I am so sick of EFX crashing. I hope it is a mistake but I think EFX just tanked for good...again. Am I the only one that is getting a Server default page when you try to get to your blog?
Figures just when I wrote a long post and I am to tired to do it again.
Here is the condensed version:
Cancer: No
Surgery: yes
Feeling fine, worried about being without pay for three weeks. Weather sucks....it's snowing.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Arrrrgh!
I hate it when I go to EFX and it's down again! I wonder what the excuse is this time? maybe this is another hint I should just give this whole blogging thing up!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
The big game
Well today is the day that football fans have been waiting for. To be totally honest....I'm not even sure who the teams are. I watch it for the half time show and the commercials.
Every year they seem to hype up the commercials. The TV talks about how many millions of dollars are spent on the ad space. Every year I watch the commercials and hope I won't be disappointed. Most times the commercials are ones that are already airing. I guess I would expect advertisers to make new ones given the fact they spend so much on them. Maybe this year will be different.
I also watch for the half time show. In past years there have been a few good ones, ZZ Top was my favorite so far. There have also been a few duds. I'm hoping this year they don't try to squeeze to much into a little bit of time. I would rather hear the whole song, even if It's one I don't like, then to hear bits and pieces of several songs. It's almost like the half time show tries too hard to please every one by doing snippets of all genres....just pick one and stick to it!
The Super Bowl is the perfect show in our house. It's also the only time the TV stays on the same channel for any great length of time. Usually hubby is flipping thru the channels when the commercials come on when he is watching TV. Today that is not allowed.
He gets to watch the game uninterrupted. I will get up and get the pop, chips, let the dogs out....while the game is on. He will do it during the commercials!
Next weekend is my "super bowl" The Westminster Kennel Club has their dog show! I'm rooting for the St Bernard!
Every year they seem to hype up the commercials. The TV talks about how many millions of dollars are spent on the ad space. Every year I watch the commercials and hope I won't be disappointed. Most times the commercials are ones that are already airing. I guess I would expect advertisers to make new ones given the fact they spend so much on them. Maybe this year will be different.
I also watch for the half time show. In past years there have been a few good ones, ZZ Top was my favorite so far. There have also been a few duds. I'm hoping this year they don't try to squeeze to much into a little bit of time. I would rather hear the whole song, even if It's one I don't like, then to hear bits and pieces of several songs. It's almost like the half time show tries too hard to please every one by doing snippets of all genres....just pick one and stick to it!
The Super Bowl is the perfect show in our house. It's also the only time the TV stays on the same channel for any great length of time. Usually hubby is flipping thru the channels when the commercials come on when he is watching TV. Today that is not allowed.
He gets to watch the game uninterrupted. I will get up and get the pop, chips, let the dogs out....while the game is on. He will do it during the commercials!
Next weekend is my "super bowl" The Westminster Kennel Club has their dog show! I'm rooting for the St Bernard!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Not again!
Looks like EFX is down again. I'm not sure what to do. I love it there. the people are friendly and there is a real community there. Here I just feel like I am lost in a sea of other blogs. MySpace is just to big and I don't know how to use it.
I don't like setting up more blogs. I don't like having to maintain more then one, but it seems like I will have too. Blogging is to important to me to not have some place to go and vent.
I know Keith tells everyone that his service is free and we should quit bitching about the down times, but I trusted him when we were told Martin was the cause of trouble when it crashed the first time. Now Martin is back in the picture and it looks like it has crashed again. At least i can't get on it this morning.
I thought the money that PD and a few others (myself included) donated was going to solve this problem. I didn't have money to spare but I contributed what I could. I had a blog at a pay site that I didn't like as much. I quit that one to stay with EFX and gave Keith my money instead of this other place. Now I am feeling like I was taken advantage of.
I know I don't know enough about computers to do this kind of stuff on my own, but I just want to find a place to blog where it isn't so complicated and I can make my blog my own. I also would like the place to be there when I need it.
I guess i am off to fins a new home away from home. I hope I can find every one again. I hate this lost in the wilderness feeling!
I don't like setting up more blogs. I don't like having to maintain more then one, but it seems like I will have too. Blogging is to important to me to not have some place to go and vent.
