It’s time things changed around here.

I’m trying to get back on my diet and get off all the chocolate and back to healthy food and more fruit and vegetables.

I’m also trying to dig out my exercise machine.

It’s been six years since my last CFS relapse and I’m getting more than a little stir-crazy.  The past month is the first time I’ve actually felt unhealthy though, so it’s time for a change.

First thing I’ve done is sign up to twitter.

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Well after a 4am start the decorator is done, the room is all papered and I’m ready to be buried in a shallow unmarked grave.

Still, it wasn’t a total waste, while I was trapped downstairs without my usual computer to entertain me it gave me a chance to order a new juicer (I’m trying a new health therapy involving hourly juicing, see if that improves my health any), a new vacuum (I have urges you know… ) and plenty of time to update my journal software to the new version.

It looks good so far, not that I’ve really noticed much difference so far.

Ooo I like it… New layout, new logo…

*does happy dance*

Now I just need to start twiddling with the designs of the various blog sites pointing to my main blog to tie them in.

Oh and I have a confession to make… I didn’t show post the logo I was planning on the other day when I uploaded all the drafts… Sneaky I know, but I didn’t want to spoil the surprise

Oh and in case anyone is wondering where I got such a snazzily designed theme, well you can thank LunaStone Designs and the logo was designed by The Logo Company.

I got the final round of alterations to my sparkly new logo yesterday. Now I’m just waiting for the final image, then the various file formats.

This is my old logo, since it’s a while since it’s been on the blog page:

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I got the logo revisions yesterday.

Well, last week when the initial drafts arrived you’d probably have heard whimpering and sobbing.

Yesterday You’d have heard wild manic giggling and a little cackling thrown in for good measure.

Looks like they’re back on track again, I’ve picked one to run with, just got a couple of minor alterations to make, like add the tail they forgot (you just can’t have a fraggle without a tail, it’s just not on!)

Shouldn’t be long now…

*bounces up and down like a constipated penguin with anticipation*

Don’t you just love Friday 13th? (the day not the movie).

It’s the one time in the year thing are guaranteed to go right for a change! (and yes I really am that twisted)

After being down again for most of the day the computer is finally up and running. I have graphics!!!

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It’ll make the perfect end to an otherwise depressing week. (Don’t worry I’ll get to that shortly)

This past week has been one unmitigated disaster after another. Technically it all started about 3 weeks ago once the laptop started breaking down, but this last week has been spectacularly unbelievable.

Monday I was just in dazed stupor and by today I was ready to string myself up from the nearest rafter with dental floss…

Why dental floss I hear you ask? Well it’s easier to obtain than rope, much easier to carry and tie knots in, and more importantly you go to the morgue with a glistening smile and smelling minty fresh

So, Monday…

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Let me suck the flesh from your bones…

Ok, so it’s not quite how the song goes, but after 9 days without proper computer access my computer dependency issues and withdrawal are at an all time high.

Shiny new computer was ordered on Tuesday and was supposedly dispatched yesterday (why they couldn’t have built it on Tuesday afternoon and sent it out for Tuesday night delivery is beyond me… )

Still it should be here on Monday all being well.

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Welcome to the new look bloggie

I’ve been a fan of movable type for several years now, ever since I picked up my blog and tootled off to my own web-space. But now it’s time for a change!

Movable type has served me well since about 2004, but it’s just not keeping up anymore. It won’t do email blogging, I can’t access it properly through my PDA, and there’s been a few little things here and there I’ve been trying to tweak for months, but they’re having none of it.

Since the web server has just had a nice overhaul, I figured it was as good a time as any to give my blog one too.

So with some sadness I’ve finally got everything packed up, backed up, exported… Yadda, yadda, yadda…

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You know, life would be so much easier if I was either less creative, or more talented.

I bought a flash template a week or two back ready to revamp my blog and gallery. Initially I was planning to make the alterations to the template myself, but after several attempts it was pretty clear, left to my own devices I’d be lucky if a single thing was still working by the time I’d finished attempting anything more complex than simple text changes.

So I emailed them today for a quote to do it for me.

I just got the price back… Initial estimate… $700.

I’m surprised they could hear the shriek three continents over!
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