A quick question--I've noticed on my sitemeter that some folks are trying to leave comments, but when I go check on my comments, nothing new has shown up.  If you're having problems leaving comments, could you let me know by emailing me at omegamom_01 at yahoo dot com?  Blogger has been having problems lately (like, say, migrating my blog over to the new version, which still isn't happening), and I'm getting grumpy about it.  Dawn, over at This Woman's Work, passed me a coupon for her hosting site, and I'm thinking of splurging on a new site...

Maybe it'll help with my blogger's block.  I've come across a few things I want to write about, but then I sit down at the computer and look at the blank screen, and nothing comes out.

While I don't respond that often to comments--in fact, I'm horribly bad about it--I really do appreciate them.  For instance, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy when I got all the commentary on my "four years" post.  I'm just so glad we've discovered this way to capture that smile on the dotter's face, because that's what we see so often, but it's so hard to catch.  She is so beautiful to us, and I like to share it.

Aside from that, like I said, blogger's block.  Bah.

Some snippets:

A short stroll in a Chinese National Park.  Don't click if you've got a problem with heights.

A not-so-safe-for-work chocolate Santa.

Did you catch the Geminids meteor shower?  How was it in your area?  So far, my peeks haven't produced a single meteor.  Bah.

I'm joining the folks who aren't feeling the holiday spirit.  You'd think, with an almost-five-year-old in the house, I'd be chock-a-block full of Christmas cheer.  Nope.  Dunno why, but it's just not happening.