Happy Birthday To Me!

No, it’s not my bday… but my son made me this special ’surprise’ treat and proudly presented it to me while singing the happy birthday song.

(Mango yogurt, sharp cheddar cheese, mayo, gummy fruit snacks, and butter… topped with cracker sticks.).

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Quick note from my friend’s house…

My DSL has been down since yesterday afternoon. We’ve got some crazy rain and thunder/rain storms here. So, if you’ve sent me email since then and haven’t heard back, you know why.

I’ll get back to you (if necessary) as soon as I get my connection back!! Arhhhhhh!!!

I appreciate your patience! Thank you!

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Happy Mother’s Day to all kickin’ Mommies out there!

Just so you know… I happen to have the BEST mother anyone could ever ask for, and that is why I’m such an AWESOME mom today. [insert "awww!"]

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If you use BlogRolling.com to maintain your blogroll as I do, you’ve probably noticed there are times when it takes their site quite a while before responding to the code you’ve inserted into your page… sometimes, stopping your pages to load altogether :(.

Well, I’ve searched high and low and finally found a quick and simple script to cut your page load time - no matter how huge your blogroll is.

Here’s how it works:

• A cache of your blogroll is created and stored on your server. (From what I understand, the information stored in here is what is published on your page. So, whenever your page loads, it doesn’t have to directly communicate with BlogRolling.com, but pulls the info from this cache.)

• The script downloads data from the blogrolling.com servers and overwrite the cache with the updated info.
• If the data downloaded isn’t valid (server down, or sent back an error), the cache is not overwritten, your blogroll will remain unchanged, and your page load does not suffer!

Unless you’re planning to manually load the script every few minutes/hours, you’ll need to be able to run php cron, so check with your web host provider.

>> Click here for details and download.

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Jim Carrey

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.

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Joshua asked me why I’ve been working out on my elliptical machine (as opposed to using it as a clothes hanger). When I answered, “Because Mommy needs to make my bum bum a little smaller.” my precious child replied with, “But Mommy! You’re a big girl… you look very nice with a BIG bum bum! If your bum bum is small, you’ll keep falling down because it won’t be big enough for your body!”

That sealed the deal for me.

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I started using Movable Type shortly after I first started my adventures in blogging back in 2002. And with the huge variety of plugins to make the blog truly mine and the complete control from having the script installed in my hosting account, it was an easy decision to make the switch from one of the most popular solutions at that time… Greymatter.

Oh, MT… HOW I LOVED THEE.

However, after having installed and used WordPress for many of my clients, I’ve found that WP is much easier to use than MT (totally my opinion), yet very robust in features with hundreds of plugins to customize your blog to just how you want it.

The 2 major selling points:

1. No longer having to “refresh” the pages after updating

2. The really cool MP3 plugin I saw on Jason Cain’s blog

   [audio:http://blog.marketingchick.com/audio/jrock060419.mp3]

So I now bid you farewell, MT. I shall look back on our time together with fond memories.

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With the recent life changing events in both my personal and professional life, I’ve finally turned back to the one thing that never failed to get my heart pumping, leaving me sweaty and breathless…

Why? Due to my apparent inability to multitask, I’ve fallen seriously off track from my healthy eating habits during my major “life sorting,” and am feeling quite a bit…

flabby, gross, and purple.

I’ve found that exercise is one of the ingredients I was lacking from achieving a healthy balance in my life. I have my family, business responsibilities, hanging out with friends, my spirituality… but no exercise.

Several people have told me that working out and eating right will help increase my energy, as well as help me gain focus. I so need that.

As a bonus, I’m extremely confident that my 30 minutes rendezvous with my wonder machine will transform me into…

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