Author Archives: LA Blogger Gal

ACK!! My Printer Doesn’t Seem to be Working!!

I noticed the other day that it would make a copy for me. It kept telling me that it had a job pending, but nothing ever happened. When I open the top, nothing moves about.

Then earlier today I tried to print up some mailing labels. They’d run through, but that’s it. Nothing was printed on them. I just assumed it was the labels since they were those small nametag things. So I head on over to Staples and pick up mailing labels by the sheet. I get it all set up, choose my fonts, press print my sample to see how it looks and…nothing.

I know there’s ink. I just put a new drum in a month or so back. I printed 30 copies of my handout on Thursday. The husband printed something this morning before going to work. I printed out two invoices from QB.  No fading ink lines. All was good.

Hmmm…wonder what the damn deal is? I have shit I need to print dammit!

I Want to be All a’Twitter

Really I do. But um, well, I just don’t really get it. And let me just say, I feel like a failure for even admitting that. I mean, I consider myself a bit of a techno-geek.

I remember last year at SXSWi there were Twitter boards placed in the halls and well, I didn’t get it then. And now, right before most of the bloggers went to SXSWi ’08 everyone was all a’twitter about Twitter and again, still nothing on my part.

Many of the business blogs I read rave about Twitter. Even quite a few of the fun, non-biz blogs I read also rave about it. What am I missing? I don’t want to go to BlogHer and be the only one not Twittering. I mean that’s just wrong (not that I’m a sheep that needs to follow the herds, blah, blah – make that bah, bah). But if this is some brilliant form of new networking technology then I need to get a grasp of it. I need to educate the masses (well, at least the masses within the LWL network).

So please, can someone please explain to me, in easy, simple terms…why do I need to get on Twitter and what it will do for me? Is it more than just a waste of time? Oh and where does one find Twitter pals?

I’m a total newbie, I admit it. So I ask you, can anyone please help a blogger gal out?

This is Only a Test

I got an email from Robin yesterday telling me that she couldn’t leave a comment. I looked through my settings and I didn’t see any reason why she shouldn’t be able to leave a comment. But having recently installed some plugins I’m not surprised.

So I ask you, my dear bloggie friends (and readers I’ve yet to chat with), would you mind trying to leave me a comment? If you can’t leave one, would you mind shooting me an email (info -@- labloggergal -.- com) and let me know what error message you get (if any)?

Thanks dahlings…

Happy Monday!

ETA: fixed it!  I had to deactivate my spam-free plug in.  Guess it doesn’t play well with the upgrade.

I’m Here. I’m Here at Last

Let’s start by saying wowza, I feel better!!  I’m not totally 100% better, but I’m nearly there.  Yesterday was the first time in a looong time that I didn’t need a mid-day nap.  And woohoo upon woohoo, I also didn’t need the vaporizer.  Oh, the best part, the hubster and I “caught up” on some lost time *wink wink* So yes, it’s been a smashing weekend overall here at the LA Blogger Gal household!

While out sick I’ve managed to finally get caught up a bit on my LWL workload.  I’ve got all my confirmed RSVPs for next Tuesday’s blogging workshop and I’m just ready to go.  So now I think I’m going to focus on learning how to lead some paid workshops (and contact those realtors).  Well, that and get started writing up my social networking workshop for later in the month.

Some randomness:

  • sometimes lean cuisine just sucks ass.  ‘Nuff said.
  • I managed to get our taxes into the accountant with plenty of time to spare only to have it sit in his office waiting for me to pick it up (my fault) and yep, now the biz taxes are late…that’ll cost us *sigh*
  • looks like we might be going to Ireland in November!!!  Herbie will be out there on tour and our friend has invited us along thinking it would be cool.  And boy howdy would it be cool!  I’d even be more than willing to call it “Christmas” and skip any and all gifts – Ireland would be more than enough.
  • Doing that crazy blog party, I was lucky enough to win a book from Robin Bielman’s blog – There Goes the Bride by Lori Wilde.  Let me just say, after months of reading business books, chick lit and the more highbrow literature-y books (damn that book club) it was a very welcomed escape. A very light and fun read.
  • And speaking of winning, I won a beautiful turquoise pendant the other day from Hostess with the Mostess.  Pretty cool if you ask me!

And now, I’m going to pick my way around the chicken in my lame-o lean cuisine and finish getting ready for the LWL incubator gals and happy hour in Venice.  All while being serenaded by guitar strumming husband.  I really is a smashing weekend I tell ya!

Can Chumby Be My New Best Friend?

Is It Wrong that I Want This? Because if it is, just let me be wrong! I mean this is every techie’s dream gadget. It’s an alarm clock. It plays music (either through MP3s or through the internet). It works as a picture frame in conjunction with my Flickr account. It can give me the weather, track my ebay auctions, give me the new, tell me jokes, let me watch the Food Network, you name it! It can even let me receive email while in bed.

I mean, what more can you ask for?  “You can use a chumby anywhere there’s a power outlet and wi-fi coverage. Whether a chumby’s on your nightstand, bathroom counter, coffee table, in the kitchen, or out on the patio, it keeps you connected to your “Internet life” all the time!” What’s wrong with wanting to stay connected 24/7???  I don’t have a problem with that.

