Kumquat Day. My Favorite Holiday.

Finally the moment you have all been waiting for.................. Kumquat Season.

Well it officially started on November 15th. But the Festival is Saturday Jan. 28th.

This is my favorite time of the year ya'll. I love Kumquats.

They are so cute. And tiny. And orange. And you eat them skin and all.

I know you are all sitting at your computers saying "Kumquat" out loud and snickering to yourselves right now. I still laugh when I say it sometimes. But damn if I haven't become infatuated with the little fruit.

Kumquat Jelly, Kumquat Bread, Kumquat Pie, Kumquat Ice Cream, Kumquat Milk Shakes, I can keep going.

What? You have never heard of a Kumquat?

Well I live in the Kumquat Capital. And every year we celebrate with a huge festival centered around the little fruit. And a cook-off, and a beauty pageant, and so much more!

Go here to read more about Kumquats. You can even have some shipped to you so that you do not miss out on Kumquat Season. Just be sure you eat it skin and all. The skin is the best part.

Here is my excuse.

I haven't updated my blog in over a month because I just didn't feel like writing. I think I am probably the worlds worst blogger.

Here s a quick recap to get you caught up on what happened in the last month and then I will proceed with semi-regular blogging again.

1st Week of December - involved lots of work to catch up from time spent on vacation in November. I went to Gatlinburg. It was cold, I did lots of shopping. It was fantastic. Started not sleeping very well.

2nd Week of December - Spent stressing over the fact that, I the queen of early Xmas shopping, still had not started shopping yet. This was a very sad time for me. 2nd week of not sleeping very well.

3rd Week of December - I took the whole damn week off. I went shopping. And then I went shopping again. I had lunch w/friends and exchanged presents. The I had breakfast w/friends and exchanged presents. Then I did some more shopping. 3rd week - now to the point where I am not sleeping at all.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - Both were spent shuffling between my family and Mark's family. I finally could stop stressing over Xmas shopping and start stressing over Family. Did I mention that I am not sleeping at this point? It was a rough two days - they involved lots of wine.

Week between Xmas and New Years Eve is a huge blur. Finally made it to the doctors to discuss my Not Sleeping. He gave me a sleep medicine. It didn't work. It made me wired and made it even harder to sleep.

New Years Eve - Annual Party at our House. It was great. It involved lots of food and Liquor. We started at about 2pm and ended at 4am.

New Years Day - Shhhh. My head hurts. Why is the sun so bright today? What is that sticky stuff on my kitchen floor? Must go back to sleep.

January 2nd - 18th - Preparing for the Kumquat Festival. For those who do not know what a Kumquat is...........you will have to wait until my next post. Which is coming very soon. promise. Kumquats are one of my favorite things in the whole world. The Kumquat Festival is something I look forward to all year long!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, somewhere in here I went back to the Doctors and got another new medicine. It makes me sleep. Wooohooo. Sleep. Surprisingly once I started sleeping again I A) Became less cranky B) People started wanting to spend time with me again C) I regained the will to do things, like blogging and combing my hair.