You thought I was kidding when I said I'd only be here sparingly in the next month or two back in August, didn't you?

I can assure you I wasn't. August & September are the busiest months of the year for me. We do school through the summer, but I schedule for the year, assess what we have, and set out to obtain what we don't during these 2 months.

Things will be back to normal (no matter how crazy that is) by the 1st of October. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

I also appreciate the kind words from those worried about me in the past week. I haven't gone anywhere, I've just been too busy the past 1 1/2 weeks to even update much on Twitter or Facebook.

The girls just started sewing class, we've gone to a full-day school schedule now, and we're still adjusting all of that to hubby's new work schedule.

Plus, I've been trying to weed through our books to make room for the new books we've acquired this summer & will be acquiring at the last book sale for the season coming up in a couple of weeks. To date, we've taken 6 bags of books & toys to the local thrift store. It feels FANTASTIC to clean out!

And, of course, I've been celebrating National Couponing Month by doing lots of deal shopping! (Did you expect anything less?)

If you don't hear from me before then, I'll check back again in a week.