I’m back! I got lots of boring stuff done and enjoyed my break a bit. Although I have to say that I missed blogging a ton and reading blogs. It almost felt weird the first few days to not sit in front of the computer and read blogs (I actually had to have Ben disconnect my wireless internet the first 2 nights so I wouldn’t be tempted to see what all of you out there were up to), but as the week went on (and eventually turned into almost 2 weeks) it was kind of nice to just take a bit of a break from the computer. Not so nice though that I want to do that again anytime soon! :)

So during my blogging break I actually had my very first meet up with another blogger! I had no idea that anyone in my area even blogged, let alone the fact that I was actually reading a blog from someone who lived very near me! When I posted a picture of this tree though, which just happens to be a fairly distinctive looking tree, Dorie from tumbling blocks emailed me to say that she thought that tree looked familiar. Not being very up on my Illinois geography, I didn’t know where the town she lives in was located until I Google mapped it (and I have been reading her blog for awhile, I just didn’t think to do this). It turns out that she lives very nearby, so we decided to do a little meet up. It was so neat to talk sewing, crafting, and blogging with another person who totally gets it! And of course, anyone who blogs and crafts knows that a meet up with another blogger wouldn’t be complete without little presents! :) She made me this adorable squirrel hotpad! (Which is just too cute to use for ordinary things!)

I brought her some photo notecards that I had printed up with some photos I had taken… One of this photo – Wildflowers in the Wind and one of this photo – Sunlight through a window.
If you have never read Dorie’s blog, be sure to go take a look and maybe read what she had to say about our little meet up! :)

I still want to finish the Encyclopedia of me posts, so I think I will start that again either tomorrow or Saturday maybe…

Now I am off to read bunches of blogs in Google Reader to see what everyone else has been up to! :)