So it’s been a while.  In fact it’s been over a year since I published anything, either online or in print, but I have a really killer excuse, in fact I have three.

Reason number 1, I got fired.  Well technically I was “laid off due to the economic downturn” along with several other people I worked with, but here’s the thing, I sucked at my job.  After 15 years in a job that I hated, I had become completely complacent and was doing the bare minimum that I needed to get by. When the time came to axe the dead wood, I would have put my name at the top of the list.

Reason number 2, I had a baby.  I found out that I was pregnant not that long after I got “laid off” and I am not saying that when you are pregnant you can’t do everything you did while not a dual occupancy, in my case the bed rest factor made it a challenge.

Reason number 3, we bought a new house.  What is the smartest thing to do when you are pregnant and have no job….come on, it’s obvious, you buy a new house.  So we did and we did it in a big way.  We bought a house with a sense of humour and moved so far out of the city that not even the pizza guy will deliver to us.

So there you have it, my research (and yes I often research crazy things like that) shows me that these are three of the top most stressful things that you can have happen in your life, topped only by the death of a family member (which happened as well).  So I beg your forgiveness and the plan is to start cooking again to add to the fabulous collection of recipes that I know everyone loves.