SORRY FOLKS...

sorry, folks!

blog is closed today.

i'll be back next week.

or soon, if i can get my act together.

THANKS FOR JOINING THE PARTY!

may i take this opportunity to welcome a few new friends to the partay that is this blog.

thanks for joining us ALEX, MICHELLE AND PAM!!!

SHOUT OUT!

let's give a big woo to the hoo for my two new followers.
thanks pam and angela.
welcome aboard our wild ride!

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!

let's all welcome leanne and lissa to our esteemed group of followers, shall we? welcome ladies! so glad you're here, honestly and truly. xo!

ANOTHER FOLLOWER SHOUT OUT!

i'd like to welcome meagan and susie to our very prestigious follower group of 13. raise the roof. totally dope. gnarly, dude. awesome, man. totally freakintastic. welcome, ladies!

WELCOME!

i'd like to send a huge woot! woot! out to my two new followers...jamie and marilyn! welcome, you two. so glad to have you join the craziness!

WELCOME!

today i have the pleasure of welcoming codie and bridgette to my esteemed list of followers. i've promised myself a present if i get into double digits. ha! welcome, girls!

I HAVE 7 FOLLOWERS! COUNT 'EM! 7!

sending a shout out to my followers. wow! i'm almost to double digits!
thanks to...

jessica
andrea
laurie
bethany
wyatt
jana
jill

thanks for hanging in there with me!

MY FIRST FOLLOWERS!

just wanted to send a shout out to jill and andrea for signing up as my first followers. thanks, friends! so nice to know i'm not totally talking to myself all the time.

COMMENTS! I GOT COMMENTS!

a big shout out to jessica and leanne.
for the comments.
my first blog comments ever.
now i'm official.
thanks girls!
keep 'em coming.
we all need a little validation, you know?

IDEAS REQUESTED

i need a new blog title.
this one seems not quite right.
seems to be a put down.
really it comes from testing microphones
in high school drama.
testing...testing. test. test.
always thought someone said tess.
i'd turn and look every time.
so, instead of this is only a test,
you know, like from the emergency broadcast system,
i titled it this is only a tess.
and no, i didn't use any quotation marks.
but i don't use capitals, either.


anyhoo...all you...two...readers...
any ideas?

BACK IN THE SADDLE

Or should that be,
Back on the Blog Wagon. Anyway, uh,
OK, so I kinda took a break for a while.
But I'm back and am hoping to make this
more of a priority for me. So that means
more posts acomin'. Try to contain your
enthusiasm.