happiness is going to anger or upset...and I'll just leave it at that. 

Scarlett and I have a pretty fun and fantastic life goin' on for ourselves if I do say so myself, and I plan to not let a day of it go by with out telling y'all aaaaall about it. ;)

Meredith...was that *THUD* I just heard your cup of Dr. Pepper hitting the floor as you dropped it in disbelief?  

Thought so... ;)

 We're Baaa-aaack!