So If You Actually, Really, Check in Now and Again...

Go ahead, follow me. I know, I've pointed out the Twitter thing before - I don't really think many of you have taken me up on that, which is totally fine. But now I've added the "Following" module down thar to the ol' blog.

So help me not be embarrassed by having only one fan (bless your heart, K) and please show some love. You're not required to comment, don't worry. :-)

Cheers.

A Good Day

Today makes me look forward. Whether you were an Obama supporter or not, it should really make everyone look forward. It's a fresh start, one way or another.

Why? Some big reasons, some little ones.

• Our new president represents America as an intelligent individual, with poise and class.
  
• I don't feel like our country will be a bully anymore. I don't like bullies.
• I think that the first family will be a good example--an accessible one--to others in the country.
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• It's nice to have a First Lady that I can actually relate to.
• Feels like my family is going to be more important to everyone, not just to me, for some reason.
• I can't remember the last time this much of the country was excited about anything.
• I liked the fact I followed so much of real-people-chat on Twitter and online, in terms of how they felt, how the day impacted them.
  
• LOVE the new White House web site! http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  
• It felt good to have both the kids in the room with me during the oaths.
• What he says makes sense to me, as a person.
  

I hope everyone has good feelings in their heart today. It will not be easy, it will not be fast to fix all that is currently off-balance in the USA. But at least it seems like a good running start.

I have been really lame.

I'm sorry, blog. I haven't been paying attention to you, ignored you on vacation, and just haven't kept you up to date with my goings-on.

What's happened in these last two+ weeks since the election? Hmm.

I've been trying to get that free agent thing moving. Working with some very lovely folks and meeting new people. Feeling lucky even though much money isn't coming in yet. I have faith for that. It will happen. More to come soon.

I got myself on facebook. Yeah, yeah, it's about time.

I am on Twitter. Trying to figure out how to have it feed into the blog. Which should be easy enough, I think.

I submitted some articles to a site I'm working with, travelingmom.com. I'll let you know when they get posted.

I met a great gal named Beth who owns rolemommy.com. Check out the site...she has a great sense of humor and if you're a mom, you'll pretty much always relate to where she's coming from.

Oh yeah, and we went to Aruba! Okay, I'll do a separate post with lots of pics on that tomorrow.

Forgive me.

Upgrading the Blog

I'm trying to update the blog with some of the new bells & whistles that are out there. Let me know what you think as they show up, please.

I'm going to aim to add...

1. An updated blog list to the right. It's a relatively new feature of Blogger that allows you to see the newest posts, and how recent they are. I like it because it means I know when to check in on them.

2. Flickr. I'm trying to figure out how to feed a flickr account in so I can snap pics when I'm away and post them, hopefully via cell phone or BB. Fun stuff or celeb sightings or...whatever that's interesting.

3. Twitter. Just in case anything happens that's a total pisser, you all can find out about it in real-time. No, I won't be posting "I'm in the bathroom!", "We just got to my parents' house", or "I am so tired". Promise. It will need to be far more earth-shattering than that. Like G's first step of something. (Okay, that is a while away.)

Stay tuned.