FTP What? and free gift cards!

Apparently I haven't updated my blog in over a year. Well, life happens. No time for random thoughts, I guess. So, I login tonight and it tells me that I have to do a FTP migration thing... what? This blog has moved so many times, the old posts are so jacked up... gee, let's make it worse... I follow the steps and then all I see are my posts from 2005. Great. So I don't know if it's ok or broken.

Anyway, the reason for my post... I love sites that give me free gift cards... Amazon especially. I am addicted to Amazon. I get some points for writing about this site so here it is... it actually seems quicker and easier to accumulate gift cards than most other sites I've tried. Here's where to get amazon gift card InstaGC.com

Tawas Trip August 2012

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What?

So blogging is becoming popular again? I've gone in spurts over many years. It seems to be gaining popularity among the crafters and the cooks. I dig through recipes when I have time. I have a few blogs drop into my inbox and I skim through them as I have time. I save recipes to SpringPad and when I'm feeling adventurous, I might try something new. I DVR Hungry Girl and try to watch them before they get overwritten. I have a 14 month old daughter. She keeps me pretty busy. Admittedly, I'm not the best at managing my time. It's mostly lack of motivation. When I come home from work, I'd rather just play with my daughter or do something mindless like watch TV or play Cityville on Facebook. My biggest wish right now is to be a stay at home mommy. I enjoy my time so much more with my little one when I don't have work hanging over my head. I don't mind cooking, cleaning, shopping, when I don't have 20+ hours worth of work to cram into the small amounts of time that I have when she naps or when I send her to the sitter. I love that she gets time with her aunt, but she won't nap there. It throws her schedule off and that throws my world out of whack. Funny how I used to say I hated schedules. But honestly, especially with a little one, they make life easier.

So, in a nutshell, that's what this blog is about... just ramblings of a multitasking geek mommy. Did I forget the geek part? That's not like me. Yeah, I can build a computer. Or at least I could a few years ago.... I'm not exactly on top of all the new technology. I can add a new hard drive or RAM to your laptop, and possibly get rid of a virus, but please don't ask me to do much more than that. I'm still a gadget girl. I love my ANDROID phone and I'm looking forward to a upgrade in a few months. If you're an iPhone, I respect your choice.... but if you're a Crackberry... puhleeze. LOL.

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I need more...

Time.... money..... chocolate.......... There's never enough time to accomplish what I want to do. Admittedly, I could manage my time better, but I also lack the energy to do that. I have a new router that's been sitting in a box for over a week. The old one has been behaving so I haven't made the time to install the new one. I have a pile of work staring at me. That's nothing new. I generally have a pile on my desk. Then my mind wanders and I end up doing something like this... blogging. Though, I rarely blog anymore. I play Farmville and Cityville. The latter is a huge time suck. But, it's relaxing... kinda. Usually when I feel like working, the baby is awake and demanding attention. I'm not complaining. I love my daughter and ultimately, I wish I could scrap the pile of work and play with her all the time. Yeah, this post really has no point. I was thinking about talking about my desktop PC and the debate that I constantly have with myself about why I need one. I could virtually get by with a laptop dock. I like my big monitor, keyboard, mouse for work purposes. I have lots of hard drive space on the desktop and it's run to my TV. I can download and watch shows, etc. It can serve as a decent media center PC. I wish I had the resources to update it. Ya know... time, money.....

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