testing 1,2,3

...is this thing on? It has been more than four years since I last posted to this blog. Wow. The irony is, I have been busy with more bloggable projects than ever before, yet have not made the time to document them. My excuses are that in these past 4+ years, Captain Fantastic and I have had two little boys, whom I take care of full time; have lived in three different houses, all of which have involved some major renovation situations; and have undertaken numerous flips, decorating projects, legit businessy stuff, etc and so forth. And the internet might be interested to hear about all of that. So, here's to giving it another go....

aaaand this photo is a year and a half old (insert eye-roll and face-palm emoji)