You may wonder why it is that you see 4-year-old pictures when you click on the family tag. I've been a bad girl. But you can see more at my mac.com gallery: http://gallery.mac.com/noonian.

And if I remember I'll put it in the permanent links.

My laziness has reached an all time high. I don't blog. I don't walk. I haven't touched my camera in weeks. The front yard is a mess of weeds. There's even a spot on the ceramic tile at the table where the baby eats dinner that really needs a good scrubbing.

I think it's the mental fatigue. I'm so mentally exhausted that when I do finish work or making dinner or helping with homework, etc, I just want to flop on the couch and watch t.v. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!

I need a jump-start. Any suggestions?

I can't believe this, certainly it can't be! It seems that the blog that was the main reason that I myself started blogging may be coming to a way-too-early end. CARS, a.k.a. Crazy Apple Rumors, has announced that they are on indefinite hyenas. And hiatus as well!

Please, John, don't leave us. We can't take the cold turkey thing! Once a week maybe? At least a help desk now and then? How will we receive warning when the robot wars are finally upon us?

Because Mad Cow was already taken!

I know I'm getting a little older. But really, it is just a little, right? I'm starting to notice signs that point to this phenomenon. Not just the obvious ones like falling asleep on the couch and yelling at neighborhood kids to, "Get off of my lawn!" No, these are more disturbing.

Case in point. I've noticed that for a day or two each month I literally feel dazed and confused, struggling to answer even the simplest of questions. I know it's hormonal, but knowing why doesn't fix it. This period of confusion is always followed by a few days of amazing mental clarity. Problems I've had for weeks are suddenly easily solved. I'm very aware of everything around me, I'm able to remember well, it's incredible. Then that goes away and I'm back to my normal self. Whatever that is.

I don't remember always being this way. This just started 2 years ago or so.

Today I feel lost and disconnected from everything. Not lonely or depressed, don't confuse the feeling with that. Everything's just, well, fuzzy. I know that's not a good word, it's all I can come up with.

I wonder if men experience anything comparable? Are they able to appreciate why women act the way they do for a few days a month? Or do they think we act this way on purpose? Will this eventually go away? And if so, what remains? The confusion, the clarity, or just the normal me?

So anyway, if you have any questions for me, don't ask me until tomorrow.

In that post a few minutes ago I mentioned "however many years" we had been blogging. I just went back and looked. We've been blogging on this site since December of 2001. WOW. I cannot believe it's been that long.

There are some really funny stories out there, too. Here's a sort of late New Year's resolution. I resolve that Stan and I will choose a new blogging platform that will have easy access to archives and an RSS feed. I further resolve that I will do a better job at actually posting to the blog! With pictures! Really!

So you do your part, and bother me when you see a few days go by with nothing. Okay? Okay.

I have never gone this long without blogging! Shame on me! So, I'm working on trying to find the best solution for our company's president to be able to have his own blog. There are so many more offerings today than there were however many years ago it was that Stan and I installed MovableType. I think that it might be time for us to make a change.

I do really like having the software installed on our server. If you have any recommendations for Wordpress or LiveJournal or TypePad, whatever it may be, let us know!