I chime in from time to time in Bitches, Natter, and Supernatural, but while I'm not exactly a lurker, I also don't feel like I'm exactly present, either.

I'm still in St. Louis, and am still very much in love with my job (project management) and my neighborhood. Right now, I'm embarking on some major home renovation projects, so I may show up a bit more in Bitches as I need to rant/vent/panic as things go on.

I still have Jeeves, my lovable orange kitty. He turned 14 this year, but other than some stiffness in his hips (and a tendency to become constipated), he's doing fine. He's still full of bouncy energy, as he proved without any shadow of a doubt at 3:30 this morning.

In terms of major life changes, I've managed to get back into my artwork in a big way, mostly working in pastel, but with some colored pencil and pen-n-ink on the side. I can't really say why I quit drawing for over a decade, but it has been marvelous to get back into it. It's been good for the brain and for the soul in so many ways. Plus, it's been fun to dabble on the artistic side of fandom. For those who are curious, some of my recent stuff can be found here.

Anne, those are great! I really like the one of pre-serum Steve Rogers.

So, hi, I'm still here -- actually, I feel like I'm probably more active lately than I've been in years. Mostly I post about my daughter, because wow, babies take over your brain. Can be found most often in Natter and Bitches.

I'll save the year-end summary for Good Riddance, but the major change in my life from last year is the addition of my daughter, Rose, who is almost six months old and is absolutely delightful, even when she's waking me up in the middle of the night. Otherwise, I'm still in Nashville, still at the same job, but rather hoping both of those things might change before long. And I'm still married to M, and hoping that never changes.

I have been meaning to check in, but daily naps have taken over my brain, and so I was surprised to discover a) it's time for the delurker thread again! and b) I haven't been on the board since April! Shock. In May, some kindly buffistas helped dig my family and I out of a financial crunch, and it was lovely beyond belief. We'd gotten behind on everything and were panicking trying to figure it out. I didn't say thank you because someone was going to send a card, but I didn't get it, or I lost it (mail is a little iffy around here), and I was for some reason waiting on that to say it, and then lost track. I lose track a lot. I'm very sorry for not being more visibly thankful. You guys deserve to know how appreciated you are. It was no indication that I wasn't saying prayers of thanks for you all at the time, and still, both for that and because you're you.

Kara is in 6th grade now, and instead of the Fs and Ds (with one A) she got last year, she's got all As and Bs with one C this year. She gets funnier and more interesting every day. Aidan is in 4th grade now and doing pretty well. He was terrified because he had to switch schools, and lost the teaching group he'd had since Kindergarten, but he's doing well. He plays Plants Vs. Zombies and Angry Birds a lot, and still draws at least one something every day-haunted houses lately, along with the busses and trains. He's crazy cute and a snuggler still. Greg is still a librarian, his thyroid still isn't under control, and I still nap almost every day, though I'm trying to do better. I contacted a local friend a few days ago and discovered that it had been a year since we talked, so I'm not just neglecting you guys. Um...my house is clean, my desk has art supplies on it. I did a little bit of paid work last month. Things are going along. If you need/want to contact me, my email address is in my profile. My love is all yours. I'll try to check in again before April of 2013!

Deena! I'm so glad to see your pixels. It sounds like things are on an upswing for you. I hope that continues.

Thanks, Calli! I think things are. Knock wood and whatnot.

Upswing~ma, Deena! So very nice to see you here. Massive hugs to you and the family.

Hi Deena! So glad you checked in. Keeping fingers crossed that things continue to improve for you and your family. Are there pics of the kids up anywhere?

4th grade and 6th grade?!? If mine weren't doing that same growing older thing I'd hardly believe it!

So...I'm just going to put this list out there. There are a million reasons these aren't all potential posters, maybe some are just calls for pages that came from IP blocks for these countries, or searches that went nowhere, but.... the list is 50 long for September. Here's the top 20:

1 United States
2 Canada
3 Unknown
4 Australia
5 Germany
6 Russian Federation
7 China
8 Israel
9 United Kingdom
10 Ukraine
11 Malaysia
12 Turkey
13 Sweden
14 France
15 Jamaica
16 South Africa
17 Switzerland
18 Venezuela
19 India
20 Netherlands

If you're here, come on out and funkify our map! Tell stuff! Say hi! Get said hi to!

Bots and spiders also welcome! We don't discriminate!

Well, Jilli might discriminate against t JilliFont