Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a (DMQ) Crown

Where to begin ... omigosh, it's been so long since I've talked to you guys.

I decided after my grandmother died to just take a break from blogging and the home shopping universe in general. I stopped checking my email, never looked at the blog, and even stopped watching all the home shopping channels (gasp!) It was a sudden and clean break from everything "Queen Bea."

The longer I didn't blog, the harder it was to start back up again. While a part of me missed sitting on my little self-built throne, the weight of the Diamonique-encrusted crown weighed heavy on my head. I was beginning to enjoy the freedom. Even though I started the blog for fun, it was becoming like a second job. Pressure, pressure, pressure ... I was over it.

Slowly, but surely, I started watching a little QVC every now and then. Maybe I even noticed when there was some major vendor musical chairs going on (OMG! Suzanne Somers!) And I might have even raised an eyebrow when I began to see ShopNBC taking some of my rather long-winded advice and start to pull themselves out of that unwatchable and unprofitable rut they were stuck in*. In other words, I was ready to dive back into the murky home shopping waters.

Then my number one job--MOM--took precedence over everything. My son was having problems at school. I won't go into the details since he is due his privacy, but the end result was that I decided to pull him out of public schools and homeschool him. I went from working full-time and being a full-time mom, to working part-time, being a full-time mom, and being a full-time teacher. My time on the Internet was spent researching various curricula and putting lesson plans together, not digging up the latest dirt on home shopping hair extension vendors.

Recently, my son and I have settled into a good routine with school and I actually find myself having the energy and time to check on my poor little ol' neglected home shopping stepchild of a blog. Poor thing!

Right now I'm working on sorting through the *gulp* thousands of emails in my inbox and deleting all the nasty comments and spam that are now littering up the place. So, please, if you emailed me and never received a reply, accept my apology. My intent was not to ignore or be mean to you.

I haven't made any decisions about what I'll do after I've cleaned up the blog, but hopefully I'll be able to find time to at least post occasionally.

BTW, since I am TOTALLY out of the loop, I want to hear some good home shopping gossip, y'all! Post a comment, email me ... just let me know what's going on these days. I've got to catch up on everything!

*ETA: This does NOT excuse them getting rid of Charla. That is NOT cool!