Moldy Mel has been missing You!

Hi All You Fantabulous People You!

Sorry, it's been a lifetime hasn't it? How are you? I hope you are having a fantastic new year so far. I've been missing you all so very badly. I so appreciate your thoughtful emails and kind wishes--more than I can possibly express.

Now that we finally have Internet again, I've been having to keep myself off the computer while I slowly work on getting our new home livable, since I've been feeling really unwell. BUT I'm on the mend and it is all good news and good change from here on in.

The move went well, despite some crazy snow and ice which had us hauling many many a carload. (I have WAY too much stuff! We were fortunate to have lots of help from wonderful friends and family though. (We are so very lucky!)

Our new place is much healthier than the last place, which we discovered was moldy and mildewy (despite running the dehumidifier and cleaning windows etc. with hydrogen peroxide--you should never use bleach, I discovered from our mold remediation company, since it off-gases and is very hazardous. Not to mention that it merely feeds the mold with moisture anyhow!

SOOOoooh... I seem to have a reaction to mold and have ended up with a lung infection, fatigue, achey-ness, & these dang headaches (and a whopping case of whinging, it seems) LOL. After 2 and 1/2 years of moldiness, I'm really grateful to now be living in a clean (non-damp!) place. They tell me the effects of mold exposure can take a while to clear out of your system though, and I'm still feeling surprisingly rundown. I have hopes of being back to my usual obsessive blogging very soon! I am thoroughly convinced that it's intensely hazardous to your health to go without stamping for this long!

I just can't say enough how extremely grateful I am for your patience and all of the love you've been lavishing on me. (Wiping happytears off face...) I am the luckiest blogger ever! I can't tell you how it eases my blues to have you all be so astoundingly kindhearted. You've really kept me going. Thank you so very very much from the bottom of my moldy lil' heart. ;O)

Lots of love,
:O)
Mel