"The Lost Camera Cord" and/or "My Endless List of Excuses"

I can't tell you how many times I have thought about updating this blog in the last few weeks.  Seriously, it's got to be in the thousands at least!  And then when I finally sat down to do it I couldn't find the cord that connects my camera to my computer.  So I figured I'd just wait until I found the cord because a blog post about our camping adventure or swimming lessons just isn't the same without pictures to go with it.  So, yeah, that was a week ago.  Other excuses for my recent lack of blogging include, but are not limited to:

• Trying to finish up the last few weeks of my semester one week early because we're going on vacation during finals week
• Reading and listening to way too much environmental chemistry
• Finishing all my statistics assignments for the entire semester(which I did on Monday, thank you very much!)
• Shuttling the kiddos to swim lessons
• Trying to have some fun outings with the kids while they're all on summer break
• Writing observation papers for middle childhood development
• Various cub scout activities
• Running
• Family get-togethers with the in-laws
• Losing that ridiculous cord that I only have one of!

Anyhoo, I just wanted to pop by and let the world (by that I mean my mother and the very few who like to read about our crazy life so that they can feel better about their own) know that we are still here and exciting adventures are occurring and as soon as I turn my house upside down and find that blasted tiny cord that I KNOW I put in a "special place"(which is code for a never ending abyss of blackness) I WILL post about them!