It's the Third Annual Blogging Hiatus

Starring: me! Yes, it's that time once again where I cover the blog with sheets, and set out the mouse traps. I'll be back in January. (I've been staring at my monitor for nigh on two minutes, wondering what to say next. That's why I take a break at this time every year. Also I tend to be weepy and nuts in December, and I like to spare you the drama. If only I could spare my family. Although this year is better than years past. Well, I can't stay huddled in the warmth of these parentheses forever, I'd better get back to the main point.)

De-lurking Week will be January 8-12 of the brand-spankin'-new year.  Although, I'm actually not participating this year, because I realized that I'm not really curious about who pops in here occasionally. What I want to know is, who my faithful readers are, and I assume those are the people who regularly comment anyway. Hopefully. On the other hand, if you read everything I write and never comment, I must assume that your fingers are stuck in several pair of finger cuffs, and you can only operate the mouse with your foot. In that case I'd like to say, thank you for your sacrificial loyalty, and push your fingers together.

Here are the two most popular buttons from previous years, and a new one ripped off from based on the movie poster for Alien. Can you tell that's a laptop in the egg? Feel free to post them on your own blog. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus or Alamalagueno, and a happy new year.

Comments

[Hannah]

Oh, well, good-bye then...
(wanders off aimlessly)

[lizardek]

Dagnabit, I hate when this happens. (but the alien button is GENIUS)

[lion]

NO NO NOOOOOOOOO! Don't leave!

(ahem)

Well, okey-dokey. If you must (sniff).

Have a nice drama, er, holiday.

Jason from spacemonkeypants has a nice delurker button today too. There must have been a sale.

How'd you get the picture of my grandmother?

[Africableu]

Happy hibernation. See you next year...

[Sharyn]

You will be missed, and your glorious return eagerly anticipated. Here's wishing you and your loved ones all the best this Holiday Season!

[marian]

As a non-participant, I found NaBloPoMo absolutely exhausting. Too damn much to read! Shit! So anyway, enjoy your month off. I'll be here when you get back....

[Lisa]

I hope your holidays are less stressful and drama-filled than previous years. And that you get to enjoy them and your hiatus. See you when you get back!

[Kyran, Notes to Self]

hey, don't go....I just got here.

damn.

[boogiemum]

Happy a very happy holiday and enjoy your hiatus. I look forward to reading of your return!

[Daisy]

See you (virtually) in January! congrats for having the guts to take a break and take care of yourself.

[Susan]

I'll think of you on Christmas day, when I am eating green chili and biscochitos that I'm forcing my parents to haul with them from Albuquerque.

Feliz Navidad, y prospero ano! (Look at me, with the poorly spelled Spanish!)

[Wende]

Have a lovely break!

And I'm with you about de-lurking week... I just wish a few of my lurkers would, as you so aptly put it, push their fingers together. Another blogger I know, knows one of my lurkers and says she won't comment because she's "too shy." I'm guessing a de-lurker week won't entice her out either. :)

Anyhow... have a great break, ok. Enjoy and BREATHE. :D

[Elizabeth]

oh you smart thing--- have a great hiatus and an even better holiday-- I'll still be lurking when you get back. SMOOCH.

[.m.]

i shall miss you this month, but knowing you'll be back in a few weeks helps soothe the pain. Enjoy your holi-daze!

[Marilyn]

I agree with Liz--the alien button IS genius. :) Happy Holidays, Sheryl, to you and your family. Enjoy your hiatus.

[Carmen]

Oh, I'm going to miss you like crazy, but maybe it'll give me chance to get out of these damned fingercuffs...

[DM]

Have a great hiatus! See you next year.

[angie]

Well, fine then. Have a lovely holiday. Eat a bunch of cookies. Burp up some eggnog.

THEN.

Come back and talk to us. 'K?

[cursingmama]

Have an awesome vacation! See you in January!

[bad penguin]

I read regularly, but probably don't comment as much as I should. Have a lovely hiatus, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in January.

[tinker]

Thank you - I've finally gotten the Chinese fingercuff's off...
Enjoy your hiatus - though I will miss your posts (where will I lurk for the next 3 weeks without you? :)
Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[Sam]

Well, NaBloPoMo would do it to ANYBODY. Have a lovely time off and try not to slay all the crazy holiday shoppers. Hopefully you'll still check your email, because I have a bloggy question to ask, you all knowing one! I'll email you in the next couple of days...

[Erin]

I'll miss you too.

[kerflop]

Blog breaks are good for your health. December's tag line should be The Month for Being Weepy and Nuts.

Remember how we talked on the phone that one time? And I like, suck on the phone? If you want to talk to a sucky phone talker again, you know how to find me.

Enjoy your break,
xo
Jessica

[sarah]

Don't forget to take care of yourself and rest a little on your blog break. Give yourself a break.

I will be thinking of you and will now wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy new Year.