Gimme A Break

I’ve been a slacker. That’s what I’ve been! The days are zooming way over my head and I haven’t even had time to breathe. First off, I’m trying to make a little pocket money this time of year so I’ll be able to have that extra cup of Starbucks coffee and a nice handbag. If you’re looking to save some money too, check out great Christmas deals here.

Then there’s all this holiday activity – shopping, planning – you know the drill. Kinda builds up on ya, doesn’t it? I was a little under the weather the past few days. Got the sniffles like half the world out there, and wasted an entire Sunday sleeping away the cold medication, duh!

• bored stiff
• why I missed gym
• what’s a holiday without shopping?
• all the time in the world to smell the roses
• go away, flu bug!

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It’s threatening to rain, the sound of distant thunder is getting closer. Yep, if this doesn’t sound like the opening chapter of a thriller, I don’t know what does.

Oh and don’t forget the lightning. There must be lightning. Lightning is my perfect excuse to turn off my modem, go offline and catch a little mid-afternoon snooze… till the storm blows over.

Not a good idea to get my modem nuked and self-destruct. Then it’d take too long for the ISP guys to get my connection back up. So it’s best to surrender a few hours of my online life to catch some Z’s. See ya.

• modem unplugged
• gray day
• slacker, not by choice
• you wanna charge us now, do you?
• snail’s pace

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I can smell a weekend coming up and I can’t wait. It’s been too busy around here, hence the long silence. I haven’t even had time to blog much. Plus of course, the fact that we’re having these freaky storms and I’ve had to turn my modem off so it won’t get fried .

I love blogging and there’s nothing that can keep me away for too long. But I’m a mom first and that means I often have a bunch of family stuff to attend to before I can even get to sit down at my computer. So here I am !

• gray day
• runaround parenting
• one down, more to go
• SOM = save my modem
• freaky storms

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I deliberated for quite a while before I upgraded this blog to WP2.8.1. I hesitated because I’d read a few horror stories about the upgrade messed up some blogs using older themes.

Wouldn’t you know it? Well, no, my theme didn’t break, thank goodness but about two days after I upgraded to 2.8.1, WP2.8.2 came out and I had to do another upgrade! Sheesh! I’m just glad I got it done though .

• do the dofollow
• refreshing thoughts and perspectives
• together we can save our environment
• upgraded to WP2.5
• happily occupied

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I’ve been quite the slacker these days. Not by choice, of course! Y’all know what a hyper-busy bee I am and can’t sit still for long.

But lately someone at our ISP decided that I should be taking a break from working my usual long hours at the computer.

My internet connection has been so incredibly slow it takes me hours to publish a single post. So I decided to heck with it, I’ll just kick back and stay offline!

• the slacker is back
• drumming up ideas for a good cause
• slow
• SOM = save my modem
• Tuesday morning blues

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Guess what, I’m still using my night-time laptop, yes, the one that apparently gave out a couple of nights ago.

Turns out it didn’t exactly give out, the battery just went flat on me. See, the battery used to last quite a while but now it goes flat after about half an hour of use and I have to keep it constantly plugged in to work.

If I forget to plug it in, ta-powww! Laptop batteries are not made to last these days!

As for the screen, well, I’ve got some random thin lines running down the screen and one thick white one where all the pixels have died. Duh! It’s really annoying.

What I’ve done is to make my browser window narrower to avoid part of it being white-out. Ingenious, eh? At least now I can still use it lying down until I procrastinate long enough to take it for repair .

• night laptop is out
• technology is stressing me out
• car battery goes flat on me
• fried battery
• changing batteries

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The screen of my laptop has finally given up the ghost. It’s been threatening to give out for some time and now it’s finally decided to go white.

What a bummer! I don’t like using my desktop for blogging at night. By the end of the day, I’m tired so I prefer to just lie down in front of the TV with my laptop.

I haven’t sent my laptop to the repair shop yet. I probably should but I’m really busy this week. So if you don’t see me posting regularly, it’s because I just can’t drag myself to sit at my desktop .

• night-time laptop is back… for now
• technology is stressing me out
• Sundays and weekdays
• beat procrastination, my way
• that elusive carry-all bag

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And so the blogathon is over for another year. It was fun but staying up for 24 hours straight really does do funny things to your head . I was so sleep-deprived yesterday I just couldn’t get much done.

After a good night’s sleep last night, I’m at least awake today though it’s going to take me a while to catch up with my beauty sleep. Yawn!

• wanted – more zzz’s
• beauty advice we could all use
• drivin’ me up the wall!
• floating off to slumberland
• Blogathon 2007: what should I eat?

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Well, I’m busy blogging away for 24 hours straight at Day of Blogs 2008. As the night wears on, I’m planning to power down some of the lights around the house.

I’m going to be in my room but I’m going to keep my maxim lighting low and the music loud. I hope I don’t keep the kids up all night but I really need more than caffeine to keep me awake.

Good thing this is a Saturday night.

• drumming up ideas for a good cause
• gone!
• home entertainment center
• catching up on my beauty sleep
• the sweet sound of Prada

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I was reading this interesting piece on the NY Times about two bloggers who blogged to death, or so we’ve been made to believe.

While it’s sad news indeed, it’s also pretty hard to believe that blogging alone could contribute to their demise. Blogging is, after all, a desk job and by any means a high-risk sport like racing.

Of course, there are bloggers who are so greedy for the money that they would sacrifice all else, to their own detriment. But I’m inclined to believe that in these cases, there are more factors involved than just blogging.

My thought on this is that if you can strike a balance and not be driven by greed alone, you’ll be okay even if you blog for money.

• Blogathon 2007 – I’m in, are you?
• it’s stress-free whether you’re traveling or not
• ami-chan blogs
• phases of parenting
• getting back into the groove

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