Downy Challege and other stuff

Scents are a powerful thing – they bring back memories, evoke emotions and set the mood. Fresh cut grass, cinnamon, flowers, cookies baking in the oven...these are all scents that represent something to all of us. So, the folks at Downy thought it would be fun to ask TwitterMoms the question "If you could define yourself with a scent, what scent would represent you and why?" And you can win a prize so keep reading. This is a fun one!





: "If you could define yourself with a scent, what scent would represent you and why?" 


Ocean Breeze.  I am salty much of the time, I have a sarcastic streak a mile wide, but at the same time my life is like waves and so are my emotions. sometimes you could surf with the ups and downs, other time is is calm enough for a sail boat. 


f you want to participate too, write a post on your own blog answering this question: "If you could define yourself with a scent, what scent would represent you and why?" To enter the Sweepstakes, [we ask that you]:

1. Post your answer to the question on your blog

2. Include at least one link back to  this page in your post, so your readers can learn more about what promoted your posthttp://www.twittermoms.com/forum/topics/if-you-could-define-yourself

3. Login in to Twitter and Tweet about your posting using the hashtag #downy

4. Return to this discussion page, post a comment referencing your blog post, including both an active link to your qualifying blog entry and a link to your tweet about the Sweepstakes. It’s that easy!



Denise is suffering from Kidney  infections, she is in so much pain! When do we, as mothers stopp feeling our kids pain? Possible never I guess...Watching her move from place to place breaks my heart. 


Tash is trying to be a big help, she keeps listening to her moms heart and running to me to let me know when she needs help. She just ordered a bologna and cheese sandwich with mustard for mom and oh by the way for her as 
well. 


I am suposed to write 50,000 words by November 30, I have written 157 the plat has fallen apart oh well. at least I have done two of my 30 hubpages "hubs" one challege is on target. 


Wlll it will be nice to win a free downer, it's not the lottery but it's something.
Right?

Twitter Down!! Oh No!!!!!!

How many were in total depression today because FB was acting up and Twitter was down?

It makes you think, How much time do I spend on these sites anyway?

Since I make my living on the computer and I am generally on it 8 or more hours a day I have a habit of writing an article or a story, or building a website really quick then playing on twitter or FB for a minute before going back to work. That is my break.

I didn't realize how much time I "play" on those sites.

I learned on thing, though. I need to play a lot less.

All about Saturday.....

"Tasha climbed in my lap this afternoon and said quite petulantly, "Nanny, you are always on the com-puter, just always!"

 So put into my place by a three year old, I climbed off  the puter for a moment only to find out the reason she wanted me off was so she could get on, and watch Dora. 

"Please Nanny, Nick Jr? I want to, I NEEEEEEEd to watch Dora,:"

So I set up Dora for her and she had a ball sitting at the computer pretending to type and write "bogs"

At another time on this day, I was busily typing a note to a friend, and she asked me what I was doing. 

"Typing a note to my friend Barb," I told her.

"Where does Barb, live" She asked

"Actually, Seattle"  I replied, "She is a computer friend". 

"OK" Sang Tasha as she danced out of the room, and I resumed  typing, thinking conversation closed. Silly me,  Tasha came back a few minutes later with her shoes on, and started looking at the CPU trying to play with it. 

"Tasha what are you doing?"

" I am going to see -  atle to see your friend Barb in the com-puter, you can come". "Nanny how do we get in this little box,"

now how do i explain the great city of Seattle is not in the computer? 

I forget as do we all, that kids are literal. If I say some abstract, Natasha can't think inthe abstract to her it is literally reality.

So I explained to her that someday we really are going to Seattle   because my friend Barb is the first on my list I want to visit, While our second stop will be Kansas City Because Denise is my newest and second online friend whom I wish to meet. I want to see if both of these delightful ladies are as amusing and sincere as they seem online. I am sure they are. As far Barb, I wan to see her many shoes. I know she has hundreds. 

Anyway this was a long after noon for Tasha as she sat in my lap and helped me type and get my "osting" done and my "bog" All the time singing her ABC's and pretending, (Sometimes not pretending) to type the letters on the keyboard. A favorite pass time of hers. 

Kids are wonderful. When was the last time you thought of anything as black and white? We are always into the shades of gray. Things might be this way but, maybe not.  years of living have made us cynical and not trusting. 

yet this changes when we come online. We meet people, and make friends. We blog about personal  things in our lives, somethings we don't tell our pastors or friends in church we will Post to an online friend. Why? Because they are far and cannot tell or do they, because they really live inside this HP of mine and yours, do we feel safer with them?

Social networking ha gotten big, we all Twitter, FB,My space some of us, friendster and twitter friends. 

I am not telling how many applications I am on, I am just saying it is Barb's fault. 

And I do enjoy talking er uh, writing to everyone, I especially enjoy comments on my Blog hint hint..is that to bold? 

At the present time, Denise just came out and told me rather sadly that the new king sized bed she just brought for Tasha and her has been invaded. When they were in the queen size, Tasha took up most of it, now that they are in the king size...Tasha still takes up most of the bed and has evicted her mom.  I am going to offer mom some solace, and I am going to remind her she did the  same thing to me when she was three...

My mom was right when she told me: Just wait until you have children of your own, so I did and now so does Denise.

Revenge is sweet.

Do you suppose God planned it this way?

Cleaning up my act

I got up this morning, armed with determination. I was/am going to clean house on my computer!

I follow a lot of blogs, and a lot of people on Twitter. 

The thing about twitter though is, if someone follows me I feel obligated to follow them, even though I don't know them. I used to,in the beginning, when someone followed me I would check their websites and read their twitters to see if I would really read it, then I got so busy trying to mange twitter and twitter moms I just followed whoever followed me. 

That's Twitter good manners right?

I go through some of these accounts and they follow over  1000 people, who am I to have a problem with 44? Is there something wrong with me?

Well,no matter I am going to cut out the ones I don't read. So I got busy at 6am this morning. at 7:30 I have cut one twitter and no blogs. I like them all! So I gave up and decided to blog on it. 

Some better then others, some I read every day and will go back and read a second time some I just read once, one has recipes on it that I want to try, and...so on and so forth. 

I've got a little confidence on Twitter, I don't automatically follow just because they follow me.

And I only follow the blogs I really like so I will not add anymore. Well not after i add the one I just checked out on twitter from someone in New Zealand. I've never been to New Zealand, that one will be interesting! And since she chose to follow me.....all the way from over there.....

okay. I'm hooked, period.

I still have a lot to learn about social networking. As a matter of fact her is a list of things I want to learn:

1. How to post a hyperlink. I have the code but am doing something wrong.

2. How to change my photo on face book,  Haven't had any luck lately with this one.

3. How do I download a new template that is not blogger, or do I go to a different provider?

4: How many Twitters are you allowed to have?

5. How many Twitters can you do a day before your audience gets annoyed with you? Some         people twitter all day long and have 20 30 40 twits..I mean tweets.:)  

6 How to Stumble. Gave up on this one. I have enough social networks anyway. 

7: How do people decided whom to follow? I keep getting people I have never heard of. how did they find me? and why?

8. I have adsense. How do people get those nice ads on the side from the ad counci. I want one!

So that is a mini list. So I will go on learning, and after I get these questions answered I am sure I will have more. The one thing I have learned is that the more answers I get, they lead to more questions. 

you know what? That is probably the fun of it.