Otherwise known as "I have a cold in my nose." Actually, I might have a bit of a flu... I was achy and feverish yesterday... today I'm feeling a bit better because I slept so much yesterday. However, the truly klutzy side of me reared its head this morning... I was bending down to turn on the shower and something tweaked in my back -- it's very twinge-y and bugging me now. I think it's just nuts how you can throw your back out of whack with the stupidest stuff sometimes. It's rideeeeeeeeekulous!

And I'm nearing real disaster zone... I may have to run out and buy more Kleenex soon. I'm going through it so fast it's crazy.

Thanks so much for your comments and well-wishes. I must say that being sick in summer is just so much worse somehow. It sounded like some of you weren't feeling so hot either, so I feel bad for complaining even an iota. I'll pretend I feel really peppy instead!

So I mentioned on Monday where I've been. Had a GREAT visit with my family (including a very fun surprise 60th bday party for my uncle and LOTS of time spent with my Grandpa, who seems to be doing ok in the wake of my Grandma's passing a few months ago). It was nice to spend a lot of time with family, even though I still had to work.

But coming home to find my DSL down... ugh... The DSL thing was ridiculous, frankly, because I've had tech people out several times in the past and never did they tell me that there was something wrong with the way stuff was wired. The guy rewired everything and that seemed to do the trick (knock on wood). The clincher which is making me seriously consider cable modem (pros/cons for those who have it?) is that the dial-up option I have with my account was spotty at best too. So I had to schlep out to Panera a few times to use their WiFi to send large files for work. It really sucked.

Had a fab visit with my brother, sister-in-law and nephews who visited this past weekend. We even took the boys into NYC and they loved the tall buildings and noise and people and just the general craziness of it all. Oldest nephew told me we could never move because he wants to come to NYC every time he visits us. Well, alrighty then, I guess we're staying in NJ!

On Saturday, my sister-in-law and I went here: Renegade Craft Fair. It was a trek out to Brooklyn, to be sure, but it was so worth the trip. We loved it - all of the handmade, quirky, artsy goodness of everything was so inspiring and downright cool. Plus the fact that they had it in an old, HUGE neighborhood pool that closed in the '80s (and was sans water, of course) just made it even cooler. (Yes, the booths were set up IN the pool!) Over the coming days and weeks, I'll share some links to the websites of some of my fave vendors from the fair.

My CT member Lilian has been busy scrapping stuff with my designs; I'll share some of her creations with you guys soon! Very soon!

My alma mater (University of Georgia -- go Dawgs!) has an alumni magazine that goes out quarterly to over 200,000 readers. Well, guess who's featured in the June issue? Yours truly! Check it out:

Krista in UGA Alumni Magazine

(I wish my blog was still getting that many visitors, but it's not. It was when I did the interview for the feature back in the winter though! It pretty much petered out when I slacked off on the freebies. I know those of you reading this don't care whether I offer freebies or not and that makes me so very happy!) (Also not crazy about the photos -- the photographer was an awesome chick and we've stayed in touch [shout out to Dot in Athens!], but I just don't like the number of chins I'm sporting lately. I sooooo need to lose some weight!)