Well I think I have all of the various ways to connect set up now, though in less than 30 days I have to decide between ecto and mars edit when I’m using the MacBook. It seems true that the MacBook will become the choice for blog posting but BUT nothing equals windows live writer. Damn.
Also I will have to pay for one of those which I am loathe to do. Especially since the damn MacBook was such a capital outlay.

Also I may be moving from Pandora to Spotify which irks me as well because we are going from 36 bucks a year to more than twice that. ARgh what do I do?

We are also hooking up a puter to the tv and considering getting rid of cable …maybe that will make up for Spotify and uverse cable?

How have y’all managed ?

And please no castigating about tv because seriously we read an insane amount and very fast so we get to watch as much tv as we want to. Our kidlet is held to a high standard as well.

Trying this on the iPad so bear with me…

Tags: Bogging

So far nothing even approaches Windows Live writer.

Oh well. Will update more later today.

May test MarsEdit too, but it is expensive!

Tags: blogging

Well, where is my mind.

My mind is on leaving my current job and going to my next one. I can’t say that I’ve got my head in the #reverb11 #resound11 etc game. I wish I did. I wanted too.

There are just so many places to visit to find the people doing this challenge that my libra self is overwhelmed.

I’m also just so sad to leave my current job. Don’t get me wrong, this is the right decision. This will be me doing more of what I like to do and not fighting a lot of uphill battles. The new crew looks great and I’ve heard what a nice environment it is. I’m really REALLY looking forward to it.

That doesn’t mean I’m not sad. I’ve worked with some amazing teachers and principals. I’ve had a couple of really great bosses. I’ve gotten to know some incredible techs and some really kind and dedicated people. But it was time to go.

There were things. I don’t even know how much I could or should say. Things that just didn’t work for me anymore.  The old writing on the wall thing.

I’m in a between place right now and all my soul searching energy has gone into making this decision. Do I stay and keep trying or do I say “ok, I’ve done my very best and while it helped, it wasn’t what was needed at this time, time to cut my losses” or do I remain and keep pushing? It was time. Time to go.

And the thing is I’ve learned a lot. I have learned that I was and am good with people. That I like being around people, helping them and to quote the paclids, “making things go.”  I have learned how much I prize civility and structure. I’ve learned that I didn’t lose my brain during that time spent being Mommy.

So I’m looking toward the next thing. And while I still have one foot in the past and one stepping forward, feeling like I’m half in and half out of the tardis—well I guess I just haven’t had lots to say other than that. And how many times can you say that?

Tags: #resound11, #reverb11

I’m just going to start writing. I’m several days behind. I couldn’t write because what I wanted to write about I’d been asked not to write about.

This intersection of work and the internet is a very interesting place. I mean I wasn’t specifically asked not to write in my blog, but I was asked not to let everyone know I’d gotten a new job.

which meant…no tweeting, no fbing, no blogging, no tumblr of my new building…NO communication.

And I wasn’t supposed to talk about it either. Not talking was easier than not electronically communicating. That is interesting

GAAAA

Been biting my tongue and sitting on my hands for a few days now.

I am sad to leave my current job but I am excited about my new job.  I hope the blogging floodgates will open again soon.

Tags: #nablopomo #reverb11 #resound11

Take a minute and think about what your biggest time wasters. What are they? What would happen if you took some of the time you were spending on these things and focused on pursuiting your dreams and goals? Are there other areas in your day where you could work on your passions?

Well I have to confess. I do most of my shopping online. So I do a lot of looking. And some of that is pretty mindless. I look at shoes. I try and find the best price—not so bad in itself, but honestly sometimes I’m just doing it because I don’t feel like doing anything else.

I don’t think of twitter as a time waster really. First of all I’m not on there very much. Also it’s interaction. I feel much the same about Facebook but there—well you can tell when you are just doinking around and not actually catching up or finding out what your friends are up to.

I read A LOT. So I don’t feel like I need to do more of that. I read frequently and very very fast.

I do have bouts of watching a lot of TV—mainly when I’m stressed and I need to be distracted. Or when I can’t sleep. I don’t really feel guilty about that either because like I said, I read so much it balances out how much I watch tv shows or movies.

I do think I could spend less time just looking at Sephora or Macy’s or ebay or Etsy. I could then work on learning more programming skillz or go back to making my collage boxen. I could also get outside with Bean more often—as a family we aren’t great about that after about October.

