2008 has been a pretty horrible year for me thus far. In fact, I’d have to say the worst on record, what with my father passing away, mother in the hospital on more occasions that I have thumbs and pinkies, moving my family out of the family home of 26 years and the nostalgia surrounding it all, to name a few.

My experiences this year have been more than ideal to vent thoughts and feelings in regular blog posts; whether for others experiencing similar life challenges, or better yet for myself therapeutically and future reflection.

I’ve known for far too long that a blog’s life is measured in traffic and readership (by some people anyway), and for several years my regular posts were garnering 400-500 uniques a day. Heck, @mokapey and I still reminice about weekly DRP podcasts. But, with all things ADD I focused on other seemingly more important items in my life, and have significantly (read: embarrassingly) ignored my blog for far too long.

I’ve threatened to update it (see new *rough* mockup below) and recommence regular updates for a bit and, well, it’s not going to happen unless I make it happen. So, I’ve bought the new laptop, built the new deck in the backyard to kick back with a slushy drink, plus bought and configured wireless N for increased throughput and range into said backyard. Short of finding a little spare time each day, which happens to be my biggest challenge, I really have no excuses.

2008 Blog Design Mockup

I embrace the remainder of 2008 with a positive outlook; not only hoping for improved health and happiness for myself and those around me, but also in my plans to update this site and resume regular blog updates, sooner than later!