Oh Good Grief...

No, seriously. I mean gooooood grief.  

Have you ever had such a serious case of the "reallies?" that you feel like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer? Yeah, well that is exactly where I stand this morning, knee deep in Really Land.

That's because I really... really have a ridiculous reason for not posting for days. I mean, really ridiculous, folks.

You see, when I sat down to write, I discovered that my next post ...this one right here.... was going to be my 500th post.

Really.

Somehow over the course of time,

 I have managed to imagine up 500 random things to yak about. 

 Being such an auspicious post and all, it just seemed to me that it shouldn't be squandered on just any old thing.  It ought to be some sort of celebration. Too bad I couldn't figure out how in the world to go about celebrating.  Really folks, I should be too ashamed to yak about this, but the stress of the whole thing gave me a cold case of keyboard freeze.  

No, really. 

I thought about a tablescape, but well... the rain and all.  I thought about a house tour, but then I'd have to clean the house.  I thought about a blog giveaway, but I didn't know how many takers I would have for a set of  personally crafted decoupaged coasters.  A big old cake was not an option.  It's 104 degrees in the shade, way too hot to bake for a bunch of invisible people.

Finally, I decided to wait for someone out there to pass me one of those Blog Awards. You know the kind, the ones where you get to yak out 7 random things about yourself and everybody has to listen. I love those, which when you think about it is kind of  pathetic... really.  

I waited and waited, but apparently, no one  in all of Blogville wants to hear 7 more random things about Debbie. How embarrassing.

I. mean. really.  

So here I sit. All dressed up and nothing to say. So as not to waste any more blog time, I've just decided to take the plunge and publish a post about absolutely nothing.   I'm sneaking it in on a Saturday afternoon so as not to embarrass myself in front of a crowd.

Yeah, I know.  A little late to start worrying about that now... 

And that, folks, is all I have to say about that. Well, that, and a big fat thank you  for listening to me yak all the way to 500 posts.  I appreciate it more than you will ever know.

And I mean that.
Really.