Words Fail Me
by Kym on December 19, 2008
It’s time to say farewell, methinks. We leave Tuesday afternoon for our trip to see family in Vancouver and Kelowna over the holidays. Yes, that’s a few days away yet, but I got Neil a very spiffy Christmas present that will be affecting my blog a wee bit.
I gave him a promise. A promise of no blogging for two full weeks. Well may you gasp! What’s strange though, is that I’ve offered similar (smaller) promises in the past, and dreaded the fulfilling of them. This time? Not so much with the dreading. I’m actually looking forward to some concentrated family time. Getting away from my safe little comfort zone and experiencing life a bit more. Hermit-like Housewifedom gets a bit wearing after awhile, and I’m eager to branch out a bit.
Normally? Being away from home = stress/panic/hyperventilation. No, that equation is not an exaggeration either.
I feel calmer this time round though. It’s a bit surreal, to be honest. Heaven knows I’ll be carrying a notebook and pen everywhere I go over the next few weeks. And come January I’ll frown at it in consternation, trying to make sense of a) my increasingly illegible scrawl and b) my meandering thought processes.
Anyway, it’s been a crazy ride this year. A lot of changing done. Growing, regressing, fighting, struggling, grieving, laughing, loving, shouting, dancing, squealing, pondering, singing, and…of course, blogging about it all.
I’m so grateful for you all. The silent readers. The faithful and intermittent commenters. The poor souls who chance upon this page at random and get who knows what inflicted upon them. It’s all still a bit mind-boggling to me, this sense of community so many of us share.
I’ll tell you this much – my BlogHer ads revenue (such as it is) is going into an airfare fund. Oh yes. There are some of you I simply must meet some day.
Till that day…may the season bring you much joy, and a myriad of memory-making moments.
Much love,
Kim
38 comments
Have a great break! That was a lovely tribute you wrote to your hubby too. I came to comment on that, but it was gone. I’m glad I got to read it and I hope you saved it somewhere and didn’t just delete it.
Have a wonderful Christmas! See you when I see you!
Heffalump´s last blog post..Holiday Tip or Dare # 11
by Heffalump on December 19, 2008 at 10:54 pm. #
That’s a great idea for a present! I hope you enjoy your change of pace. We’ve got snow here, so I’m determined to get out in it with Aaron (and the others) so he doesn’t go through the whole season without playing in it. I’m so bad, I could easily do that. But I WON’T!!
Hope you have a lovely break and a wonderful Christmas, if we don’t meet again before!
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by LisAway on December 19, 2008 at 11:42 pm. #
Enjoy your blogging break. I’ve found that they can really balance things out when blogging begins to take over. For some reason, when you go back the blog seems to fall into a healthier? place, and doesn’t seem nearly as important. Good luck, and have a great Christmas!
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by Jen on December 20, 2008 at 12:42 am. #
Have a wonderful break and enjoy your holidays! I’ll miss you, but I think many of us won’t be around as much these next two weeks. Love you, my dear friend, and Merry Christmas!
Rebecca´s last blog post..Syncopated Musings
by Rebecca on December 20, 2008 at 5:38 am. #
I’m feeling a touch of stress/panic/hyperventilation myself, but I know it will be okay. (At least, I keep telling myself.) Have a wonderful Christmas break!
Erin´s last blog post..On the Eighth Day of Christmas I Posted on My Blog
by Erin on December 20, 2008 at 6:22 am. #
We’ll miss you!
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by pam on December 20, 2008 at 6:59 am. #
ENJOY YOURSELVES! and Merry Christmas.
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by MomBabe on December 20, 2008 at 7:02 am. #
*HUGS* Have a fantabulous trip sweetie . . . Merry Christmas!
love you guys!
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by Kate on December 20, 2008 at 7:22 am. #
Have a wonderful Christmas and break from blogging!!
tracey´s last blog post..Ahem. BIG time…
by tracey on December 20, 2008 at 7:30 am. #
Have a wonderful trip and a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy your break.
by Tonya on December 20, 2008 at 7:38 am. #
Merry Christmas, Kim. Have a great time, and enjoy your break. ox
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by Lisa Milton on December 20, 2008 at 7:48 am. #
Merry Christmas! Enjoy the time with your family — they’re what it’s all about.
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by Sarah on December 20, 2008 at 8:02 am. #
Have a great trip. Enjoy the bloggy break. And most DEFINITELY fly out to meet some of us in the nearish future!
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by Annette on December 20, 2008 at 8:06 am. #
Merry Christmas!! I hope you have a great break!
