I've been working on the Closet Project today and went out to the apartment office and paid the utility bill after having to excavate my checkbook from the bag of stuff I'd gotten sick of looking at...
I ended up in a bit of a quandry as I really had nothing much in the house to eat tonight but I was hungry but I had no desire to get dressed and go outside and get in the car, warm the car up, drive somewhere and get food. I didn't even run to the post office today, which I should have and I JUST realized that Monday is a holiday so I will have to take care of that errand at lunch on Tuesday and then I have plans for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday evenings this week. (I need to check my calendar to be sure that that is true, but I think it is... and if that's so, it's going to be a completely crazy week and I'd better kick a$$ on the Closet Project because I need to have at least part of it done before POSSLQ is home next and wants to actually sleep in his bed which is still buried in stuff from the Closet. But... I am making progress so I think I can pull it off.
I have a bunch of coupons I need to clip which means I probably won't go grocery shopping until Monday, so then I will be out every freakin' night for the next week and that's insane. How do people with social lives ever get anything done? I mean, I don't even do that much and have trouble making it through my email inbox and reader every day and housework falls to the wayside.
One of these days I'll get my act together, the Closet Project will be done and something that passes for normalcy will come along. Now I'm off to the livingroom to work on a project out there! Goodnight Internetz!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
On the run...
Things have been crazy busy this week. I’ve been doing several blog-related things but haven’t gotten here to update because of all of the non-blog things I have going on right now. Case in point, tonight I am going to the Dallas Museum of Art. High time I got some culture! *grin
Honestly, though, that’s part of the beauty of moving somewhere new. You get to explore all of the venues your new locale has to offer. And yes, I’ve been here for almost 3 years now but it’s only really been the last three or four months that I have ventured much outside of my routine. There are a number of reasons for this but suffice it to say that I am having a good time getting to try new things and go new places.
I have some projects for this weekend and a three mile long “to-do” list. My reader is stuffed full and I volunteered to read and review a book for an author I know.
But on my to-do list is getting things done here and on my other blog. So, there is more to come shortly!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Trying to catch up...
I spent most of the weekend working on the Closet from H3LL. Progress was made but there is still a long way to go and I sortve have a clock ticking and there are 2 stages in which the clock ticks....
1st - POSSLQ is going to come back from business travel at some point and want a place to sleep. Since that bed is largely being used for the pile o' stuff from the closet, I have to figure out how to get things subdued and cleaned up to the point that there will, indeed, be a bed to sleep on. (I am not foolish enough to pile things on MY bed!)
2nd - I am probably having out-of-town company in March and they will be staying at my place (non-negotiable, they WILL be at my place). I'd like to not die of embarrassment when they come. Therefore, I will have to have the Closet from H3LL either beaten into submission OR I will have to find a way to haul it all out, rent a storage locker and then when they are gone, haul it all back. Let me just say, I miss the days of having a garage. Also, I can't afford a storage locker so... I have to get the closet whipped into submission before March. And if you've never had a Closet from H3LL you are laughing at me right now and think I am being overly dramatic. I assure you, I am not. What I am dealing with is a lifetime of things accumulated, moved, lost, found, lost again, packratted, hoarded and loved. And the paperwork.. oh my, the paperwork. My current apartment has 2 mid-sized closets. One in the bedroom and one off the main hall. I cleaned the hall closet last year. Unfortunately, that meant that a bunch of stuff migrated to the bedroom closet and it became the Closet from H3LL. While I now no longer have to keep my steam cleaner and vacuum sitting out, I also don't have a whole lot of storage real estate and I have a ton of STUFF. So, I am working on it and will (eventually) prevail.
There are other things going on and I am trying to keep on top of emails, social media, blogs, etc. and failing miserably. There are things I am really excited about, too. But we'll get to those another day. Now it's nearly midnight and I have to function as a working person tomorrow. Goodnight!
1st - POSSLQ is going to come back from business travel at some point and want a place to sleep. Since that bed is largely being used for the pile o' stuff from the closet, I have to figure out how to get things subdued and cleaned up to the point that there will, indeed, be a bed to sleep on. (I am not foolish enough to pile things on MY bed!)
