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Did I mention that I lost my book?
I’m still not sure where Girlie found it, but I did manage to get to Chapter 16.
I was worried that the challenge was going to kick my behind.. but I see, now, that I started this in August. I have plenty of time, eh? *giggle*
I must give Harry Potter a daily chance. I must be the only one, that took the challenge, that lost the book is so far behind.
C’mon Harry.. let’s get reacquainted.
I’ve been in a blogging funk, as you are very aware of.. while trying to break through this and get back to the basics of blogging..
I’ve gained 25 pounds.
This is the first weight I’ve gained since my weight loss surgery in 2003.
I have a unique situation when it comes to traditional weight loss, though.
I can’t eat any sugar substitutes. This leaves out all the bariatric diet products, protein coffees, protein shakes, protein bars, etc.
Figuring out what I *can* eat is a serious challenge.
Even though I’m far enough away from my surgery, I still have the stomach size challenges for the type of food I put into my mouth.
I, clearly, know, my problem is carbs. Bread. Junk Food. Cheese.
I need to get back into adding salads and multiple veggies, into my weekly menus.
I have to take a pro-active stand against this weight gain.
Warmer weather would make walking and my treadmill location a little more tolerable, too.
I need a plan. I’ve told you about it, so I’m on the way to a better frame of mind, about it.
I must eat real food. My goal isn’t less food.. but better choices.
I, almost, fell out of cyber space.
I’m back with the Amazing help of MozBackup!
I’m, still, currently using two laptops. Most of my issues are passwords, or software that I can’t figure out how to move over.. like TypeItIn.. what I tried, didn’t work.
But, my Flock and Thunderbird moved over, beautifully with MozBackup! Its worth its weight in diamonds. You should try it.
With a couple of clicks and an SD Card or Flash Drive, you can replicate your browser and email so fast. All of my add-ons, plug-ins, settings.. everything is so much smoother, on the new machine, now. I didn’t have to manually install each of them, as I was trying to do, for the last few weeks.
It even moved my “read it later!” I’m so excited. Now, to get back to hundreds of those pages. :\
My big apology is to my friends and family who relied, like I did, on my Flickr Pro Account. Its all fixed, now, and I’m sorry if you had any missing photos, in the transition. Things, like this, happen, when I’m too overwhelmed to pay attention. I will, continue, to try harder. 
I was over thrilled to see black and yellow baloons, pointing me to the New Sprint Store, on 17-A, in Summerville.
We turned around and headed in.. last Monday..
When we picked up the Sprint phone, we were told it was insured and replaced.
Apparently not.
We didn’t test the camera, to see if it was working. The screen and back-light issues appeared to be fixed.
We didn’t think a new Sprint phone needed to be tested?
When we were home, again, the camera still doesn’t work.
So, I sent my daughter back to the Sprint store, today.
Today, they said, “your phone has water damage, call this 800 number,” and handed her a card.
How does it work if it has water damage? How does a brand new phone, given to us, on Monday, have water damage?
Heather, at the Summerville Sprint Store. I’m not thrilled. You’ve wasted my time and I’m so irritated now, I can’t get this phone fixed, today.
I’ve called Sprint Cares. They don’t feel the store replaced the phone on Monday. They don’t feel there is anything that I can do, but put in a claim, under insurance, to replace it. They also said they are getting a lot of complaints about local stores. The c/s rep told me that the store could not just replace my phone, like that. I’d have had to file a claim, for it.
I called the manager where I got the phone contracts. He said that he’d happily help me file the claim. He said that the Summerville Store, is a corporate store and should have been able to replace it, for me.
What the hell is the store for? They had me leave it with them, for over an hour.. three trips to that store and all they were concerned about was making sure we’d accept the call, from an 866 number, and give them a good grade.
Grade: F
There is no lower grade I can give you.
don’t say anything at all.
There. If you’re mother never told you that.. I just did.