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by Tirzah on December 20, 2008 at 8:15 am. #
Merry Christmas Kim!
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by Shanna on December 20, 2008 at 8:28 am. #
enjoy your sabbatical!
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by Memarie Lane on December 20, 2008 at 8:46 am. #
Merry Christmas. :)
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by Steph @ Diapers and Divinity on December 20, 2008 at 9:37 am. #
You will be missed, but here’s hoping your holiday is fabulouser than you can possibly imagine. And I hope it’s that way, in part, because you aren’t blogging. Good luck and Merry Christmas if I don’t talk to you before then.
Eowyn´s last blog post..When I See You Smile, Part 4
by Eowyn on December 20, 2008 at 1:51 pm. #
Well, I’ll miss you! What a generous and thoughtful gift for your husband, though, and I know you’ll have a wonderful time over the holidays. Merry Christmas! xoxo!
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by Jenna on December 20, 2008 at 2:01 pm. #
Have a wonderful time! I bet you’ll enjoy the break tremendously! I’ll miss you! But we’ll see you in January with all the stories of how your blogging break went!!
Love you and Merry Christmas!
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by JustRandi on December 20, 2008 at 3:28 pm. #
I hope you have a good bloggy break, and a good christmas!!
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by Summer on December 20, 2008 at 10:11 pm. #
2 weeks, eh? Hmm… I wonder if my Hubby would go for that as a gift? :) I hope you have a fantastic holiday! Play with your girls, laugh with your family and find lots of joy in your time off from blogging! :)
Melissa´s last blog post..
by Melissa on December 21, 2008 at 9:33 am. #
wow. two weeks. that’s a long time, even for me, let alone for you, an amazing post-a-day blogger. i hope you have a wonderful christmas and get to enjoy your family tons. can’t wait to hear about it when your break is over.
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by michal on December 21, 2008 at 8:40 pm. #
Merry Christmas Kym! I’ll miss you, as will everyone els, I’m sure. Have a fun vacation.
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by Kelline Boel on December 22, 2008 at 7:55 am. #
Have fun lovely!
See you when you return?
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by Jenn on December 22, 2008 at 10:02 am. #
Have a great break babe!
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by julie wright on December 22, 2008 at 11:27 am. #
I think you are brave. I wish you two weeks full to brimming with Christmas joy!!!
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by Heidi Ashworth on December 22, 2008 at 1:17 pm. #
Enjoy your time off, and Merry Christmas!!!!
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by Novembrance on December 22, 2008 at 6:05 pm. #
You shall be missed!
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by Tristi Pinkston on December 23, 2008 at 12:52 am. #
have a wonderful break, enjoy your family. no hyperventilating involved! merry christmas
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by beth i on December 23, 2008 at 12:29 pm. #
Enjoy your blogging break and your family. I’ll look forward to reading more of your entertaining and insightful egomaniacal ramblings when you come back. Merry Christmas Kim!
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by Mindy on December 24, 2008 at 12:20 pm. #
Merry Christmas, Kim. Love you
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by Sandra on December 24, 2008 at 8:52 pm. #
Merry Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you!
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by Heather of the EO on December 25, 2008 at 5:40 pm. #
I’ve been missing you, but glad you’re getting a break, all the same. I’m thinking you might discover that, like many gifts, this gift to Neil is also, maybe, a little gift to yourself. So enjoy your time away. And I can’t wait for all the pithy wisdom you’ll impart when you return.
And if those blogher ads really are going into an airline account, I’m going to click on every single one of them every day in a superhuman effort to boost those revenues!
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by charrette on December 27, 2008 at 3:25 pm. #
I am SO missing you! I’m glad you took a break, because everyone needs one, but I’m missing my Kim. I hope you don’t read this until after your break is over (in case writing becomes too much temptation), but I had to come back yet again!
And surprise, surprise…my husband started his own blog! See what strange things happen to the universe when you’re gone?
I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday!
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by Rebecca on December 28, 2008 at 9:11 am. #
See you when you get back. I hope you have an enjoyable blog-free two weeks!
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by Jaina on December 29, 2008 at 3:41 pm. #
You have been missed, but what a thoughtful present!
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by An Ordinary Mom on January 4, 2009 at 12:26 pm. #
oh i TOTALLY know why i couldn’t blog the last two weeks. somewhere, somehow, deep down, i knew you weren’t there. and i couldn’t face the trauma. YOU are the reason *I* didn’t blog.
it’s fine, really it is, i’m just glad to know the reason.
the psyche, eH?
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by holly on January 6, 2009 at 4:42 pm. #