As you may well know, the majority of the country has been just coming out of the grips of a record heat wave. And while most of the time I complain that it's just way too cold in my office, I must admit that the air conditioning felt pretty darn good last week! However, upon walking outside from office to car, the intense sunshine was definately welcomed as it soaked in, clear to my bones. Aaaaaahhhhh! So, so nice.
Right now, though, I am basking in a pleasure on the opposite end of the scale. Okay. Maybe not polar opposite - just a tad way down the scale.
It's a cool 68. My house is calm and cool. No fans are running at full tilt = peace. Even the kids seem more tranquil. Mug of hot Early Grey on my left and a fresh-from-the-oven slice of banana bread on my right.
Comfort food, I missed you.
Belly full... Good sleeping weather.
Nighty-Nite!
7.23.2011
Saturday Morning
Typically, Saturday mornings at our house are about getting up, having breakfast and getting some chores done. Today, however, we are doing things with a much more casual attitude. Our breakfast was quiet, relaxed. No fighting over who got what and how much. Fresh ground coffee. The hypnotic incense-like aroma of the mosquito coil wafting its smoke into the air under our deck umbrella. The soothing, cool colors of the minty green and soft blue of the hydrangeas in a vase on the table.....After the intense heat wave, this cool morning is feeling really pleasant. And it helps, too, that three out of four of our children have spent the night with other people so it's just us three.
So my post today is short. I'm going to relish this quiet time before they all find their way home again...
7.21.2011
My Bad
So sorry dears. Have not posted in quite some time. I've been a little discouraged and a lot busy.
Summertime, you know. Hot, sticky, sand everywhere. Sunburnt, peeling nose and shoulders. Kids are loving the beach and we are trying to get there whenever we have a spare few moments. Plus, work, work, work.
Also, I've been writing. Writing, writing and more writing. You just wait.... this time, three years from now, you'll be standing in line at my book signing event at your local Borders. Hehehe! Yeah, I know. Don't say it. I can dream can't I? I know that the only four people standing in line at my signing will be my mother, my sister, my oldest daughter and the short, bald man who was just standing in line 'cause these three pretty ladies were in line.
Ummmm. Yeah.
And secondly, I mentioned that I was a tad discouraged.
Okay, a lot discouraged.
Here I've been writing and blogging, blogging and writing and making a few cents a day with the ads I had installed on my site. I have found, however, that for some unbeknownst to me reason, the ads are no longer showing up - just blank space.
I've tried just about everything and you know something? I've tried other host sites to see how they compare to Blogger, and I've always (maybe until now) stuck to my guns, holding that Blogger has the easiest hosting site out of all the others that I have auditioned. Now.... I'm not so sure. The backside of Blogger is a COMPLETELY different story. I cannot get anywhere! Help Forum, Troublshooter, Ad Codes, HTML, XML, Account Verification...... Who knows what all this stuff is. And you can only email the support staff on three specific areas of help - none of which pertain to my issue. I've read some of the Help Forum strands and they aren't exactly helpful. In fact, the support staff seem a little bit flippant in their responses.
And if I wanted flippant, I could get that right here at home.
So, woe is me. Thanks for listening and being so patient in my absence. I will try to be faithful to my viewers and blog regularly - EVEN IF THERE ARE NO ADS!!!!
Summertime, you know. Hot, sticky, sand everywhere. Sunburnt, peeling nose and shoulders. Kids are loving the beach and we are trying to get there whenever we have a spare few moments. Plus, work, work, work.
Also, I've been writing. Writing, writing and more writing. You just wait.... this time, three years from now, you'll be standing in line at my book signing event at your local Borders. Hehehe! Yeah, I know. Don't say it. I can dream can't I? I know that the only four people standing in line at my signing will be my mother, my sister, my oldest daughter and the short, bald man who was just standing in line 'cause these three pretty ladies were in line.
Ummmm. Yeah.
And secondly, I mentioned that I was a tad discouraged.
Okay, a lot discouraged.
Here I've been writing and blogging, blogging and writing and making a few cents a day with the ads I had installed on my site. I have found, however, that for some unbeknownst to me reason, the ads are no longer showing up - just blank space.
I've tried just about everything and you know something? I've tried other host sites to see how they compare to Blogger, and I've always (maybe until now) stuck to my guns, holding that Blogger has the easiest hosting site out of all the others that I have auditioned. Now.... I'm not so sure. The backside of Blogger is a COMPLETELY different story. I cannot get anywhere! Help Forum, Troublshooter, Ad Codes, HTML, XML, Account Verification...... Who knows what all this stuff is. And you can only email the support staff on three specific areas of help - none of which pertain to my issue. I've read some of the Help Forum strands and they aren't exactly helpful. In fact, the support staff seem a little bit flippant in their responses.
And if I wanted flippant, I could get that right here at home.
So, woe is me. Thanks for listening and being so patient in my absence. I will try to be faithful to my viewers and blog regularly - EVEN IF THERE ARE NO ADS!!!!
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