What happened to local news coverage?

Today, hurricane Ike hit Texas, levaing a lot of destruction in it’s wake. You can read about it every where.

But I started hearing that here in the Chicago area, we have major highways and roads closed, flooded underpasses, flights cancelled, the transit system closed down - and you can’t find hardly a word about it. We have entire towns sandbagging, and no one knows.

I truly feel for the people in Texas. But we know more about what’s going on halfway across the country than we do about what’s going on in our own backyard. Isn’t that crazy?

Pet food recall

Yep, another pet food recall.

See this article for more info -

http://www.nbc5.com/family/17467825/detail.html

Tinkering

Hi there!

This has been one long week for me. The boss is on vacation, which means we have to cover store hours with fewer people. And doesn’t it figure that the mandatory Manager’s meeting also had to be this week?

Had to drive 2 hours to get to the meeting. The meeting itself was OK. Nice to see people that you don’t normally get to see. And anytime you can pick up even just a couple of good nuggets that will make you better, it’s always worth it. Plus, they fed us a pretty good lunch!

Fortunately, the traffic heading back to the store wasn’t too bad. It only took me 2 hours back. I feel really sorry for the people who had to head south!

In spite of the job, I have been tinkering with my new project. I’m learning a few new tricks too. While it’s only a skeleton so far, you can see the beginnings of the new project here >>>

Like I always tell you, do a little bit whenever you have a few minutes, no matter what the project is - and eventually you’ll get it done. If you wait until you have a big block of time available to start working on something…. well, that never happens now, does it?

So it will be with this project. It will evolve a little bit every day.

I picked up a good book that’s helping a lot too. If you’re running a word press blog, you might want to pick up Word Press for Dummies. It will open up a whole new world of possiblilties for you.

I also read ‘The Attractor Factor” this week. Since a new version is coming out, I figured I’d read the old one. Plus, I really needed some time off the computer. I like to read real books once in a while.

There was nothing really new in it if you’ve been a student of self improvement. I actually use a lot of the same principles in Whole Life Overhaul. But it never hurts to be reminded. We get so busy that we forget to think right sometimes.

I’m going off to veg now. I hope you have a great weekend!

Carole

Even Super Woman Gets Tired

I’ve sort of been missing in action this week…

OK, I have to admit it - things are a little disorganized around here as we adapt to the new summer schedule - people under foot all of the time - no real bedtimes, and other life hazards

Add to that storms, and sucking up water and drying carpets, and trying to get the dryer to run, and saving the computer from the brink of death after a surge, even with a surge protector – and I’ve had one heck of a week.

I think I’m getting back into the groove here, but it might take me another week – provided there’s no more heavy storms.

To make matters worse, the structure of CommonSenseLiving is being rebuilt. Everything from new hosting and new service providers. Hopefully all of this will be transparent to you, but if there are some glitches you’ll know that I messed something else up!

Why all of the changes?

Up to this point, everything has sort of been pieced together, and it’s really become a nightmare to manage, especially since this is a one-person business. By pulling things together into one place it should be easier and less time consuming to manage. Plus they supposedly have one click upgrades! I won’t have to tear my hair out trying to figure it out every time. That alone is worth it.

Plus, there’s more advanced tools that I haven’t been able to use because I’m a tech dummy. They do it for you. How nice!

It will hopefully also close the holes that spammers and hackers have been using to use this domain name to send out spam. I sure hope so. I considered changing the name as a possible solution, but you know what? That’s just not a fair solution and I’m not giving in. I’ve been building on this name for years – they can’t have it! Call me a hard head.

Last weekend was supposed to be one where I could focus a couple solid days on doing this conversion work. My daughter was supposed to be gone on a trip, but that fell through. Don’t get me wrong, I love my daughter, and I love spending time with her - but I’ve gotta have some time to get some work done too! Then add some severe storms for good measure to truly test my grit.

If you visit the site and something strange is going on - please just come back later. You know I’m not great with the tech stuff! I just want to hurry up and get through with this part so I can get back to the funner stuff.

In the meantime, I’m really overloaded and very tired. If the weather breaks, things should get back to normal next week.

Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding.

The Most Functional English Word …

I needed a laugh when this pass around email came in – Just thought I’d share… J

Hope This Makes You Smile
The Most Functional English Word

Well, it’s shit … that’s right , shit!
Shit may just be the most functional word in the English language.

You can smoke shit, buy shit, sell shit, lose shit, find shit, forget shit, and tell others to eat shit.

Some people know their shit, while others can’t tell the difference between shit and shineola.

  
There are lucky shits, dumb shits, and crazy shits. There is bull shit, horse

shit, and chicken shit.

  You can throw shit, sling shit, catch shit, shoot the shit, or duck when the shit hits the fan.            

You can give a shit or serve shit on a shingle.

You can find yourself in deep shit or be happier than a pig in shit.

Some days are colder than shit, some days are hotter than shit, and some days are just plain shitty. 

Some music sounds like shit, things can look like shit, and there are times when you feel like shit.

You can have too much shit, not enough shit, the right shit, the wrong shit or a lot of weird shit.

You can carry shit, have a mountain of shit, or find yourself up shit creek without a paddle.

Sometimes everything you touch turns to shit and other times you fall in a bucket of shit and come out smelling like a rose.

When you stop to consider all the facts, it’s the basic building block of the English language.

And remember, once you know your shit, you don’t need to know anything else!!  
 
You could pass this along, if you give a shit; or not do so if you don’t give a shit!

Well, Shit, it’s time for me to go. Just wanted you to know that I do give a shit and hope you had a nice day, without a bunch of shit. But, if you happened to catch a load of shit from some shit-head………..  

Well, Shit Happens!!!

I hope your day isn’t…

Sorry about the formatting - it didn’t copy well - Hope it made you laugh anyway!