Hmm…yes. There needs to be more engagement, less disengagement. Hopefully soon the stress will abate and that will become possible. For now? I’m watching Law and Order and looking for new Doc Marten’s.

Tags: #resound11, #reverb10, #reverb11, blogging, facebook, twitter

the man who danced to weapon of choice

who was always our icon of creepy uncles.

Didn’t haven anything to do with that death some 100 odd years ago with that girl who was in a Santa Claus movie right?

Because he wouldn’t have been able to dance. RIGHT?

I went through this with Pete Townshend. I know they are just people like you and me. But you do look up to and admire some of these folks. So I have to think this will not the be case.

Because good art can’t come from bad people right. Yes I know it can, I just wish it it weren’t so. There’s an story  I read somewhere about a fearsome visaged man, uncouth and unclean who created the most delicate paintings. It is  Japanese story I think. This is an age old matter. Not for me to figure out, but what I’d like to think is that he wouldn’t have been able to dance with such grace if he was a murderer.

Tags: blogging, nablopomo, resound11, reverb11

While being an adult is all fine and good, there’s something that nourishes the soul when we play and have fun. What’s your favorite kind of play? What do you enjoy about it? When’s the last time you played?

Well that’s interesting. I used to play quite a bit more. I used to take walks in the morning and look for deer and rabbits. I haven’t been ablet to take morning walks for sometime. 1) ankle problems…but those are getting taken care of –I have a month’s worth of physical therapy to schedule. And just exhaustion. I’ve been working SO much, doing SO much more with more being piled on all the time that I’m just burnt out. So no getting up early to walk.

I used to make collage boxes. Those were art and play. Glue and scissors, pictures, beads, toys from vending machines. I’ve missed that. I haven’t done it in over a year. I love the process and the product. Something that comes out of

That needs to change. I think I’ll clean up the dining room table this weekend and turn it back into my art table.

I make movies. I love doing that. Various programs. MANY programs. I’ll play with any of them.

I just got a usb turntable. It should be play for me to pull all those old LPs into my music collection but I’ve been too…something from the process of interviewing/deciding to leave current job.

#wineparty was play—a chance to be witty and outrageous. It’s not where my head is right now, but it will be again at some point I’m sure. It’s hilarious and a lovely group of people.

Swimming with the kidlet and playing with floating devices is fun. Haven’t done that since the summer.

Still can’t ride my bike. Maybe I’ll try that early in the morning Saturday. Just up and down the street, with a lot of ibuprophen and an icepack at the ready.

I quit playing this year and yes, that needs to change.

Tags: #resound11, #reverb10, #reverb11

it isn’t that there haven’t been a lot of great prompts, there have been.

It isn’t that I haven’t wanted to write on some of them, I have.

It’s just that I’m right in the middle of something I can’t actually talk or write anything about until Monday.

Because.

Oh I’m tempted, but no. And this elephant in my blogging room is constipating me.

So, I’m going to keep showing up and saying how I can’t write or something and burp a few words out here and then go back.

And yes I’m a day behind. I’m overcome with emotional narcolepsy right now. I am tired, more than a little cranky and I would REALLY just like it to be Monday or something already.

Tags: nablopomo, resound11, reverb11

I want a Reverb 11, Resound 11, Weverb11 etc etc  prompt aggregator.  I’d like to choose a prompt without having to locate several many websites.

Luckily though Geekin Hard has collected many in one link page so that now there’s just no need to have a complete libra collapse.

It’s actually not THAT onerous, and it is interesting, I think I’m just a bit overwhelmed with the whole thing. Too many choices. ARGH

And of course with other things too.

So you know what again, I’m just checking in. We went to the Bean’s Children’s Choir Christmas Concert tonight with my Mom and that was nice. The kids sang the Grinch and it was about the cutest thing ever.

There was also the older kid’s choir, an adult choir and a Bell Choir. The folks playing the Bells looked so incredibly happy to be performing. And a Bell choir is really neat. I was reminded what was missing from my own life watching those folks smile their way through their performance—and they were genuine smiles.

So again, I’m just enjoying a day of NOT. Not gonna do it. I’m going to go sit over here and eat worms, grow mushrooms, pout in the dark—you name it, I’m NOT going to do it.

Maybe I’ll be back tomorrow.

Tags: resound11, reverb11