Aug 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Saturday my sweet friend Alison and I went to a Cheeseblogher party hosted by the awesome Kyran Pittman.
For those you don’t know (like me before I was invited) the Cheeseblogher party was set up for all of those who can’t go to NYC to the big BlogHer convention this weekend.
- It was held downtown in one of the new condo buildings (GORGEOUS views B.T.W.) and made us feel very posh indeedy.
- It was a chance to feel like a grown-up (or get dress like one anyway.)
- Made me realize how “out of the mingling loop” I am- I’m so not up on my public speaking, so I felt like a bit of a dork (which I am, as those of you who know me can attest to.)
- I got to meet some GREAT fellow lady bloggers (and finally put faces to those I already loved.) How cool to finally meet locals with habits like mine and to hear why and what they blog.
- My daughter was mad because I didn’t take my camera (batteries were dead from her using it) and get a pic of Alison and I wearing cheeseburger bags on our heads (which we didn’t do.) Sorry kid. Maybe next time.
I went to a WordPress convention a few months ago and felt so out of place.
NOT the case here with the funny, wonderful women I met. I look forward to more Arkansas Blogging fun!
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| La’Tonya, Me, & Alison Chatting (Thanks to Stickhorse Cowgirls!) |
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Aug 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
I feel slightly nuts lately.
Maybe it’s the heat. (Only like 115 today.)
Or me not learning to say “no” once again…
Too many irons in the fire as my mom would say. (Sure feels like it in this heat.)
My friend Alison has a challenge going to blog every day in August. I don’t know if I’ll manage it (missed the first already) but I will try! Just to keep my head.
Why I feel crazy:
- We have been trying to fix up a rent/flip house we got a few weeks ago. It’s a great little house (or will be) by the lake. Very cute backyard (or will be.) The past two weeks have been spent cleaning, buying lights and glass, talking to contractors and electricians… That would normally be fine but…
- The kids ALL started school at the same time so that has made my life like a crazy whirlwind.
- I am VP in charge of fundraising for the PTA and trying to get the first fundraiser going has been more of a challenge than I expected. Hopefully it will work out okay in the end. Two weeks left.
- It’s HOT. (Did I say it was hot?)
I feel better already! (Maybe that’s the ice cream…)
Jul 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am really frustrated…
My book blog and cooking blog won’t allow people to comment for some reason.
I’ve been trying for awhile now to mess with the code or the setttings to see if it will fix the problem, but nothing has worked. Everything looks the same as on this blog to me. Today I even totally changed my book blog’s template and took out all the things I’d messed with in HTML, but still nothing. (By the way, let me know what you think of the look on the book blog. I’m not sure I like it.)
Maybe when the kids go back to school next week I’ll have time to fix all this mess. If I can’t, any suggestions on someone who can fix/redesign a blog?
Jun 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Do you blog in your head?
I have been thinking about wonderful posts I’ve written (while picking up kids, shopping for groceries, going to the dentist) that never have materialized into anything other than blips in my brain.
Some wonderfully famous things I’ve “written” (in my head):
- Letters to people who have wronged me or I have wronged (apologizing or forgiving)
- That lovely self-help book for new moms on things your mom never told you
- A gardening book (on what not to do)
- A collection of recipes from my family
- The next 3 or 4 Broadway musicals
- An entire album of folk/bluegrass songs
- Books on homeschooling fun
- Some of the most fantastic blog entries (although I can’t remember what even one of them was about.)
- An entire series of sci-fi novels for young adults
- A lovely picture book on growing up in the Canal Zone
- A beautiful operetta for children
- A ballet or two (entirely choreographed in my head)
The list is endless…
My good buddy over at GooseySpot mentions the problem in her blog today that the iPhone has gotten her into- how listening to music has staunched that urge to write a bit. I can’t blame that one, I don’t know where my headphones are. (Well, they are probably in my daughter’s room at the bottom of some pile.)
NPR had a guy on the other day discussing how one of the hardest parts of being a parent is getting “out of our heads” and into the moment. He discussed how God is in the HERE and NOW and how if we stop to smell the roses, per se, through what he called “active meditation” that we can find bliss. Also how our children will remember us being “present” and aware of them at this moment.
I guess I need to work on that one.
