I'm descending into that weird space again where I don't write anything unless the circumstances are perfect, and the stars align with time, place and inspiration.

The big snow last week and my blog being down for a bit, plus Blissdom and a volleyball tournament this weekend have thrown me off a little.

And, by "thrown me off a little" I mean I haven't been to my house in ages, and when I am there, I can hardly hold my head up.

In fact, I'm not sure when I last did laundry or washed dishes, even with my fancy new dishwasher.

I'm vaguely sure the kids have been bathed and we've fed them something besides Toaster Strudel at some point, throw in Busy Boy's MAJOR research paper that was due (let's just say Emergency Research Paper Plans were activated, and leave it at that), and I've just been a bit "off schedule".

Blah, blah, blah...broken record.

I know.

I also seem to have lost the ability to use a quick moment here and there to write something, I used to be able to do that, now am very much a princess who needs quiet and solitude to hone my craft.

Or, something like that.

So, yet again, I shall attempt to get back on the Nike inspired "Just Do It" blogging program.

Here we go:

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I attended most of Blissdom last week, where I learned a few things, saw some friends, got to know people better and met some new friends.

It was held at the fabulous Gaylord Opryland Hotel here in town.

The only thing about going to a conference where you live is that you feel compelled to do that and take care of stuff at home (see also: burning the candle at all 3 ends), so I did a lot of running back and forth.

There are lots of posts about Blissdom out there, and I'll probably write more about it later.

But, for now congratulations for a job well done to Alli Worthington of Blissfully Domestic, Babara Jones and Paula Bruno of One2One Network.

Even though interaction between brands and bloggers is a hot topic, I just want to make sure you check out the fabulous Blissdom sponsors.

[heavy sigh] I get nothing for that, that statement was not endorsed in any way.

I merely went to a great conference that was made possible by the support of these sponsors, and that's a great thing. [/heavy sigh]

As yo may have heard, Harry Connick Jr. made a special guest appearance at Blissdom.

While I'm not much of a "Squee!" -er, he and his band were fabulous.

He was on his way to the Super Bowl and he could have popped into town, phoned it in at the piano and popped back out since it was a smallish conference full of bloggers.

But, he didn't.

He and those young men in the band, Brought. It.

More importantly, though, they taught us about Musician's Village.

New Orleans lost so much during Hurricane Katrina, and among those losses were musicians and there music, a foundation of that town.

Musician's Village is a Habitat For Humanity project in New Orleans conceived by Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis to provide homes and a community for musicians who lost everything during the storm and flood.

Take a minute and find out more about Musician's Village (has sound), you'll be glad you did.

These young men with him are residents:

They can also dance as video evidence will eventually prove if the videographer wasn't too traumatized.

Hilarious evening after the concert.

If you give a blogger a dance floor...