I know Keith tells everyone that his service is free and we should quit bitching about the down times, but I trusted him when we were told Martin was the cause of trouble when it crashed the first time. Now Martin is back in the picture and it looks like it has crashed again. At least i can't get on it this morning.
I thought the money that PD and a few others (myself included) donated was going to solve this problem. I didn't have money to spare but I contributed what I could. I had a blog at a pay site that I didn't like as much. I quit that one to stay with EFX and gave Keith my money instead of this other place. Now I am feeling like I was taken advantage of.
I know I don't know enough about computers to do this kind of stuff on my own, but I just want to find a place to blog where it isn't so complicated and I can make my blog my own. I also would like the place to be there when I need it.
I guess i am off to fins a new home away from home. I hope I can find every one again. I hate this lost in the wilderness feeling!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Take deep breaths.
I am sure EFX will get back again...it has too. I don't like this place. I can't figure out how to make it look pretty. I feel like I am in some ones Grandmothers house.
Good thing hubby gave me some computer games for Christmas, since I finished the last Harry Potter book I don't have anything else to do.
Hubby is tickled that I am bored. He knows when I run out of computer stuff to do, I like to get frisky. Last weekend we hooked up the new DVD player we got for Christmas in our bedroom. The Christmas before, hubby gave me a wall mount for a TV I was going to use in the grooming parlor of the doggie day care. We decided to use the wall mount on the TV in our bedroom so the TV can be seen better, while lying in bed.
Come to think of it....why am I waisting my time writing this....I have a horny husband, a warm bed, TV in the perfect viewing spot, new DVD player with new porn.....and hockey!
Maybe EFX going down for a while isn't such a bad thing after all!
Good thing hubby gave me some computer games for Christmas, since I finished the last Harry Potter book I don't have anything else to do.
Hubby is tickled that I am bored. He knows when I run out of computer stuff to do, I like to get frisky. Last weekend we hooked up the new DVD player we got for Christmas in our bedroom. The Christmas before, hubby gave me a wall mount for a TV I was going to use in the grooming parlor of the doggie day care. We decided to use the wall mount on the TV in our bedroom so the TV can be seen better, while lying in bed.
Come to think of it....why am I waisting my time writing this....I have a horny husband, a warm bed, TV in the perfect viewing spot, new DVD player with new porn.....and hockey!
Maybe EFX going down for a while isn't such a bad thing after all!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
It's all good
Well apparently the problem with my husband was a case of whats good for the goose is good for the gander....Only problem is the gander read the wrong gooses blog!
My husband admits he went to the chat rooms. Not to hook up with any one just to see what they are like and whats out there. He thought I had found some one else and might be leaving him.
Why would he think that?
Because there is another "Little Miss Confused" on blogger. Her blog tells about her heart breaking and talks about having to IM her love and sneak behind some ones back. If he would have actually taken the time to look at what he was reading he would have also noticed the blog was written in 2005. I didn't take on the persona of Little Miss Confused until I started my blog at EFX sometime last fall. Also if he actually listened when I talk about my blog he would have known there is another one out there because I complained and whined when I found out my "name" was taken. It took us a few hours to come up with a new one for this blog.
The other problem comes from us both being computer idiots. He is much like a first grader when it comes to computers...no wait...they might know a little more.
He had no idea what to do when unwanted sites 'pop' up. When I went to the dating site he was trying to get into, several other sites popped up as well. instead of just closing them out, he opened them. So they where there in the history as if he went to them. Now that little problem wouldn't have happened if I had turned on the pop up blocker on this computer.
His explanation of how he even ended up on a dating site made sense too. he knows enough to go to Google and type in what he is looking for. He just wanted a chat room but he didn't want to get stuck talking about school and dating and all that giggly stuff kids talk about so he typed in "adult chat room" Thinking he would then get a room that wasn't full of teeny boppers.
At first I was a little miffed that he would "spy" on my blog. Then I realized that is silly because I have always shared my blog with him. In fact I have tried to get him to start one. He laughed at that because it would take him an eternity to type one up. He still uses the 2 finger hunt and peck system to type.
He did clean the house and cook me supper, not because he was guilty. He said he did it because when he thought I was going to leave him he realized how much he takes me for granted. He felt bad that even after I read all the comments people left regarding me thinking he was cheating, I still baked him chocolate chip cookies and still got up every morning to make his lunch he brings to work.