2nd - I am probably having out-of-town company in March and they will be staying at my place (non-negotiable, they WILL be at my place). I'd like to not die of embarrassment when they come. Therefore, I will have to have the Closet from H3LL either beaten into submission OR I will have to find a way to haul it all out, rent a storage locker and then when they are gone, haul it all back. Let me just say, I miss the days of having a garage. Also, I can't afford a storage locker so... I have to get the closet whipped into submission before March. And if you've never had a Closet from H3LL you are laughing at me right now and think I am being overly dramatic. I assure you, I am not. What I am dealing with is a lifetime of things accumulated, moved, lost, found, lost again, packratted, hoarded and loved. And the paperwork.. oh my, the paperwork. My current apartment has 2 mid-sized closets. One in the bedroom and one off the main hall. I cleaned the hall closet last year. Unfortunately, that meant that a bunch of stuff migrated to the bedroom closet and it became the Closet from H3LL. While I now no longer have to keep my steam cleaner and vacuum sitting out, I also don't have a whole lot of storage real estate and I have a ton of STUFF. So, I am working on it and will (eventually) prevail.
There are other things going on and I am trying to keep on top of emails, social media, blogs, etc. and failing miserably. There are things I am really excited about, too. But we'll get to those another day. Now it's nearly midnight and I have to function as a working person tomorrow. Goodnight!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Family Friendly?
I've been blogging, in some capacity, since 2004. I've written a number of blogs, starting on LiveJournal, then Multiply, even on Yahoo for a while. Because of my personal situation, there have been many things that I haven't blogged about on my main blog or I've actually started completely new blogs because there were things I wanted to talk about but I didn't necessarily want, say, an ex-husband to come across and think (correctly or incorrectly) that the situation I was blogging about was about him. I call my daughter "The Girl" in blogs and don't talk about her often because I don't ever want anyone to go back to her and start an ugly rumor.
In the last year or so, my blogging ambitions have shifted some. This is partially due to getting more involved in the community I now live in, partially because of people I have met and partially because I have had some new directions in my life and I wanted to blog about those things (couponing, reviews, etc.)
But I find myself in a tich of a quandry now that I am taking some steps to do some monetizing on my blogs. I often see something I want to participate in that has, somewhere in the blog about the event/giveaway, etc. that you can only participate if your blog is "Family Friendly". I have yet to involve myself in a single thing thusly marked because... well, I'm just not sure what that MEANS.
Ok, I get that a blog is NOT family friendly if every other sentence contains an "F-Bomb". I get that nudity is no go. I run through my head "Is this something a child should see" sometimes. And then I go back to being confused. Here's why... My daughter was almost 3 when South Park came on TV. I knew very well that South Park was NOT a cartoon meant for children. But I'm going to tell you that my daughter, at almost 3, did watch South Park. Pretty much every episode. And she watched music videos. She never saw an episode of Barney, though, and I think only caught The Teletubbies at a friend's house. She did not pick up bad language or bad behavior from any of this. In fact, until she was almost 15 years old, she didn't cuss at all and would comment on it if anyone else did ("You said a cuss" was her usual phrase)
So, what would be "family friendly" in my household would never fly in other households. But I don't want to go to the extremely conservative end of the spectrum, either, because there are people who think that music and dancing are horrible things and I am just not trying to appeal to that sort of extremist. But, here's the thing. EdenFantasys, an "adult" company, has a fabulous program for bloggers. Plus, they have an affiliate program. And I am pretty sure that I can't get away with doing adult toy reviews on my blog and even remotely qualify as "family friendly" but, on the other hand, people had to have sex (in most cases... I know people adopt) to get families in the first place so is talking about adult products really not "family friendly" as long as I am not doing a post that is full of pictures of S&M fetish equipment and huge phallic objects? How about contraceptive devices? Strictly forbidden?
