July 2007 Archives

Hi there. Notice anything different around here? No?? Kick the tires, go on. Take her out for a spin. Runs like a dream, doesn't she?

Well, that just shows how awesome T is. He took my clumsy, hackneyed template, installed the new version of Movable Type on his server and made it all work just like that *snap*.  While on the surface my blog might have look purty, I was learning CSS when I did this ... and I really sucked at it. It took me ages to make the site come close to my vision and, while I do love it, I knew it was far from perfect.  Now? It's perfect. He did an awesome job.

I <3 my geek.


Oh, and I absolutely LOVE the new version of MT ... the admin dashboard is very sleek, easy to use and fairly user-friendly. Compared to the other blogging software I've used, this is, by far, my favorite.

yeah, I know I need to be writing but I needed this more ... will write soon, I promise ... waiting on a call from the Dr. and I'm kinda tense...

One of my quiet heroes, Lady Bird Johnson, has passed. She was in the White House when I was born (6 months after the assassination of JFK) and worked tirelessly for wildflower conservation. It is because of her that you see masses of wildflowers planted along the sides of the highways.

I remember seeing an interview with her on TV when I was younger and I was so impressed by her gentle toughness and conviction, her way of 'plain talking'. She embodied for me the image of the elegant Southern lady and fueled my lifelong love of plants and flowers.

Her legacy will live on.

Have you ever had the sinking feeling that things were going too well and it was only a matter of time before the other shoe drops?

Well, the other shoe has dropped ... and it was a big ole' Doc Martin to the temple (or, rather, the ovary).

You will have to forgive me, dear reader, I had such good intentions to share each and every joyous step of this first-time-home-buyer process with you. Moving into my new house was going so smoothly when my entire life was thrown in turmoil. For the past 2 weeks I've been drifting between despair, elation and anxiety and I found I had a really hard time opening up about this. I've had to face the stuff that my worst nightmares are made of and nothing is really resolved yet. Maybe I should start at the beginning. Let's see, where were we when I last left off? Oh yeah, getting ready for the yard sale.

From the website ... "this rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

* crap (8x) <-- all from the last post, too!!!
* gun (2x)
* death (1x)"

Mom would be so proud ... *sniff*