It's officially been one year...

..since I came forward, turned my world upside down, hit rock bottom, came forward & public about the abuse going on in my life, and ended the cycle. It's officially been one year since I faced you-a guy who supposedly loved me, who I lived with for two years, who I trusted-in court. It's officially been one year since the State Police, FBI gun squad, and local police turned our entire apartment, and my entire life, inside out. It's been one year, since my father had to come help me pack my apartment at 2am, with the police bagging guns, cameras, tapes, computers, etc that I didn't even knew you HAD. Since I saw myself on tape, in the most private, intimate ways. Since I thought going to the bathroom in my own apartment, was safe. Since because of you, I sat in court shaking, crying, and nauseous, as myself, the judge, my family, and people I've never even met before-watched the evidence and tapes of me, in all my intimacy. Since because of you, I now seek psychiatric help, just to go to the bathroom somewhere other than home.
It's been one year since the very same day I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I left the doctors office and had to go to another appointment...at the Victim's Advocate office.
It's been one year since I said no more. Since I stood up for myself. Since I took a step to protect the next girl....
since you were arrested.

and I've never been happier.

This is NOT your imagination...

This really IS the blog that never really goes away. =) So I'm going to try this whole blogging thing one more time..only this time I think I'll actually keep up with it. It's been so long since I've blogged, that most of the people who left comments on this page, no longer exist. I've lost track of them all.

I'm not going to bother going into detail about all that's changed since I've last posted..that post was dramatic enough. But I will fill you in on some quick things:
*I'm still a chocolate loving porker.
*I still love ginger ale.
*I still love pink.
*I'm currently and probably will always be unhealthily addicted to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.
*I have the most amazing niece ever.

Anyway, moving right along into why I'm here-
Recently my crafting mojo has been back in full force. Probably has something to do with this awesome little craft cave I have going on. Well, I say little craft cave, but it's actually like an orgasmic getaway. The only thing missing is a bathroom..but that's close enough that it's not TOO much of an issue. So my thoughts are at least every 2-3 days, I'm going to post the latest project I'm working on..or a sneak peek anyway. I'm hoping by keeping up with this blog, my motivation will continue through the upcomming holiday season. I have lots to accomplish by then =)

But for now, it's almost midnight, and I'm on a never ending work schedule..so I shall leave you with a sneak peek of two of my most current projects:

Pretty flannel fabric going through my awesome AccuQuilt GO! machine. (Check back later this week for my review/opinions on this machine.)

I spy crappily sewn circles on squares =)

This isn't a picture of a project I'm working on, obviously. It's just a picture of my niece because she's absolutely the coolest thing since Nutella on sliced bread.