Ultimately, I am probably going to decide to include what I want to include here and hope that I don't have anyone get overly offended by what I offer. Also, I am probably going to continue to "opt out" of the "family friendly" opportunities because, honestly, I am unsure enough about what's ok WITH THE ENTIRE BLOGOSPHERE that I don't want to "opt in" and then get told "Your blog is way too smutty for this giveaway/bloghop/promotion". I guess that, in the end, I find that while I am a BIT of a sheep... I am, at best, the one that grazes a little removed from the flock... my rainbow wool causing the rest of the herd to roll their eyes and refer to me as "wolf bait".
In the last year or so, my blogging ambitions have shifted some. This is partially due to getting more involved in the community I now live in, partially because of people I have met and partially because I have had some new directions in my life and I wanted to blog about those things (couponing, reviews, etc.)
But I find myself in a tich of a quandry now that I am taking some steps to do some monetizing on my blogs. I often see something I want to participate in that has, somewhere in the blog about the event/giveaway, etc. that you can only participate if your blog is "Family Friendly". I have yet to involve myself in a single thing thusly marked because... well, I'm just not sure what that MEANS.
Ok, I get that a blog is NOT family friendly if every other sentence contains an "F-Bomb". I get that nudity is no go. I run through my head "Is this something a child should see" sometimes. And then I go back to being confused. Here's why... My daughter was almost 3 when South Park came on TV. I knew very well that South Park was NOT a cartoon meant for children. But I'm going to tell you that my daughter, at almost 3, did watch South Park. Pretty much every episode. And she watched music videos. She never saw an episode of Barney, though, and I think only caught The Teletubbies at a friend's house. She did not pick up bad language or bad behavior from any of this. In fact, until she was almost 15 years old, she didn't cuss at all and would comment on it if anyone else did ("You said a cuss" was her usual phrase)
So, what would be "family friendly" in my household would never fly in other households. But I don't want to go to the extremely conservative end of the spectrum, either, because there are people who think that music and dancing are horrible things and I am just not trying to appeal to that sort of extremist. But, here's the thing. EdenFantasys, an "adult" company, has a fabulous program for bloggers. Plus, they have an affiliate program. And I am pretty sure that I can't get away with doing adult toy reviews on my blog and even remotely qualify as "family friendly" but, on the other hand, people had to have sex (in most cases... I know people adopt) to get families in the first place so is talking about adult products really not "family friendly" as long as I am not doing a post that is full of pictures of S&M fetish equipment and huge phallic objects? How about contraceptive devices? Strictly forbidden?
Ultimately, I am probably going to decide to include what I want to include here and hope that I don't have anyone get overly offended by what I offer. Also, I am probably going to continue to "opt out" of the "family friendly" opportunities because, honestly, I am unsure enough about what's ok WITH THE ENTIRE BLOGOSPHERE that I don't want to "opt in" and then get told "Your blog is way too smutty for this giveaway/bloghop/promotion". I guess that, in the end, I find that while I am a BIT of a sheep... I am, at best, the one that grazes a little removed from the flock... my rainbow wool causing the rest of the herd to roll their eyes and refer to me as "wolf bait".
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Back to work
So, today was the first day back to work after a 4 day weekend. My inbox is piled high. I cleared my "To-Do" list from last year and started a new one. It was really nice to see a completely blank to-do list, even if only for a minute.
Tonight is Wino Rhino Tuesday. It's less boozy and more fun than it sounds. Well, I mean, there IS wine, but it's not like we sit around swilling it down and partying with abandon... because we are serious writers. Or, ok, honestly, my fellow Wino Rhinos are serious writers and I'm a blogger which is not the same thing at all but I like feeling like I'm literary and I have tried my hand at being a novelist but think I am too... I dunno.... easily distracted to be a REAL novelist. But I like my Wino Rhino Tuesdays and I miss them when things like HOLIDAYS get in the way. Plus, it's really nice having friends. Which I know probably sounds like a bizarre statement but really, I don't know a bunch of people where I live so the fact that I have made some friends is a big deal to me. Tonight I am having White Moscato. It is lovely.
The first quarter of a new year is really busy at work. I like it on one hand because being busy is nice but it can get overwhelming.
That's all I really have for you tonight...
