Note to Y

Do you SEE why I need to win the book? My blog needs help, does it not? Pick me, pick me!

Inspired

I've spent a good chunk of today reading several accounts from Blogher '06, and I feel like an impostor. So many of these women have something to say, some message to impart, and I'm just doing this on a whim. Maybe I have a message, and I just haven't found it yet? I'd like to think that's about right -- I think I'm still getting to know the real me. It looks like next year's conference will be closer to home -- for now, I think I'll plan to go.

I haven't figured out what this blog is about, really. When you sign up for Blogher, you are asked to categorize your blog... I guess mine would be a "life" blog. It's about my every day, the mundane things that happen at any time. Maybe it'll morph into something else as events occur, but for now, I'm okay with it just being about me.

Whee! New template

Thanks to Miss Zoot for the fancy new template -- yes, it can be used by other people since it's a free design, but I don't care. Hey, I didn't have to code it, so I'm happy.

In other news, why is veterinary care so expensive? I know they have to go to a special school, and for exotics vets it's even more costly for them to be educated, but COME ON! I'm just not going to have any more "exotic" pets (though why on earth rabbits are exotic is beyond me)... they're killin' my bank account.

At least it's Friday. I get to leave early to pick up one of the bunnies from the vet clinic, and then I can r-e-l-a-x. Until tomorrow.

When last we spoke...

I was trying to figure out how my family could have left me, looking forward to a new niece, and being generally dissatisfied with my job. Not much has changed since August!

Things have changed -- my brother married the girl he followed to Georgia. My niece, Olivia, arrived at the end of October...



and now looks more like this...



She's a sweetie, and I can't wait to visit her next week. She's crawling, people, and Grandma is just about beside herself now that the girl is mobile!!

The whole thing about Mom and Dad moving and leaving me hasn't been all that bad -- I still talk to Mom at least once a day, and Dad's been working from here off and on, so my separation anxiety has been at a manageable level. You know, it's time to cut the apron strings, anyway.

Except that I'm planning to move down there as soon as I can.

Oh, and my job? No better. Still sucks. Still hating it. But living with it.

Stay tuned!

Oy vey.

So, I really didn't know what I was getting myself into, trying to resurrect the idea of having my own website. It's not like I have anything earth-shattering to share with the general public! But I'm going to put myself through the torture of reacquainting myself with XHTML.

Once upon a time I knew the rudimentary elements -- enough to make a few *eh* webpages, mostly with pictures and a few links. And of course, I have no ability with graphics whatsoever, so must rely on the kindness (and talent) of strangers in order to come up with some sort of cohesive look.

Anyway, hopefully this will progress quickly over the next few weeks -- we shall see.

Is this thing on?

I am a blog virgin. I'm just testing to see if this thing works... since I'm linking to another web host. Stay tuned.