fall favorites...

if  you've been around here long

you've already seen these fall favorites 

but I still love them

and wanted to bring them out again.

I'm still working on this year's fall pretties
I'd better hurry up, huh?
There is still  next week.

 blogging etiquette

I'd like to address a little blogging business.

As you probably have noticed, I use comment moderation.

You may also be wondering, 

"Where is my comment?"

In the beginning, I set up my blog that way

 to protect from spam 

and 

unwanted (inappropriate) comments 

But soon, I used it as a way to monitor *return visits*.

What I mean is this:  You visit me, I visit you.

plain and simple courtesy

By leaving the comments *unpublished* 

I would  know where I needed to visit...make  the visit..

.and then I would  *publish*  the comment.

Somewhere during the summer,  

my system failed...or I failed...or something like that.

I became very overwhelmed with all of my projects...and in the world of blogging, it was all I could do just to  post .

So consequently, I became (and still am) very behind...

like I still have comments 

from the middle of September 

that I haven't *published*.

Some of you have asked me

and

I am afraid that I have offended some of you.

Not my intention, at all.

What I meant to be kind, really can appear to be rude.

I get that.

I am tempted to publish them all

and start fresh

but then I get all-optimistic

and think I can conquer the list.

What I really want to say is this:

I LOVE your comments

I LOVE the encouragement you give me

I LOVE getting to know you.

and 

I am sorry.

I could turn off comments altogether until I am caught up,

I could set up the email and answer directly in email form.

(I think that would be faster but less personal)

I could just publish and not visit at all,

or

 I can keep plugging away at the list, keep posting, 

and  probably always be behind.

The dilemma continues...

I just wanted to let you know what's been going on.
I do want your opinion on the matter.
I am going to directly *publish* all comments on this post
just sayin' :)

Thanks for your patience...you're the best!