Sunday Battle with the Blog!

Sigh...

Sunday evening... what a crazy bumpy rocky road my blog has had this weekend! I had the bug to create. I wanted it to be pretty. I wanted it to have 3 columns. I wanted it to feel arty...

So... Friday night I found this beautiful template and installed it. I was quite proud of myself (like that surprises you). However, it was missing a key portion of my header... the part that explains why I misspell resilience. I can't have a blog called reSLience and not have anywhere that explains it. So.. I set out to fight with the code. Mind you, I know HTML... enough to be dangerous (heehee). But.. XML? Oi!

Joonie offered to help. She asked if I saved what I used to have. Well I did... kinda... and um... no.. I normally don't read directions until they become a last resort. Sigh... So... as you can see the joke is on me.

4 templates later... here it is. I decided to go vanilla. Classic. Clean. Easy. Its Sunday night and I want my blog to at least function this week. But... you can BET I'm going to hit up our graphic designers and web guys tomorrow. LOL like we have a huge team or something. I'll ask the 2 :)

Sleep well. Dream of good blog templates with 3 columns for me. Let me know if you find any. Cheers to restful weekends and good things for all of us through this week!

Why no widget for blogger?

I love this! Just found this and am so excited about it (yes, I do get excited easily... must be something in my DNA.. and you... you get your mind out of the gutter!)

Team USA Soundtrack!

Late Night Discoveries

Sometimes some exploration is just what the doctor ordered. An amazing SL artist, Gwen Carillon, has a sim called Elements. I better not share the URL or it will become too crowded... kidding. Peaceful. Introspective. An incredible contrast of light, dark, water, earth.

I took the opportunity to load up my SL camera and snap away. I then promptly came home and decided to become an artist myself. I decided to do it for me though. It feels good. It soothes my soul. Not bad for an avatar, eh?

Book Smarts vs. Attitude and Elbow Grease

Ok... so... I am still trying to avoid Joonie's quiz marathon... but I am very very close to giving in. Instead, I decided to explore the blog links she offers on her sidebar. That Joonie is one popular girl! Aimee's blog sported this quiz. Yes, I shamelessly am posting my results... I never claimed to be the brightest bulb on the tree but darnit I am a hard worker with a good attitude (most of the time)...

One Report Down... One to Go... Inner Peace is close at hand!

Blogosphere distraction/intermission in work day :)

I have to share this... My imaginary friend, Blissie Boucher (aka. blissfulgypsywoman.blogspot.com), sent me this. She is on a RL vacation right now and I am missing her so I thought this would be the best thing to share in her honor. I KNOW some of you will LOVE this advice!

CALMNESS IN OUR LIVES

I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives.

By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished."

So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Cabernet, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a bag of Mrs. Fields cookies, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the dulche de leche Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, the rest of a carton of Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia, and a box of See's chocolate chocolate chip truffles. You have no idea how fantastic I feel right now.

Pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace.
Inner Peace Anyone? Spread the word!

Suck It Up

It's FRIDAY! My butt is tired! It has been a lonnnnnnng week. 2nd week of school for Dave and the kids, real work week for me after being on vacation and then traveling for work... and now... I have major projects/reports/etc due today.

Am I procrastinating? But of course!

I'm sitting lower and more relaxed on the couch. I'm only half way through my 1st cup of coffee. I could easily just spend the morning blogging and then look at the clock and wonder where the time went. I am stalking Joonie through her blog and never ending quest for self-discovery through quizzes. I am carefully trying to side step the very strong urge to take some myself.

I have been thinking alot about The Secret again -as you can see from my silly Spongebob post below. I found a cool widget to put on my blog sidebar (like I need MORE). And... I really really believe the Law of Attraction is alive and well. I don't think it matters what religious background you are from or who you worship... what you think about and visualize and pray about... ultimately you bring about. So... with that in mind... I am going to picture me getting all my work nicely done let's say... before noon? LOL.. .ok no LOL. Seriously.

Off to slay the dragons of reports and tasks left undone that must be finished before 5 pm today.

If This Song Plays Over and Over...?

So... if this song plays over and over in my head... will it help? Does Spongebob somehow know the Secret and practice the Law of Attraction?