Oh by the way Cam....good thing your blog says you live in Zimbabwe. For some reason he took the most offense to your comment. I think because it made sense. He was always quick to tell me that the guys I meet thru blogging are only after one thing...sex. The more of our blogs he reads, the more I think he knows that not to be true.
In a weird way it made me feel good to know he was a little jealous. I think that was the one thing that always bothered me when we would talk about threesomes. I always said I didn't know if I could handle seeing another person touch him and make him feel good...I was afraid I would turn into mean Ma Ma bear and rip the other person to shreds. He always said it wouldn't make any difference to him. I guess I felt that he didn't love me enough to want me for himself. I was wrong. He said he thought since i was so wild in my youth, he didn't think HE was enough for me. He thought I might need more. (good golly..any MORE and I would never leave the bedroom!)
So after a few tears and laughs we talked it out. Things are good in my life again.........
Now if I could only figure out what happened to all the blogs!
My husband admits he went to the chat rooms. Not to hook up with any one just to see what they are like and whats out there. He thought I had found some one else and might be leaving him.
Why would he think that?
Because there is another "Little Miss Confused" on blogger. Her blog tells about her heart breaking and talks about having to IM her love and sneak behind some ones back. If he would have actually taken the time to look at what he was reading he would have also noticed the blog was written in 2005. I didn't take on the persona of Little Miss Confused until I started my blog at EFX sometime last fall. Also if he actually listened when I talk about my blog he would have known there is another one out there because I complained and whined when I found out my "name" was taken. It took us a few hours to come up with a new one for this blog.
The other problem comes from us both being computer idiots. He is much like a first grader when it comes to computers...no wait...they might know a little more.
He had no idea what to do when unwanted sites 'pop' up. When I went to the dating site he was trying to get into, several other sites popped up as well. instead of just closing them out, he opened them. So they where there in the history as if he went to them. Now that little problem wouldn't have happened if I had turned on the pop up blocker on this computer.
His explanation of how he even ended up on a dating site made sense too. he knows enough to go to Google and type in what he is looking for. He just wanted a chat room but he didn't want to get stuck talking about school and dating and all that giggly stuff kids talk about so he typed in "adult chat room" Thinking he would then get a room that wasn't full of teeny boppers.
At first I was a little miffed that he would "spy" on my blog. Then I realized that is silly because I have always shared my blog with him. In fact I have tried to get him to start one. He laughed at that because it would take him an eternity to type one up. He still uses the 2 finger hunt and peck system to type.
He did clean the house and cook me supper, not because he was guilty. He said he did it because when he thought I was going to leave him he realized how much he takes me for granted. He felt bad that even after I read all the comments people left regarding me thinking he was cheating, I still baked him chocolate chip cookies and still got up every morning to make his lunch he brings to work.
Oh by the way Cam....good thing your blog says you live in Zimbabwe. For some reason he took the most offense to your comment. I think because it made sense. He was always quick to tell me that the guys I meet thru blogging are only after one thing...sex. The more of our blogs he reads, the more I think he knows that not to be true.
In a weird way it made me feel good to know he was a little jealous. I think that was the one thing that always bothered me when we would talk about threesomes. I always said I didn't know if I could handle seeing another person touch him and make him feel good...I was afraid I would turn into mean Ma Ma bear and rip the other person to shreds. He always said it wouldn't make any difference to him. I guess I felt that he didn't love me enough to want me for himself. I was wrong. He said he thought since i was so wild in my youth, he didn't think HE was enough for me. He thought I might need more. (good golly..any MORE and I would never leave the bedroom!)
So after a few tears and laughs we talked it out. Things are good in my life again.........
Now if I could only figure out what happened to all the blogs!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Today I had to work 7am-12:30pm. I usually like that shift. It's not a long one and it usually goes by pretty fast. Today it was one of the longest days I have ever worked, or at least it seemed like it. The store hired a new cashier. He is in his late 40's, single, works part time at a clothing store and is oriental.
I am not one to be prejudice so don't jump to conclusions about why I have mentioned he is oriental. The only reason this has anything to do with the story is that he has a VERY thick oriental accent. words with "L" come out as "R". So I am RISA not Lisa. Any how...
