where has the time gone?

i  can't believe that it's over a year that i haven't blogged.  yes i have a good excuse once may hits work gets crazy and things don't get better until the end of october.  by then though i had sandy to contend with and my mother's bad health.  thank god both turned out fine, except for my lack of writing time.  but now i'm back i hope.  i'm also trying a new way to input my blog  which seems to be working.  please keep your fingers crossed for if this works, i'll be able to blog much more frequently.  how have you been?  oh one more thing, why can't i capitalize in this view?  it's not for  lack of trying