I’m reading comments on Recipezaar, lately, and I just want to slap people.
What good is a comment that says “I’m from this place and I know there is *that* in this recipe and its not in yours.”
My reply?
“Its MY recipe. It works for me. Put *that* in your recipe. Where is your recipe, anyway?”
How rude.
If you’ve made it and it didn’t work for you, I can understand your respectful criticism to others.. but if you are just reading,
shut up!
It is not cool, either, to make your comment a change to everything in the recipe list. Create your own recipe? Great. Post it. Don’t leave it as a comment. How many times can you ram someone for using an ingredient you hate? If you hated all the ingredients, then don’t use the recipe.. make your own.
**Comment is not linked to protect the guilty. This was not my recipe commented on.. its just a norm, lately, for people to be hateful like this.. and it needs to stop and people need to remember to be more courteous in comments.
Even Lassie would comment nicer. 
That seems like an easy thing to find on Sears.com, right?
Well.. ummm..
Full Polish?
Flex Head?
Long Handle?
Teardrop?
Thin Profile?
Next Generation Titanium Blue?
Titanium Graphite with some guy named “Dave Murphy” on it, and comes in a Cherry Wood Box.
Help? Which one would you want??
Today’s nothing:
Yeah.. I really am great! Seriously.
What didn’t you do today?
Dear Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals (Larry Runsdorf, Anthony Mihelich, Carol Bauer, Scott Cohon, and Daniel Lavelle)
I’m writing in reference to the prescription vitamin Folbic.
Thank you for making a generic vitamin that my insurance company does not feel I need, although is necessary for my mortal survival.
Thank you for your unnecessary need to reformulate it, and increasing its non-covered price $5 this month.
Your generous bigger pill, to swallow, literally, is over-appreciated.
I’m so excited.
Sincerely,
Heidi @ Carolina Dreamz
You know that little blog, that uses baseball terms.. and is about finding, earning, saving, or making a buck? Yeah? Well, some *beeeeeep* (that would be plural) is making me move it to WordPress, in the name of spam comments, making me insane.
I like WordPress.. but I like Blogger, too. I still have some stuff on Blogger, and will continue to advocate new bloggers go there.. but *pout*
So, after working on this for over a week.. and being very whatever with myself.. I remembered its December.. and I haven’t started that Christmas gift Afghan yet..
So, I went to that big bad craft store, in North Charleston. The one that you *can* get back out of the parking lot, even though I wanted to go to the other one, big bad one.
and I bought this book.. to make this pretty afghan that is inside it.. I can’t show you because.. well.. wait a minute..
I can crochet, right? I mean, I *can.*
But, guess who can read a pattern just as much as she reads music? Yeah.
So, does that mean I really can’t crochet?
I did manage to get some new friends. These hooks are altogether to give me the illusion that I’m organized, btw.
So.. after I fail to figure out how to follow the pattern.. I turned a bottle of Ibuprofen upside down.. I mean completely upside down. It was like an un-natural reflex..
So I picked up 80 pills off the bed..
Then, while getting the memory card, out of the camera, to show you my new friends, I turned the camera upside down.. the same exact way.. while the door was open..
Then I picked the batteries up off the floor.
Now I’m too tired to do anything but put gunky M&M’s into that hole in my face.
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Google Voice Drunk Dials me..
1. “Hey Honey” (*)
2. “Motormen and we’re starting in to see if that office.”
3. “Hey, My phone disturbs said it was a voicemail from you.”
4. “I would buy the house and told her to call you.”
5. “I’m on the way to take my cab to the bat,”
6. “Hey, it’s made trying to get back.”
7. “Hey i dessert if you got your message from your mother.”
9. “I was calling you because I thought that was gonna call you.”
and my favorite:
10. “I’m calling with an important message hold one moment please.”
* “Hey Heidi” transcribes “Hey Honey.” Who knew?
Need a Google Voice Invite? DM Me. I have one to give away.
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