The day that an alien abducted me...

So here I was....all happy the day after Easter being newly engaged and all....sitting in my front room having a cup of pre-bedtime chamomile tea and gazing dreamily at my lovely engagement ring. Ooooooh....how it sparkled! I was mesmerized and right then....whamo! A great big beam of light flew right into the front windows, blinding me. I cried out for my sweetie, Paul, but my voice made no noise. Instead of my darling running into the room to inspect the situation, there was a 2-foot little green alien standing right in front of me. He had four eyes, and I don't mean he was wearing glasses. He literally had four eyes.
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"Howdy" said the alien in a Southern drawl. "My name is Bob. Bob-the-Alien. I'm here to abduct you." Really -- I promise. His name was Bob.
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"What?! You can't! I'll be missed!" I insisted.
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"No you won't. We'll just put our standard body-double in your place and nobody will know what hit them. Don't worry. We'll return you when we're done with our tests."
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So that is the last thing I remember -- this past spring. I found myself awake today in bed and woke up to realize it is October. I have no idea how the last few months passed so quickly (the blink of an eye for me!) It seems I have a whole summer of goings-ons to catch up on....and to catch you and my blog up on. In fact, it seems I should write about:
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--Moving into a new house
--Growing my fledgling business to the point it is bursting at the seams
--Travelling to and fro all over Europe
--Planning a wedding
--Meeting and visiting with my new niece
--The allotment -- where we have GIANT (alien?) pumpkins ready for carving
--Baking new delicious things and making over 100 jars of jam
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Apparently my body-double was busy this summer!
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So please pardon the catch-up of topics. I blame the alien. Also, I should say that if you visit, any loud noise sometimes makes me start crowing like a rooster. Must be a side-effect of the experiments.