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Yesterday, hubby decided that we were going to re-arrange our bedroom. Ick. I sooooo did not want to bother. I liked everything more or less where it was, and the arrangement of the doors (and the panel to get into the bathroom plumbing, and the huge but poorly placed window) make arranging the room not so easy. Especially since we have 3 dressers between us, 2 of which are of the wide but short variety. And a mini fridge, a tv stand masquerading as a bedside table, and a vanity that hubby wouldn’t let me throw out.

Ok, I’m rambling. Point is, I haven’t written anything for a few days, either too busy or too tired. What I am doing (today) is going through the huge stack of notes that we writers seem to gather like ticks to sheep (how’s that one Travis?). I’ve been meaning to do this for literally months, but just never get around to it.

So, I spent an hour or so typing notes into various files in my word processor, and I still have a stack left to add in there. It seems to be the good energy that comes along with starting another project. You know? One project leads to another. We re-arranged and started cleaning our bedroom, so now I’m cleaning up the paper mess that I keep on my bedside table. Maybe next weekend I can get to the closet! Um, or not.

I think closet cleaning is pushing it a bit.

Half the weekend was spent getting a new phone plan and phones, but I still feel like we got a lot accomplished. And we spent the whole weekend together, which was the goal. Usually I’m so desperate to find a way to make enough off freelancing and finishing my novel (yeah right- make enough after my day job?) that I end up ignoring hubby almost every weeknight, and most of the weekend. Sometimes you just have to stop and pay attention to what’s most important.

So please forgive me if I’m not as prolific as I’ve been lately, I’m working on that whole balance thing. I doubt anyone truly achieves balance, but I think this is one of those things where making the effort is what matters. Then again, usually when I swear off writing, I end up writing more. I’m good with that too.

My husband and I had Disney Mobile since the month they launched. We had nothing but problems from the start which continued until yesterday. Why yesterday? Well, Friday we were notified that Disney Mobile was shutting down their doors. Business would continue until Dec 31, but if we wanted to keep our phone numbers it was recommended that we make the switch by November.

I’ve been tagged by the lovely Kathy Kehrli over at Screw You! for this helpful meme. The goal of this meme is to give you, the readers, hints and tips to help you become more effective bloggers.

Yeah, I know. I couldn’t keep a straight face either. Kathy is actually lovely, but the rest is BS (and I don’t mean Bachelor of Science). Ok, the point of this meme is actually to offer bad blogging advice. Evil blogging advice. Advice that is sure to land your blog (and those who follow the advice therein) in Google’s dung heap.

1. U R My BFF, L8er! - Typing is hard. So is reading. So when you’re ready to post, use digital shorthand wherever possible. The longer the post, the shorter your words should be. Besides, you have to stay current, or lose out to the competition. Fur Realz!

2. If It’s On The Internet, It Must Be Free – Hey, if they didn’t want you using their articles, they wouldn’t put it online. Copyright only extends to print media anyway, so just don’t copy out of a magazine. Unless you found it on their website.

3. Ignore Your Readers – Nobody really wants your response to their comments. That’s why they’re commenting. They’re responding to you! Anyway, they’re either agreeing with you (naturally), or they’re too brainless to know how right you are and are attempting to argue with you. Don’t encourage them.

4. And She Said “Doo-winkle!” – Fill your posts with inside jokes, and make sure that the comment section is filled with your friends bantering back and forth about said joke. If an “outsider” dares poke their profile into your sacred space, ignore them entirely. This is the only exception to rule #3.

5. Spoil Alert! – Not. Do whatever it takes to get through hot new movies and books as soon as possible and post the spoilers and endings. Don’t bother posting up spoiler alerts- if they don’t want to know, then they shouldn’t be on the internet. Besides, within days you will be hugely famous for being the first blogger to post such necessary information live! Remember that guy in France that got busted for translating Deathly Hallows and posted it on his website? Me neither, but he was famous for a day or so.

As for my taggees: Travis Erwin (sorry I haven’t done your meme yet- I’ll get to it!), Mom & More, Wolf (since this seems right up your alley), and C. J. – hey you did say you were looking for post ideas that your readers would find interesting!