Tonight is Wino Rhino Tuesday. It's less boozy and more fun than it sounds. Well, I mean, there IS wine, but it's not like we sit around swilling it down and partying with abandon... because we are serious writers. Or, ok, honestly, my fellow Wino Rhinos are serious writers and I'm a blogger which is not the same thing at all but I like feeling like I'm literary and I have tried my hand at being a novelist but think I am too... I dunno.... easily distracted to be a REAL novelist. But I like my Wino Rhino Tuesdays and I miss them when things like HOLIDAYS get in the way. Plus, it's really nice having friends. Which I know probably sounds like a bizarre statement but really, I don't know a bunch of people where I live so the fact that I have made some friends is a big deal to me. Tonight I am having White Moscato. It is lovely.
The first quarter of a new year is really busy at work. I like it on one hand because being busy is nice but it can get overwhelming.
That's all I really have for you tonight...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Some things never change...
I meant to be in bed by 10PM. It's 10:20PM now and I am figuring I'll be up until at least 11 with all that I have left to do before bedtime. BUT, it will help me be less rushed in the morning so it's not a TOTAL loss. Of course, I will be more tired in the morning from having stayed up late, so I guess it's a balancing act at this point.
As has become typical, this week will be busy on Tuesday and Thursday. And tomorrow should be interesting as I am trying to turn over a new leaf and start looking/acting more professional at work. This is not their mandate, it is just something I feel I should do. It's been all too easy to be too casual and too familiar and if I ever want to be taken seriously, I have to think about putting my best foot forward (which reminds me that I did NOT get the footwear I wanted to get this weekend... guess I will make do with what I have until I have the chance to do something about it).
I am also looking at putting some new adverts on the blog...Adgitize is going under and I am researching what I can do to fill that gap.
Hope 2012 has been good to you thusfar!
As has become typical, this week will be busy on Tuesday and Thursday. And tomorrow should be interesting as I am trying to turn over a new leaf and start looking/acting more professional at work. This is not their mandate, it is just something I feel I should do. It's been all too easy to be too casual and too familiar and if I ever want to be taken seriously, I have to think about putting my best foot forward (which reminds me that I did NOT get the footwear I wanted to get this weekend... guess I will make do with what I have until I have the chance to do something about it).
I am also looking at putting some new adverts on the blog...Adgitize is going under and I am researching what I can do to fill that gap.
Hope 2012 has been good to you thusfar!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
You Say You Want A Resolution...
I am not the sort of person who makes New Years Resolutions because I am keenly aware of my total lack of self-discipline. However, I thought that I would take a stab at some blog-related resolutions (especially now that I once again have internet!) These are actually more like "things I'd like to do" than actual "resolutions"...
1. Make an effort to comment on other people's blogs more.
2. Try to visit new blogs, there are so many out there that I haven't seen yet!
3. Participate in more blog hops.
4. Actually participate in one or more multi-blog giveaways.
5. Not get 100+ things to read in my reader, get frustrated, hit "mark all as read" and then feel guilty.
All very do-able and things I should be doing regardless of whether it is a New Year. I want to increase my traffic/readership this year and maybe move a spot or two on some of the blog rankings.
Apparently Adgitize is going under, AdSense has me on their "naughty" list and I need some ideas... So, that's another thing I will be looking into this year.
But now, I'm off to romp around on the internet some more. Since I can do that now!! Yay for Internet at Home!!
1. Make an effort to comment on other people's blogs more.
2. Try to visit new blogs, there are so many out there that I haven't seen yet!
3. Participate in more blog hops.
4. Actually participate in one or more multi-blog giveaways.
5. Not get 100+ things to read in my reader, get frustrated, hit "mark all as read" and then feel guilty.
All very do-able and things I should be doing regardless of whether it is a New Year. I want to increase my traffic/readership this year and maybe move a spot or two on some of the blog rankings.
Apparently Adgitize is going under, AdSense has me on their "naughty" list and I need some ideas... So, that's another thing I will be looking into this year.
But now, I'm off to romp around on the internet some more. Since I can do that now!! Yay for Internet at Home!!
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