http://blog.burlapsoul.org/ The Journey of Annastazia en Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:06 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Update. your. links.]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/05/#001524 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/05/#001524 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:06 -0500 visit me here instead. Thanks and enjoy.]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001479 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001479 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:36:22 -0500 over here. Plus, if you visit me over there, you can like leave comments without technical problems and stuff. I swear! What a concept, I know! ;-)]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001474 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001474 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:57:35 -0500 doesn't take up all the room on your hosted account. In the meantime, while I need to do some serious writing, it won't be here. I'll keep you updated as to where I end up. (Hopefully, it's right back here but with some new clothes.) If you'd like to say hello, just email me or find me on AIM (crowluvsservo). Kisses and happy new year!]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001470 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001470 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:27:49 -0500 at all. I can't stand this anymore. All I ever do is plug in a new banner photo with a new background, but something always goes wrong and fucks up and I'm just so tired of it. I love to re-design my site, but my god this is nuts. I love to write here, but I'm so just damned tired of having to give my fucking life over the computer for days on end for nothing. I can't figure this shit out, I leave endless queries and questions on the MT forums and no one EVER responds to me. I'm so tired of this shit. I'm so absolutely fucking tired of it. I'm sure people think I'm being dramatic, but you should see how much of my week has been spent just trying to get my damned blog to work. That's time I could be working on my house or spending with my husband and the animals. But no, I spend it here getting nowhere and getting no answers from anyone anywhere. Not a single person answers questions on the forums? Then what the hell do we have them for? It just really pisses me off. I like my domain name, I want to keep it, but I can't keep doing this shit to myself every time I just want to change a banner photo or some colors. It becomes a DAYS LONG process that eventually puts me into tears. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I hate this version of MT, I hate having to pay people to install the software for me because I can't figure it out for myself, I hate that the forums talk to me like I am a fucking coding genius when I have stated again and again that I am not, I hate that I have no idea how to backup 4 YEARS of my life and just switch over to something easier. I don't want to take down my blog, but this is bullshit. I just want to write and I want to have my own domain name. I want to create my own banner photos and express myself. Why must that be so damned difficult? Seriously, what is the damned point of blogging software that doesn't work for you whenever you want to blog? I don't like to get this angry, but I just don't see the damned point anymore. I've lost time with my husband, time on my house, half my weekend and too much sleep because I changed a banner photo. Seriously, at this point, I just want to take the whole damned thing down and say fuck it.]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001469 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001469 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:53:41 -0500 It was time for something a little new. So what do you think? I'm sure it looks all jacked up in IE, but I don't know how to fix that and frankly, I don't care. You should be using Firefox anyway. ;-) Have I mentioned just how much I love sledgehammers? Because I do. And boots. Boots are awesome. http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001448 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001448 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:59:24 -0500 Rasee this morning via my newly re-discovered AIM: CrowLuvsServo : I'm okay. It's nice not having to work and being able to wake up on your own clock. capricornras : I bet. And you're still working on the house. capricornras : And raising a puppy. CrowLuvsServo : Yes, I am a full time house fixer upper and puppy owner. CrowLuvsServo : He just ate poop by the way. capricornras : Hee. And cat-mommy. capricornras : And ew. capricornras : Bad Bogey. CrowLuvsServo : Very Bad Bogey. He got half a bag full of carrots and was sent outside. CrowLuvsServo : My glamorous life. capricornras : I know! capricornras : Fur. And staples. And poop. CrowLuvsServo : With Bogey, it seems to be more a stream of steady destruction. CrowLuvsServo : And the barking, my god the barking! capricornras : He's just expressing his many opinions! capricornras : Sharing. capricornras : Connecting. Etc. CrowLuvsServo : He has more opinions than a political talk show host, I think. capricornras : He is your pup. :-)]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001447 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001447 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:51:16 -0500 we had our first date that turned into our first weekend that turned into something I never imagined would be so lovely. It's 2008, we're home, we're happy and we're finally married. It's the best beginning to a new year I could ever think of. All the best to you and yours in the year ahead.]