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Moving along

If you are seeing this then the move to my domain has not yet happened. But it has been submitted so hopefully in the next 24-48 hours this site will move to my new WP blog! For a preview check out havocandmayhem.com , without the www. Like any move, it’s the fiddly little stuff at the end that is the issue. The cleaning stuff, the random stuff behind the dresser you didn’t even know was there until a couple burly guys pick it up and then you are all “Oh THERE is the vibrator I misplaced a year ago!” Not that that ever happened to me, certainly not when I was 20 & the burly guys worked for my dad. It was a bong actually. 24 years later I feel I can finally admit to the bong. I have to shrink up my buttons & recreate my blog roll but other than that & waiting for the domain transfer to go through, I have moved on. Hopefully my feed will move with me. If you do visit my new blog please leave me a comment so I know the comment notification is working. See y
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Week in the life

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I’ve been keeping up with my Week in the Life project this week. I thought it would be a good thing to get back into the habit of taking photos every day. I’m averaging about 40 photos a day with some multiple reshoots.  My goal is to have 7-10 edited photos a day for a nice variety on a 2 page layout. I do a lot of the same things every day, makes for visually monotonous pages. Some days I think I will rely on the journaling to mention I went to the gym rather than do another gym photo. I’m also writing down what the boys are watching & gaming all day plus what they are playing.  They’ve been outside most of the time so there are few appearances of the dinos, clones or Legos. I’ve only managed to edit Mon & Tues but here are some highlights I’m hoping to start on the pages this weekend. They are going to go in my 45th Year book & I am going to do another week in the life in 6 months also so I have a summer & a winter for contrast. Did you do
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That time of year again

And no I don’t mean BlogHer, though it is that time of year too. But I can’t afford to attend BlogHer unless it is less than a 4 hour drive away & that’s never gonna happen so I resigned myself to missing it long ago. No, instead of OMG BLOG HER!!! angst, I spend this time of year in OMG SHOULD I MOVE MY BLOG??? angst Different angst but same kinda theme. I’ve spent 4 years with this domain name, hosted through blogger & for the past 3 years every time the renewal comes up I get all “should I or shouldn’t I” about self hosting and in the end I always decide against it because I just can’t deal with moving it myself & I don’t always understand what the hosting sites will or will not do in helping me move stuff & I know I am not asking the right questions & it’s all just too much someone get me a Xanax or something. However… I finally found someone to deal with all of it for me at a very reasonable price & after dithering for 3 weeks about it (and my d
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Love this email

Better World Books is now one of my favorite online shops, right up there with Timbuk2. Remember the Timbuk2 order email I received? I loved that email. Loved the fun casual tone of it. Over the weekend I ordered a few used books from Better World and today I received this shipping notification: Hello S, (Your book(s) asked to write you a personal note - it seemed unusual, but who are we to say no?) Holy canasta! It's me... it's me! I can't believe it is actually me! You could have picked any of over 2 million books but you picked me! I've got to get packed! How is the weather where you live? Will I need a dust jacket? I can't believe I'm leaving Mishawaka, Indiana already - the friendly people, the Hummer plant, the Linebacker Lounge - so many memories. I don't have much time to say goodbye to everyone, but it's time to see the world! I can't wait to meet you! You sound like such a well read person. Although, I have to say, it sure ha
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poor timing

Our a/c started acting up very early Saturday morning. I woke up about 4am to a warm breeze, where once there had been a cold  one. Naturally we waited until about 8am to check it out. There is nothing anyone can do at 4am except frustrate themselves. The thermostat was flashing all it’s warning lights. BAD THINGS!!! It was saying VERY BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING!!! So we turned it off & pulled out the filter. We pull out the filter so we can feel we are being proactive and doing something about the problem, not because we think the filter *is* the problem, it’s just the only bit we know we can safely muck about with in the whole unit. The filter was filthy & neither of us could remember when we last cleaned it. But it was 102 outside & the thought of standing out there vacuuming the filter off did not appeal. So we put it back & turned the a/c back on. It ran until about 8pm when once again it went warm and flashing. TOTALLY NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE BA
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Weekly Winners

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Dinos on the march Going for a ride Waiting their turn New manicure For more weekly winners please visit Lotus at Sarcastic Mom Thanks for stopping by!
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Words on Wednesday

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July 20, 1967 July 20, 2011 The new photo a day project starts today-a self portrait for my birthday
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