This was a draft for a post on January 2013. Some things never change.

Anyone that pays any remote attention to this site may have noticed that I’ve been a tad absent. It’s been almost two months since my last confession. For those of you, I’m sorry. Simon’s dog ate my posts. Because this sounds like a pathetic excuse for being lazy, and to prove that the Cottrell-Thompson household includes one of the canine species, I’ve attached a photo of Simon and his dog named Simon.

Simon also has a teddy bear named Simon, but I refuse to…

Okay. Okay. Okay.

I’m not terminally ill (I hope). My marriage is intact (I think)(I’m pretty sure)(we do fight daily though…over who loves the other person more). This kids are physically okay. So why haven’t I at least posted some quotes or a picture in 30+ days?

I had intended on scripting a few wonderful snipets during the month of December: one about adopting Simon on the one year anniversary of the event (16th), another about Max’s birth on the one year anniversary of that occasion (28th), and approximately 3-4 anti-consumer Christmas-related stories. I failed.

Something clicked on my ADD. I haven’t been officially diagnosed with this. My brain won’t stop traveling.

I’ve made my own laundry detergent and shampoo.

I’ve become an extreme recylcer.

Made record bowls.

Transformed plastic bottles into flowers.

Read a few more chapters of…