If you've given this site more than a passing glance, you've probably noticed it's really dead. Not to mention outright broken in a lot of spots. I think most of the posts in this forum are me giving excuses about the place and promising to get it done Real Soon Now. Well, the sad fact of it is that I simply don't have the time right now. Building a community site is hard work. Tons and tons of hard work. I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this. With a baby and a toddler on top of freelance work and other projects, this site keeps getting pushed off over and over again.

I do still really want to do this, though. I want this to become a bustling, happening place with tons of community information and people chatting with each other. I have a dream that won't go away. I keep thinking about this site and the things I want to do. I just need to be realistic and admit it won't happen soon. But my kids keep getting older and the baby is nearly old enough to play with the toddler. I'm hoping that by this Spring they'll be able to keep each other entertained enough that I can squeeze out some time for this site. I'm hoping, perhaps unrealistically, to get it done by our one year anniversary on March 30. But that keeps getting closer and closer and my to do list isn't any shorter, so no promises.

So I understand if you don't stick around. No one wants to hang out in an empty room. That's part of the problem, you see. You can't just make a community out of the blue. You need action, stuff happening, to make people want to stay. So people come and they go without saying a word. And I can't blame them. If this wasn't my "baby" I wouldn't stay, either.

So, if you like the idea but not the quiet, why not go ahead and file us in your bookmarks for later? Maybe pop back this Spring and see if things are in better shape? Because I'm not giving up. I will get this site off the ground. Someday.

Michelle