Here I am. And here IT is: the fourth day I've been working on getting this blog started. Posting is something VERY new to me. Having a Blog is even newer. Admit it, ya gotta love it (and NO I'll not use text-speak on a regular basis). But, ya gotta love it when the ubiquitous "they" tell you it will only take 5 minutes to be up and running; or in this case posting. Or is it blogging?
I've been working 3 full days attempting to get this SIMPLEST of blog sites up and running - or even stumbling - along. I found a site that had some 650 or more templates and I THOUGHT I could easily use any of them on this lovablestuff.blogpost.com site. Wrong! Or at least, if it's possible, I've not figured out HOW yet. I think there were only about 20 or so templates that these blogpost people gave me for choices.
For now, however, I finally decided I would never break the ice and start writing or posting or "blogging" or whatever one most appropriately calls this if I didn't stop trying to perfect the page design. So, here I am about to start sounding off!
Don't we all complain about stuff that causes us frustration? Who hasn't left their lovable computer cursing at it? Yet, don't you really have to admit that ya love it? After all, when you're out to dinner with a spouse you've been married to for some 30 plus years, you've got something to bitch about to your heart's content for the entire meal.
Speaking of which, have you ever let your eyes wander through a restaurant and seen a couple of gray heads, slowing bringing forks to mouth, never looking up from their plates? If you are sitting near enough, you can literally hear forks hitting their teeth while not one word is spoken. I never want to have a meal like that.
With the economy being what it is, we aren't eating out as much any more. Oh, some explaining is in order: WE is my 2nd husband, Kevin and I who have been married for 32 plus years. So, when we were first married, I used to say we would NEVER be like that; and we rarely are. NOT because Kevin is a talker; far from it. I'M the talker. And honestly, a LOT of my talking has to do with things that have frustrated me. So, in the end I might as well embrace my frustrations. They keep me extraordinarily busy and give me a whole lot to talk about. Starting something new is usually frustrating to SOME degree. Ever try playing TENNIS? Now that's a horse of the same color but a topic for another post. Suffice it to say, starting this blog is brand new, it's been frustrating as hell and gave me an entire meal's worth of conversation last night at Applebee's. (That's still ANOTHER story for another day.)
So, for now, and my first post, I'm going to sign off rather than indulge in one of my bad habits: that being my tendency to be overly wordy. I'm going to stick with the idea that starting something new is definitely "stuff" (I love that word) to enjoy and sonething to sound off about. No matter HOW much cynicism you may read into that nor how much I feel. The fact of the matter is that without starting new things life would be terribly b-o-r-i-n-g. Thus, my first post is written and NOW I shall return to something new: designing this blog page! More tomorrow.
I've been working 3 full days attempting to get this SIMPLEST of blog sites up and running - or even stumbling - along. I found a site that had some 650 or more templates and I THOUGHT I could easily use any of them on this lovablestuff.blogpost.com site. Wrong! Or at least, if it's possible, I've not figured out HOW yet. I think there were only about 20 or so templates that these blogpost people gave me for choices.
For now, however, I finally decided I would never break the ice and start writing or posting or "blogging" or whatever one most appropriately calls this if I didn't stop trying to perfect the page design. So, here I am about to start sounding off!
Don't we all complain about stuff that causes us frustration? Who hasn't left their lovable computer cursing at it? Yet, don't you really have to admit that ya love it? After all, when you're out to dinner with a spouse you've been married to for some 30 plus years, you've got something to bitch about to your heart's content for the entire meal.
Speaking of which, have you ever let your eyes wander through a restaurant and seen a couple of gray heads, slowing bringing forks to mouth, never looking up from their plates? If you are sitting near enough, you can literally hear forks hitting their teeth while not one word is spoken. I never want to have a meal like that.
With the economy being what it is, we aren't eating out as much any more. Oh, some explaining is in order: WE is my 2nd husband, Kevin and I who have been married for 32 plus years. So, when we were first married, I used to say we would NEVER be like that; and we rarely are. NOT because Kevin is a talker; far from it. I'M the talker. And honestly, a LOT of my talking has to do with things that have frustrated me. So, in the end I might as well embrace my frustrations. They keep me extraordinarily busy and give me a whole lot to talk about. Starting something new is usually frustrating to SOME degree. Ever try playing TENNIS? Now that's a horse of the same color but a topic for another post. Suffice it to say, starting this blog is brand new, it's been frustrating as hell and gave me an entire meal's worth of conversation last night at Applebee's. (That's still ANOTHER story for another day.)
So, for now, and my first post, I'm going to sign off rather than indulge in one of my bad habits: that being my tendency to be overly wordy. I'm going to stick with the idea that starting something new is definitely "stuff" (I love that word) to enjoy and sonething to sound off about. No matter HOW much cynicism you may read into that nor how much I feel. The fact of the matter is that without starting new things life would be terribly b-o-r-i-n-g. Thus, my first post is written and NOW I shall return to something new: designing this blog page! More tomorrow.
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