Its November First???

Wasn't it just New Years like, a minute ago? I'm especially not sure where September and October went. Sorry for the lack of blogging lately. Life has been a little hectic/craptastic for the last couple of weeks:

*My grandma, who wasn't all that ill, had a series of strokes and passed away.
*The night of her funeral, my uncle (her son, dad's brother) had a ruptured aneurysm and died. (yes, you read that right, two funerals in four days)
*Its been 1.5 months since Luka's cancer surgery and prognosis of "2 to 4 months to live".
*I didn't get accepted into Handmade Arcade (I know, not quite on par with the other three, but still)

Still, life wasn't all downers:
*I got to see my aunt Terri for the second time this year. She lives near Tahoe and I normally only see her once every few years.
*I got to spend time with my uncle (at my gram's funeral, but still...) which is also rare, despite the fact that he only lives 30 mintues away.
*I got to spend LOTS of time with my favorite little person, Tyler, who is now six months old!
*Got the proofs back from the boy's photo session and they are AWESOME! When I get the prints, I'll post some here.
*I had a birthday. G bought me a new laptop. I celebrated it in peace and quiet, which is really all I want these days. (I think I'm turning into a recluse. If I didn't have to go to work, I might not ever leave the house!)
*I've been making cards and other things. Really! But between the two jobs, and the above mentioned mess, I haven't had much time to take & edit photos. Here's one though, in celebration of November 1st (including a closeup of the TEENY TINY lines and leaves I colored!):

Trees and leaves are Purple Onion Designs stamps, patterned paper is Basic Grey and the sentiment is PTI, of course! I wanted to tie a button on there, but thought this was a nice flat, easily mailed card without it.