In case you didn't know, Blogger and GMail are changing the way they look this month. Mind you, this isn't for functionality or to offer more options. It's just a cosmetic change that someone is doing because they have to justify their jobs.
We used to get that in the insurance company I worked at. Changes for the sake of changes. Truthfully, insurance hasn't evolved much over the past hundred years. Yes, new sales and service avenues have opened, but the final product is the same.
Likewise, what Blogger and GMail provide hasn't changed much. Just the way we look and interact with it is going to be new. A will be moved to where C was and C moved to where B was and B floated to a new place that nothing else was. It's non-productive to have to adjust to the new settings. But somewhere some designers put this forth in their on-going quest to keep their jobs. "See, we're being productive. Our programs look different." It's the ultimate in busy work.
Not that I object to any change that makes a program work better and easier, but that's not what's happening here.
Okay, why am I talking about this instead of what I did this week? I don't know.
Let's see what I did.
1. Continued to input final corrections on Creations 2012, the local writers group anthology. I'm proud of the design of the book. I think it looks quite professional.
2. Met with a friend about helping publish his book. On Target: God's Word for Our Lives should be out this summer. Maybe by the end of June. I've been working on this book with him since January. I'm ready for it to be born.
3. Household chores, of course.
4. Ate lunch with a friend on Wednesday.
5. Walked three days. Can't seem to make it four.
6. Continued on the low carb diet. Not as successfully as I have been. Was too rushed and had to grab food on the run. Not fast food, but fast choices that aren't as healthy for me.
7. Kept thinking of and fooling around with Murder by the Mile, but no significant progress.
8. Made a few more birthday cards for my portfolio. Oh, that reminds me. I went to a birthday lunch for a friend on Monday. That had nearly slipped my mind.
9. Got my old car started and actually was able to drive it to the car wash and get the dust washed off it. Sure wish I could get it fixed.
10. Worked on a new budgeting plan.
This week:
1. Work on Creations 2012, On Target: God's Word for Our Lives, and Murder by the Mile.
2. Household chores.
3. Walk at least three days and try for four!
4. Continue the low carb diet, and do better about planning meals.
5. Call the On Target author Tuesday and remind him I need a bio ASAP.
6. Lunch Wednesday with a friend.
7. Pay bills.
8. Writers group meeting Saturday morn. We're supposed to sign contracts then. I hope everyone shows up or makes arrangements to get their contracts signed. I so want to order the books that afternoon.
9. Work on my front yard. I got flowers bought and put out in the pots, but need flowers in the flower bed. Haven't decided if I'm going to attempt tomatoes this year or not.
10. Blog on Harbor Street.
That's my report. Signing off. Over and out.
6 comments:
I'm glad Creations 2012 is coming along nicely.
Did you switch to the new Blogger format yet? I haven't clicked on it. I think I switched to the new GMail a few months ago and didn't really notice much difference, but lots of other people were complaining, so I must have missed something.
Just because you can't see the progress on Murder by the Mile doesn't mean it's not important. A lot of what we do isn't seen or measurable in any practical way. It actually looks a lot like daydreaming, but it's not.
Meal planning is my saving grace. Even when I'm going out I plan ahead what I'm going to eat. When I eat something without calculating the points, I get myself into trouble.
Are your birthday cards available online yet? If so, what's the link? I probably have it here somewhere, but there's a garage band making racket across the street and I can't think with their caterwauling.
Jean, Blogger made me. By the end of April, we all will be on the new format. It would be nice if they would allow us to choose to change instead of forcing it on us.
Wendy, thanks for the encouragement on MBTM. I think it will go faster when Creations is out of the way.
And no, the birthday cards aren't online yet. They're harder than the Christmas cards to upload and format correctly. I haven't been able to concentrate on the Cafepress lately due to the other projects. Sigh. Never enough time, ya know.
Wendy makes a very good point about the likelihood of MBTM simmering while you work on other things.
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