120 Days

Yay me.

I'm excited about the 120 days.

Really.

I'm just so darn frustrated with Blogger that it's got me pissed off about everything else at this moment.

Pardon me for a sec.

*Ahem*

Serenity now! Serenity NOW! SERENITY NOW!!!!!

There. That's better.

(I think I may be a little hormonal for some reason.)

P.S. I've disabled the word verification feature and made it so anyone can comment. I'll see how that goes. Hopefully, that will make it easier for those of you who want to comment but have been frustrated by having to jump through all the hoops (and hopefully, I won't get slammed with spam).

Or it could be that I have no friends and no one wants to comment. Yeah... that's probably it, isn't it? No one likes me. Might as well go eat worms. :D

Blogger's Pushing My Buttons

I'm so frustrated with Blogger right now. I know this is NOT A BIG DEAL, but it's just making me feel depressed and angry. Probably tapping into all my control issues (and yes, I have quite a few).

I'm about at the point of deciding to just quit blogging.

Again, I KNOW this is not that big a deal.

Why is this bothering me so much??? I think it's because it makes me feel completely powerless, and I hate feeling that way.

I mean, I KNOW I'm powerless over alcohol. I can accept that, admit it, even embrace it. I don't always LIKE that it's true, but I KNOW it's true. I can make choices to live my life without it, in a positive, passionate, productive manner. I can turn it over to my HP, and let him handle it for me.

This crap is different. I should have SOME FREAKIN' MODICUM OF CONTROL over my damn blog. *Grrrrrrrrrr*

If It Ain't Broke...

Okay, so I made the switch, and upgraded my template to one of the "layout" versions, where you can drop and drag stuff, and change the font colors and page elements, etc.

All good, lotsa fun, etc.

Except, NOW, people who haven't yet made the switch, or aren't using the "layout" templates or SOMETHING ELSE I DON'T HAVE ANY FREAKIN' IDEA OF are showing up as "Anonymous" in the comments.

Does anyone know what's up with this, and if it can be fixed?

I'm wishing now I had just left things as they were.

I'm going to try to get to the bottom of this, and if there's a fix, implement it, but I'm not sure if that's even an option (yet) with this new version of Blogger. So, Blogging Peeps, can you please bear with this situation for now, and just add your name to your post when you comment?

I should have just left well enough alone. You know what they say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

*Sigh*

Saturday Gratitudes

• Right now, this is the worst of my problems.


• Skiing in Vail is only a week away!!!


• Great fellowship with my church homegroup (not AA) last night.


• Great meetings (AA) this week.


• A speaker meeting to look forward to later today.


• So far, I've not been struck with the cold and flu crud everyone else is getting (knock on wood).


• Getting healthier and stronger, mentally, physically and spiritually.


• My metabolism finally kicking into a higher gear.


• My sweet hubby.


• My (mostly) sweet kitty-kat.


• Awesome blogging peeps.


• Awesome RL peeps.


• AA offers us a solution.


• God never gives up on us or abandons us.


• Relief from frustration and stress is only as far away as my knees and my Nikes.

Nike Time

Okay, time to just do it.

For years, fear has prevented me from taking risks, from trying new things, from just getting out there, involved in life.

So, I'm moving ahead in my fear today.

I'm just going to go ahead and do it, and switch over to the new version of Blogger (I AM going to back up my template first, though!).

Here goes nothing...

UPDATE:
Okay, tried it, but they said it won't work for some reason or another, AT THIS TIME. Grrrr... I wonder if it's because I'm not using one of their templates???

UPDATE 2:
Now I've switched to one of their templates, and they STILL won't let me switch. Double Grrrr....

UPDATE 3, 12:35 AM 01/06/07:
Yay!!! Success at last. (Try it again, Scout.)