Been sick and am way behind

To all of my many, many friends here, those that have been friendly and even those that I've never heard from again after accepting your friendship, I'm sorry that I have been incommunicado for the past few weeks. Thank you to those that asked where I've been. I got through the winter months without getting sick but got bit by a flu bug as winter faded into spring. It was nothing life threatening, just enough to keep me from desiring to gaze into a computer screen. I do hope you understand. My email box is close to exploding with literally hundreds of friends requests and a few dozen messages. I try to go through everything I get and answer as best as I can but this is going to take awhile. I hope you all understand. It may take weeks to sift through the mess I have here. That being said, I have also decided that I will be keeping a lower profile here than I did in the past. The constant arguing on the main forum is getting old and I am not a fan of chatting. Thanks for listening, my friends! Linda