He started at 8am today. Our cashier supervisor did not start until 9:30am. So I was stuck having to train him in. There was no other cashier on duty, just me. Friday mornings can get very busy. Most customers are only buying a few items like donuts and coffee, but there are enough of them that I don't have time to do anything other then scan the groceries, put them in a bag, and collect money.
Today I had to explain every step I made. If I pushed a button on the register I had to tell my newbie what I was doing and why. I had to explain to him every little detail in the cashiering process including how to properly bag groceries.
I don't mind training, I just don't like to do it when I am the only cashier and it is busy. I feel the customer suffers because it will take twice as long to get them out of the store. I also feel the new employee suffers because in my effort to get the customer out the door fast, I might overlook something I should have explained.
The other problem we had was I guess you would call it a cultural difference. My newbie had only been in the United States for 6 years, He was born and raised in Japan. Every time he made a mistake he would stop what he was doing, apologize and bow to the customer. I could tell many of the customers where surprised by this. The town is very small and very rural. Many of our customers come from farms that have been around for many generations.
The other issue was his accent. He spoke English well enough. I could tell at times he was searching his brain for words, but his accent made it hard for some customers to understand him. I myself had to ask him to repeat things several times.
I did my best to make him feel welcome and showed him as much as I could while still trying to keep the customer happy. I think it should be the supervisors job to train in the new cashiers, not mine.
On a totally different subject.....
My husband didn't have to work yesterday. I did. I know he reads my blog and I have nothing to hide from him on here. Even when I rant about him, I know there is a chance he might read it. When EFX went down I knew because my husband said he tried to get on my blog and it wouldn't let him. I'm sure he thought I did something to block him from it.
We have never kept secrets from each other. At least not recently. After we spilled our guts to each other about our pasts last summer we vowed to never keep secrets (except what we are getting each other for Christmas).
When I got home from work yesterday I asked my husband what he had done on his day off. He told me he just sat on the couch and played his baseball game on the play station. That and took the dogs out several times.
Today when I hopped on the computer to check the e-mails and catch up on everyones blogs I got a little surprise in my e-mails in box. It was a confirmation from an adult dating service! They sent me my user name and password. So of course I went to the site to see what "I" had been doing.
Apparently Some one using my computer (must be hubby...I don't think the dogs know how) Is a single white male looking for a single female. He didn't seem to be too fussy. The profile said he doesn't care about their weight, hair color, skin color or age.
This little shocker had me checking the history on my computer. I don't think hubby knows I can do that. To my surprise he visited several chat rooms, a few porn sites and just about every blog I had linked on this page. Including the one at EFX. I'm guessing just to make sure it really doesn't work.
I'm not really sure what that all means. I don't know why he didn't tell me he was on the computer. I don't know if I should ask him about it or not. I'm not really mad about it, maybe a little hurt that he would go to a dating service and pretend he is single. I'm not really sure what to think about the adult chat rooms. He still can't believe we all "talk" to each other and it's not always sex related.
I wouldn't even be a bit concerned if it wasn't for a comment he made last night after we had watched a TV show that was talking about women in Iran and the fact that if a women commits adultery the punishment is death, yet the males can have more then one wife. After he heard that he told me "You only get one husband but you can have as many lovers as you want". At the time I just laughed and told him I didn't want any lovers...just him.
Now I am wondering if that was his way of trying to tell me he wants to experiment with some one else. We had talked about it before but always said we could never go off by ourselves and have sex with some one else. We agreed it would have to be a threesome and we both would have to be present at all times. Now I'm wondering if he wants to know what else is out there.
I'm almost afraid to ask him about it. I'm afraid he will tell me if he can't go to chat rooms, then I can't blog. I have nothing against chat rooms, its just that if he thinks all we do in "blog land" is talk about sex, then he must be talking sex on the chats. I know he has had cyber sex with some one. even though he doesn't even know it. I walked in one day and he was typing on the screen what he would do to the girl. When I asked him about it he justed laughed it off and said he was just having a little fun, it didn't mean anything by it. His rationing was that it was probably some bored house wife just looking for a little excitement, it wasn't like he actually knew the person.
Part of me is suspicious, part of me is hurt. I'm just not sure if this is something i should worry about or not.
I am not one to be prejudice so don't jump to conclusions about why I have mentioned he is oriental. The only reason this has anything to do with the story is that he has a VERY thick oriental accent. words with "L" come out as "R". So I am RISA not Lisa. Any how...
