Yes, I've finally gotten it together to make a post.  Took me long enough, I know -- vacation was great but it did take a lot out of me, and getting back into my routine has taken longer than I expected. 
 

Right now I'm waiting for tonight's game to start.  What a rollercoaster the past few days have been, what with the epic fail of the collapse against the O's, followed by the huge comeback the next day (and yes, of course, I was insanely proud of My Little Guy for getting the game-winning hit).

Speaking of all things Sox, congratulations to Jason Bay on becoming a U.S. citizen just in time for the Fourth.  Nice timing -- and I'm sure everyone has seen the pictures from the ceremony, so let me just say that he looked terrific in that suit and with that hairstyle.  Easy on the eyes, our JayBay is...

Off to stuff my face a little bit before the first pitch...

I went and did it, you guys!  I added icon space...for a total of 105!  And then I promptly uploaded about 20 of the multitude of icons that I've made (some of which will never be seen because they were weird experiments like close-ups of eyes, or they were of Manny, or things of that nature).  I also set aside a whole lot of pictures from my "Sox miscellaneous" folder for future icon use, because I know the current ones are mostly Lugo and Coco and, well, you know...with Coco being gone and Lugo being a lot of people's least favorite player, I suppose I should give the rest of the team some air time.  And I'm enjoying fooling with patterns to make abstracts.  So look for a bunch of other icons as time goes on.  For now, I'm just really, REALLY happy to have more space to play with, and I'm also happy to be able to use some of the ones I have without deleting the tried and true ones that folks are used to.

WHEEEEE!!!!!  ::::is giddy:::   (simple pleasures for simple minds, or so I've heard)