Teadonism

I am still very much alive and kicking, and I apologize for any concern regarding that and for having the blog down for so long.

It was for rather wretchedly personal reasons, I’m afraid. I was being searched for/contacted by a person I’d rather not be dealing with, and went into temporary internet hibernation while I got everything straightened out.

Not sure as to the status of this project in the future but I AM hoping to be able to update at least once a month or so. Thank you all for reading when you did, and here’s the blog if you wanted any past entries, or if you wanted to give me another shot in the possible future. Thanks!

…and I still have the most sincere intentions to keep this sucker up on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, I work in the insurance industry, on the enrollment side of things, and with Medicare.  This means that the last few months have been full of open enrollment super-busy nonsense, and I haven’t had a lot of time to post, read blogs, etc.  My apologies!

While I’ve been gone, a few notable tea things did occur.  We visited “Dream About Tea” in Evanston again and took an amazing and incredibly informative tea class from Hong.  That was a blast!  I’d highly recommend her classes–whether on tea or, I’m sure, on Chinese language, as she was a marvelous and patient teacher–to anyone in the area.

Also, for Christmas, I got a gorgeous new gong fu tray and will definitely be showing off a picture here in the near future.  Pete got a Super-Gaiwan, as he always complained that the 4oz ones were just too small.  This one holds about 10, I think, and came from the Imperial Tea Court.  Pictures of that, too, later.

Thanks to everyone who prodded me about it! :)  I’ll try to be better in the near future.  Hope you are all well, and I look forward to catching up on your blogs.

It was a bit of a rough weekend, what with Edgar the Ferret getting sick and needing surgery on Labor Day, so I can’t describe how exiting it was to get two tea packages yesterday!  One was from Stephane Erlers at Teamasters Blog, and the other from The Simple Leaf. 

 It really lifted my spirits to find two beautiful, painstakingly packaged boxes of tea!  I pawed through them immediately and found both of them to far outstrip my initial expectations.  Expect vendor and tea reviews on these in the near future–I plan on sitting down to some of these lovely blacks and oolongs (and a green!) later today.

Anyway, don’t wait for my reviews–if you’ve never dealt with either of these vendors/sources (somehow I don’t exactly consider Stephane a “vendor,” proper, but rather a “source,” if that makes sense…?) before, I’d tell you to go for it.  The service was knowlegeable and prompt, the shipping was fast, prices were good, packaging was careful, etc.–and the teas, while currently untasted, look to be of a very high, uniform quality. 

In other news, Edgar has returned from the animal hospital.  He had a hairball blocking off his little stomach.  The hairball had probably been building up since before I even owned him, the poor dear.  He’s feeling better now, I think, and is eating well, so I feel much better.  In closing, a few darling and completely off-topic slices of cuteness:

(Note the adorable fang-a-langs below.  Strictly decorative–he’s a very sweet ferret.)

…family plans this weekend, etc.  Plus, my pet ferret is in emergency surgery right now, so I’m rather stressed and worried (not to mention flat-broke!) about that. 

 Hope to post later this week–thanks for the visits and patience!