He started at 8am today. Our cashier supervisor did not start until 9:30am. So I was stuck having to train him in. There was no other cashier on duty, just me. Friday mornings can get very busy. Most customers are only buying a few items like donuts and coffee, but there are enough of them that I don't have time to do anything other then scan the groceries, put them in a bag, and collect money.
Today I had to explain every step I made. If I pushed a button on the register I had to tell my newbie what I was doing and why. I had to explain to him every little detail in the cashiering process including how to properly bag groceries.
I don't mind training, I just don't like to do it when I am the only cashier and it is busy. I feel the customer suffers because it will take twice as long to get them out of the store. I also feel the new employee suffers because in my effort to get the customer out the door fast, I might overlook something I should have explained.
The other problem we had was I guess you would call it a cultural difference. My newbie had only been in the United States for 6 years, He was born and raised in Japan. Every time he made a mistake he would stop what he was doing, apologize and bow to the customer. I could tell many of the customers where surprised by this. The town is very small and very rural. Many of our customers come from farms that have been around for many generations.
The other issue was his accent. He spoke English well enough. I could tell at times he was searching his brain for words, but his accent made it hard for some customers to understand him. I myself had to ask him to repeat things several times.
I did my best to make him feel welcome and showed him as much as I could while still trying to keep the customer happy. I think it should be the supervisors job to train in the new cashiers, not mine.
On a totally different subject.....
My husband didn't have to work yesterday. I did. I know he reads my blog and I have nothing to hide from him on here. Even when I rant about him, I know there is a chance he might read it. When EFX went down I knew because my husband said he tried to get on my blog and it wouldn't let him. I'm sure he thought I did something to block him from it.
We have never kept secrets from each other. At least not recently. After we spilled our guts to each other about our pasts last summer we vowed to never keep secrets (except what we are getting each other for Christmas).
When I got home from work yesterday I asked my husband what he had done on his day off. He told me he just sat on the couch and played his baseball game on the play station. That and took the dogs out several times.
Today when I hopped on the computer to check the e-mails and catch up on everyones blogs I got a little surprise in my e-mails in box. It was a confirmation from an adult dating service! They sent me my user name and password. So of course I went to the site to see what "I" had been doing.
Apparently Some one using my computer (must be hubby...I don't think the dogs know how) Is a single white male looking for a single female. He didn't seem to be too fussy. The profile said he doesn't care about their weight, hair color, skin color or age.
This little shocker had me checking the history on my computer. I don't think hubby knows I can do that. To my surprise he visited several chat rooms, a few porn sites and just about every blog I had linked on this page. Including the one at EFX. I'm guessing just to make sure it really doesn't work.
I'm not really sure what that all means. I don't know why he didn't tell me he was on the computer. I don't know if I should ask him about it or not. I'm not really mad about it, maybe a little hurt that he would go to a dating service and pretend he is single. I'm not really sure what to think about the adult chat rooms. He still can't believe we all "talk" to each other and it's not always sex related.
I wouldn't even be a bit concerned if it wasn't for a comment he made last night after we had watched a TV show that was talking about women in Iran and the fact that if a women commits adultery the punishment is death, yet the males can have more then one wife. After he heard that he told me "You only get one husband but you can have as many lovers as you want". At the time I just laughed and told him I didn't want any lovers...just him.
Now I am wondering if that was his way of trying to tell me he wants to experiment with some one else. We had talked about it before but always said we could never go off by ourselves and have sex with some one else. We agreed it would have to be a threesome and we both would have to be present at all times. Now I'm wondering if he wants to know what else is out there.
I'm almost afraid to ask him about it. I'm afraid he will tell me if he can't go to chat rooms, then I can't blog. I have nothing against chat rooms, its just that if he thinks all we do in "blog land" is talk about sex, then he must be talking sex on the chats. I know he has had cyber sex with some one. even though he doesn't even know it. I walked in one day and he was typing on the screen what he would do to the girl. When I asked him about it he justed laughed it off and said he was just having a little fun, it didn't mean anything by it. His rationing was that it was probably some bored house wife just looking for a little excitement, it wasn't like he actually knew the person.
Part of me is suspicious, part of me is hurt. I'm just not sure if this is something i should worry about or not.
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