Really though, I think I wants me a Chumby. Think I can convince the hubby to spend nearly $200 on this, well, much needed, bedside wi-fi thing for my birthday in May? Probably not. He’ll just tell me to bring my laptop to bed (yes, he does this and yes, I know it’s just sick, sick, sick – but at least I don’t allow a TV in the bedroom). Until then, I can still covet.

Still Here. Still Sick.

I’m not really up for writing much now.  I’m feeling much better, but man, I’m still sick.   All I want to do is sleep.  Man, I’m so over it.   And I’m so over whining about it – which is of course, why I’m not really tempted to write much.

I have a presentation tonight that I have to go to.  If I had my choice, I wouldn’t do it.  The commute alone is an hour one way (assuming there’s no traffic – and there probably will be).  And of course, with this stupid post-nasal drip it makes talking difficult.  But it should bring me in some business and well, that’s what it’s all about.

On a totally different topic, the hubby’s birthday dinner was awesome last night.  I picked out a great Italian restaurant (Davina Cuccina).  From start to finish, everything was delicious.  The atmosphere was great, very romantic, very nice.  I took a couple of cute pictures, but thanks to the recent stalking crap, I’m just not comfortable posting.  I hate that.

And on that note, I’m going to veg out on the couch for a bit longer.  Then I’ll get ready for tonight and my commute.  Happy Thursday y’all!

I’m Taking a Sick Day

I never should have gone out last night.  By about 8:00PM I was a mess: barking, coughing, blowing my nose, not being able to breath through my nose, sinus pressure in places you never even knew you had sinuses and better yet, not being able to concentrate on anything.  I think I used enough sanitizing gel to be considered an accelerant (and boy howdy did that dry out my cuticles).  I pretty much came home and crashed.

I am feeling a bit better today though.  Well, better when yesterday at least.  I’m still crappy enough that dammit, I’m taking today off as a sick day.  I’m going to zero out my Reader – no blogs for me today.  I won’t be checking my email (much).  I won’t be answering my phone.  Nope, I’m just going to lie around and either finish up Friday Night Knitting Club or watch some DVDs that I have laying about.

Today is actually my hubster’s birthday.  Since I’m sick, he’s decided to do a work meeting with Herbie’s sound engineer to talk about some of Herbie’s web stuff.  He leaves on Wednesday so really, tonight was all he had available.    So we’ll celebrate with the birthday dinner tomorrow instead – plus I’m sure I’ll feel much better by then.  Maybe I’ll stop by somewhere and pick him up a fruit or lemon tartlet for dessert or something.

I wonder though, does anyone else have challenges coming up with birthday, Christmas or anniversary gifts for their significant others?  For anniversaries I tend to request a house-ish gift or we go on a vacation.  But this year I never got anything for Christmas, but I got the hubs some cool camera gear.

I really can’t think of anything to get him though.  First, he’s the kind of guy that buys what he wants or needs when he wants or needs it (or after the necessary research) and I pretty much buy all his clothes as he needs it.  Second, he pretty much feels that gift giving on any particular holiday because it’s expected is just kind of silly.  And thirdly, he’s never really all that excited by gifts, so unless it really wows him, well, it won’t necessarily be all that appreciated and might even sit around unused – therefore a waste of money.

So I figured that I’d just get out of bed before him and head out to the car wash since he’d been complaining that his car was dirty.  I just feel like that’s such a let down of a “gift”.  Especially since we’re not even celebrating today.  Heck, even the cat got a gift for his birthday yesterday (a pouch of pink salmon and some tilapia jerky).

Okay, I’m off to veg.  See you guys in a day or two.

We Have My Wedding Ring!!

Not that I was hoping for a new one or anything (heck, I barely wear this one), but was a part of me thinking an upgrade would be nice. Shameless, I know. But really, the landlord just laughed and said it happens. I just needed to clarify that while I did actually throw it down the sink, I wasn’t intending for it to go down into the pipes.

I was actually trying to put it someplace safe (ha!) and threw it over the glass doors knowing it would land in the sink. Too bad I forgot until a couple of hours later that we don’t have our drain covered! So yep, down the drain and into the elbow it went. I’m sure if I wasn’t so sick and therefore halfway out of it, I’d probably have been fuming, cursing mad. But hey, it happens. The hubs misplaced his a while back too (when he dad was in the hospital with cancer) so now we’re even. So to speak.

And yes, I’m sick. Again. I was so proud of myself for not getting my husband sick those four weeks I had the sinus infection. Of course, he can back from SXSW with a cold. And of course, my body said “what fun!” and turned it into yet another sinus infection. Joy of joys!

We’re trying a different antibiotic this round since it had only been a week and a half since my last two and a half weeks worth of meds. Here’s hoping this round kicks it out ASAP. ‘Cuz let me tell you, I’m sick of being sick dammit! And tonight I have a LWL meeting that I’m really hoping I’ll feel better for. Until then, it’s nap time!

Damn Those Sinuses!

Yes, it appears that my ever loving husband has passed on his cold from SXSW.  *sigh*  And yes, it seems that my body decided to have a little fun with it. Yep, it sure seems like another sinus infection to me.  This just sucks.

First, I hate being sick.  Second, I just got over being sick for an entire damn month.  And third, I’ve got a crazy lot to do this week and was not expecting to hang out sleeping and lying about all week.

Of course, the hubs is saying that I didn’t get it from him *rolleyes*  Then again he feels so badly that I’m sick again that he’s offering me the moon!   Too cute.  I guess I’ll keep him after all 😉