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001443 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2008/01/#001443 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:44:58 -0500 Rasee! May 2008 be all you ever wanted and then some, beautiful girl! xoxo ]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001445 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001445 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:48:48 -0500 Began leaning further toward a child-free life. Tried to begin understanding the coding madness that is MT 3.33. Finally found a house that we could agree on and afford and better yet, they accepted our offer. Weighed the pros and cons of a fixer-upper endlessly but finally decided we could do it. ]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001444 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001444 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:13:52 -0500 three days later. Of course my chiropractor is closed this week. *le sigh* It was a good time though. The holidays with my family are always loud and chaotic because there are so many of us and we all talk at once, but in the end it was nice. On Friday, we leave bright and early for Christmas with J.'s family in Northern Michigan. (Yes, we spend the holidays in our car. We should really just invest in an RV and be done with it.) This will be Bogey's first trip "up nort, eh" and I just hope that a 10 hour car ride with two beagles doesn't make us want to kill them or each other. Mostly though, I just want all of us to be safe. That's really the best Christmas present I could ask for. As my little gift to you, I give you this shot taken with my new wide angle lens from Santa: Hope yours was merry and happy. Say a safe travel prayer or two for us and we'll have a cup of cocoa for all of you. :-)]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001442 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001442 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:21:22 -0500 We're off on our holiday travels starting tomorrow morning (well, actually today). Have a safe and happy holiday and may you all be warm, healthy and safe. Happy Chrismahanakwanzakah to you and all of yours! http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001441 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001441 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:39:17 -0500 arrival of their bun! He's beautiful! :-)]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001440 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001440 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:40:55 -0500 J. like I wanted. Then, in an ironic twist even I couldn't have planned, I tested positive for strep the day we left for our honeymoon. Not to mention that J. caught it halfway into the honeymoon as well. (The first three days were a romantic escapade in tissue buying, laying in bed coughing, and sucking throat lozenges like candy in the middle of June - ooooh, the romance!) A doctor did once tell me that if I contract strep too often within a year, it could indicate or lead to heart problems. I don't remember exactly how that works, but that was kind of a scary thing to hear. Thanks random doc! Anyway, I'm armed with antibiotics and cough syrup. Hopefully I'll be able to just stay home today and have everyone shopped and bought for already. No more excursions out into Germ Land for me, I'm afraid. Although I will be making desserts and other food gifts for family, so maybe I should invest in a gas mask and gloves anyway? I keep meaning to post pictures of the arch, now that it's mostly finished. It truly amazes us how well it came out and it makes the house feel so much more like a home now rather than a random (and ugly) box. Hmmm, let me see if I can find those pics... hold on. Okay. If you'll remember our living room started out like this: View into the "office" area that was basically just attached to the living room because they had opened it up entirely too much. View into the actual living room from the office. Notice the giant metal beam they left and just painted - that was really great with the low ceilings. NOT. View of the hallway from the kitchen (you can see the complete lack of separation and how the bathroom - on the left - is so easily visible from everywhere in the house). Now (although it's way more cluttered) it looks like this: The cutouts on either side of the arch are for the built-in bookshelves we plan on making after the holidays. You can see how much we need them. Once it's sanded and finished, the entire arch will be painted the same brown as that front living room wall. (We know that color looks weird with the door. That's because we plan to change that into a white door with a window in it to let in more light.) We can't believe how much looooonger our hallway feels now. Even the dogs love to sneak up on each other around it. Impressive, yes? Since the orange wall is no longer just one large wall anymore (but we still like the color), we're going to leave the orange accent in the living room and just paint the other side of the orange wall (the part that's in the office) the same as the blue-gray color you see here. (Did that make any sense?) Right now it's all still a little odd because it's not yet painted and looks like a rainbow room in here. Plus, we had to move the furniture to accommodate this year's tree location and that makes it kind of cramped as well. Still, you wouldn't believe how much more comfy and cozy it feels in here now. It's like we have a real living room and a place to get away and snuggle in front of the TV all at the same time. Woohoo, go us! Okay, I have presents to wrap and antibiotics to take. Yay holidays!]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001438 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001438 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:09:46 -0500 photoblog. Enjoy.]]> http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001437 http://blog.burlapsoul.org/archives/2007/12/#001437 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:59:25 -0500