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Okay, I’m on the Twitter – Now What?

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I did an email search and added a couple of my bloggie friends (hi Siz & Geggie!!).  I also added a couple of my Ladies Who Launch gals.  I even figured out how to text in a tweet and added a sidebar widget (sweet!).

But really now what?  Do I just start searching for people that I admire or like: Seth Godin? Robert Kiyosaki? Andy Wibble? Michael Gerber?  Or do I just pimp myself out to my other bloggie friends (see below)?

I’m actually surprised at how many people have their accounts but haven’t bothered to update in months.  Is that all it is for some people, just another account that they’ve let lie fallow?  I want to network baby!  I want to have fun!  I want to be cooler than cool!

Anyone else care to cave to the peer pressure and join me?  You can find me at kat_taf.

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

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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

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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?

I’m Here. I’m Here at Last

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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!

Still Here. Still Sick.

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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

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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.

Damn Those Sinuses!

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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 😉

BlogHer ’08 I’m SO There!!

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Well, I did it!  I registered!  Looks like I’ll be spending some quality time in San Francisco hanging out with the some of my favorite bloggers.  Cool thing too since I have on my 101 in 1001 list to meet more bloggers in person.  I’m really quite excited.

Now I just need to:

1) ditch this damn sinus infection…again!! (yes, the hubs handed off his SXSW cold and it morphed *sigh*) Hopefully I can have it gone by then – I jest, considering it damn well best be gone within the next week once I get myself back on some meds.

2) Figure out if I want to find a roomie (someone I won’t know in person or necessarily even by blog) or if I want to go it alone in the privacy of my own room.  Going it alone won’t be so bad I’m sure, but I’m always open to sharing my space as well.  We’ll see.

But woohoo!!  I’m going to BlogHer baby!

Domesticated Diva? Maybe (or not)

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Maybe not.  I mean, I just cleaned my keyboard and you’d be shocked to see the amount of crap that fell out – does that count?  How ’bout two runs to Costco in two days?  Um, what about buying curtain rods over at Ikea?

No? Well I feel domesticated.   But maybe that’s just because I played a rousing game of Bunco (and won!!) last night.  Then again, I’m just having a little fun spending my husband’s raise.  Of course, he might see it in quite the same light.  But hey, I have my first paying client today so it’s not like I don’t bring in my own money, right?  It’s a start at least.

I can’t believe I missed Wordless Wednesday, again.  Maybe I should just add it to my calendar so I get a reminder.

Well, I guess that’s it for me today.   Happy Thursday!