Today I am catching up on my writing for my blogs and for work. I’m doing it at a restaurant near my home. Not because I needed to get out. I didn’t. I’m here because I competed with a computer and lost.

Yesterday, I waited 12 hours for an AT&T technician to come out an install my phone. I was told that I couldn’t get a smaller window, and that I would have to wait until next week for the same company to prepare the Internet. (???) That was even after I told them I had an old modem on hand and that I wouldn’t require technical support.

No one came to my door. No one called me. And I couldn’t get a live person on the phone—until this morning. By this time, I was ready to pop because of the sheer ludicrousness of the situation. When I did get a person yesterday and today, they told me that the computer was showing that my installations (phone and internet) were complete. (So???)

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I just wanted to post a quick note to say that my aStore, The Blog About It Store, is live. Actually, it’s been live, it’s just that now it’s attached to the site—again. I’ve had access to it for quite a long time, but I always put it on the back burner to set it up through my site. I was waiting to find a way to do the fancy stuff.

Then I realized how much time had passed, and it was just unacceptable. If you look at the software versions I’ve included, you’ll begin to get the picture, too. And so, looking ahead to all that I want to do, it occurred to me that this would be an easy thing to get up and running and out of the way. A few days ago I got going and haven’t stopped yet.

I updated the links and changed the colors just a bit. For now there’s a link on my left sidebar to get you to the store. And when I remember how, I’ll include it in the tabs. I want it to be accessible. And that’s why there are links on the page that return you to my blog.

About the Items Included

• The books I’ve chosen are books that I’ve read, mostly. Some are of interest to me and I have yet to read them.
• The applications I’ve chosen are those that I use and like.

So far, I’ve only included books and software applications. If you’re curious about one in particular, please feel free to ask me.

I’ll tell you know, I’ve read everything by Kirk Byron Jones. And I’m still working on the magnificent writings of Erwin Raphael McManus.

I hope you visit my bookstore and find something that interests you. My library is full of books that inspire me throughout my life. When you find something that does the same for you, please drop me a line letting me know.

So, it’s been anything but quiet since last I was here. Since then, I’ve secured my place for A+ certification training; the training begins next month, May 2010. And, I managed to keep up with a poem a day, so far. I don’t know about the day until I get to it, because my verses don’t come together until the night, when home is more quiet. It just got quiet here today. So, we’ll see what I can manage.

With a vote of confidence from my comrades in the project, and reading their inspired words, I will continue to write. If not on prompt at least I’ll write a poem a day for the rest of National Poetry Month. I’ll have to make the choice predicated on whether or not work has to be sacrificed. I want to write the poems no matter what. But, I have to move business forward too. Work MUST go on!

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Seizing an Opportunity

It turns out I didn’t really like any of the blog themes I tried out recently. Not as much as I like my current theme, anyway. So what’s a girl to do to get some change? Take a different route, and spruce things up a bit.

I decided to make just a few cosmetic changes to this theme to suit me (like the color on my h- tags here to blue from gray). Behind the scenes, I’m going to try to get more into the PHP of things and customize a theme. A new pet project that I’ve been wanting to get into. I’m taking it behind the scene so I can spend just my free time until I get it where I want it.

I want to make my own theme from scratch one day. For now I want to be able to use themes I like and customize them as much as I want.

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Work is work. Some parts are good and some are not so much fun. Both parts are inherent in pretty much any pursuit. So what do you do about it when the not-so-fun parts slow you down to nearly a halt?

Why is the Job You Love Not So Fun?

You have this job to do, like it or not. It’s fun to write, but this topic bores you. You love this topic, but there’s better information that you need to find. You love this web design, but you need the layout changed, (something you can’t do easily).

Sometimes, as in the last example, it’s a matter of deciding if you need to learn or brush up on a new complimentary skill. If you find that you need the same skill repeatedly, training may be in your best business interest. And isn’t it fun to learn new things?

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Shon Bacon interviewed me and posted it on her blog site, ChickLitGurrl™. I’m excited to be among the talented people she interviewed.

In my interview, I answered really good questions that made me think about where I am. It’s something I do periodically but I’ve not done in such detail for someone else. She got my scoop and can read it and find out what else I’m up to.
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