Friday, March 19, 2010

Wordpress...when I have time!

I decided to set up a wordpress account because I find it easier to add items and make it look "prettier".

Here is the address: http://charmtime.wordpress.com

That being said, I've had little time to do anything with it but I'm trying!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Thinking about expanding my horizons in another way

I must admit I haven't played with Blogger very much but I find it hard to use (I'm pretty tech savvy with software, as I mentioned). No offense to blogger but I don't think it is for me.

So I was thinking about trying out a Typepad page. I've used typepad in the past but I've never tried the free, single site version.

I know a lot of people also use Wordpress but I don't know anything about it.

Does anyone have have any suggestions?

If I switch things over I will definitely post the link here - not that anyone is checking!*lol*

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I'm not impressed (with myself!)

I've loved this weather - it has been a really mild winter and, as a warm-weather type gal, it has been brilliant.

The changes in the weather....well, I haven't loved them quite as much!

I fell yesterday - smashed my back on the steps. I'm in a lot of pain and not at work.

(I'm sure they all think I'm a complete dolt at work)

I am hoping the swelling will go down. On the couch I felt okay - once I got up it was a different story.

So I'm just trying to be quiet and lie still.

They say things come in 3s but I'm hoping it is not the case with my falls!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sleepy Valentine's Day

Hubby and I both have had trouble sleeping lately - I've been waking up at 4:30 in the morning when I could easily sleep for another hour or so before I get up for work! Last night I thought, "I'll stay up REALLY late and then I'll be so exhausted I'll finally get more sleep." Not my most brilliant plan! I stayed up until about 2 am and went to sleep and up I woke with a start at 6:30 am!

Needless to say, I'm exhausted! Hubby hasn't been sleeping quite as poorly as me but I know he hasn't been getting the proper sleep either.

So today we are having "Sleepy Valentine's Day" - we aren't doing much except having an early night today!

Happy Valentine's Day all!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Happy Camper!

Well, my hubby is a happy camper! He finally got a new tower to replace the one that died (luckily my family member let him borrow the other one for a couple of weeks)!

He is happy to have Windows 7 and kept talking about all the great hardware on his new pc - until he looked at me and said, "You have no idea what I am talking about, do you?" and I had to admit I had no clue! :P

I won a beautiful Valentine's Day basket from Northern Mama! It came yesterday and included a bottle of wine, a big cookie (it was a great debate on who got to eat it so we decided to share it!) and some pretty cards and great Glade candles!

My girls are also thrilled that a play table arrived that I had won!

Hubby is complaining there are too many boxes in the house so I'll have to break them all down - but the boxes are a small price to pay for such wonderful things!

Now just to get myself back to the gym..... :P That is tomorrow!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Getting better..

Since I posted yesterday about our recent household dilemmas, I thought it made sense to post an update today (not that I'm sure if anyone is actually reading this!*l*).

My leg is starting to feel better, though it is still sore. I still feel really stupid for taking a fall but we are going to make sure the steps are properly cleaned and de-iced from now on to avoid any future tumbles!

Hubby's computer is toast. He did a lot of putting things together, taking things out, trying again, cursing and doing more (I love computers but he is the true "techie" of our couple)! He thinks it is the motherboard but he's not sure. Right now he's borrowed a computer from our family and that will have to do until he can get his fixed!

Other than that, not much going on here. Very quiet (which works for me)!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Keep on Trucking (no matter what life sends you!)

It has been an interesting couple of weeks since I last posted.

I have been to the gym a few times but I haven't been consistent (there is absolutely NO excuse). The great motivator I have found is finding great reading material though - if I can find something that I love to read that it does provide me with an incentive to go!

I've also been blessed to win some great giveaways through blogs that I am really excited to both keep and share with the people I love! I actually find it pretty relaxing to sit down, check out other people's blogs, enter some giveaways and enjoy reading about the lives of others! I actually went to enter a giveaway of a gal who was expecting, chose to follow her on Twitter and found out that she literally JUST had her baby! It was so cool!

The pitfalls were a couple of things that hopefully can be resolved soon. I had an accident the other day and managed to get banged up. Luckily it seems like nothing is long-term and I just needed some R&R to reduce the pain and feel better! The other pitfall involves my husband's computer. He went to turn it on last night and it has decided to die! He thought it was the fan, fiddled around with it quite a bit but it doesn't want to respond! It is a tough call because it's not in our budget and he is trying to decide if he should get it looked at (which might be throwing good money after bad) or try and hang in long enough to get a new one. He really needs one so I might have to forgo my ventures online while he uses mine - though mine isn't really ideal either. That is something we'll have to deal with this weekend.

Anyway, I hope people are still reading! I was thrilled by the comments to my second post and then it was like I got too excited because noone posted again (except about the great lip-balm making kit for my girls, which was SUPER COOL and arrived yesterday!).

Happy Saturday all!