September 2008 Archives

Today I decided to do a little research on our two presidential candidates. I have been torn as to who I am going to vote for. Two years ago, I said that if Hillary didn't get the nomination that I was going to vote for McCain if he ran. I have felt at times that Obama might be a little too liberal for my tastes and his experience level has been a concern of mine.

So, the first thing I did was go over to the AFA and check out their Voter Issue Guide. Admittingly, I don't always agree with the AFA ... they are way too obsessed with homosexuals for my tastes, but they do have their good qualities as well. Anyway, I check out the guide and it pretty much tells me that Obama supports gay marriage, abortion on demand, believes we should kill aborted babies that survive, and so on. McCain is against all those things and then some.

Needless to say, I was a bit discouraged. Honestly, it has been bad enough having to cipher through all the stuff about him supposedly being a Muslim and how his name sounds like Osama ... I really hated reading all that.

Then, as I was looking for some more information as to who a certain Christian author is, and I am clicking through websites, I find a link to another website that says that Obama does not support killing babies that survive abortion, or gay marriage, or partial-birth abortions.

Senator Obama has stated repeatedly that he supported the federal version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which passed Congress and addressed this same issue. Senator Obama opposed a state version of this legislation in Illinois because there was an existing state law that had been on the books for 20 years that already required such medical care, it was drafted in a way that would have rendered it unconstitutional, and it was even opposed by the Illinois State Medical Society.

Hmmm. Is there some distorting of the facts going on? Check out the rest of that site. It is some pretty interesting reading and goodness knows I have read most every one of those things about Senator Obama on some site or in an email sent to me.

While cooking dinner last night my 10 year old comes to me ...

Little Foot: Momma, do you want another baby?
Me: No, honey. NoNo is the last baby around here.
Little Foot: What if you change your mind?
Me: I won't.
Little Foot: But what if you do?
Me: Well, I can't.
Little Foot: Why not?
Me: I can't have any more babies.
Little Foot: Oh. Okay.

She walks out of the kitchen to the livingroom and says ...

"Momma can't have any babies. She's spaded!"

Last night I was watching the local news and they did a spot about Wall Street and asked for reactions to the vote down in the House. Most of the responses were pretty much what I expected to hear. Most people don't understand what is going on or what would be the best course of action ... they just know that something needs to be done and they don't want rich big wigs getting richer from it. Understandable.

There was one response that surprised me a little though. One person said that we shouldn't be bailing out people who were living beyond their means, with new cars and new houses, but couldn't pay their bills. I guess they don't get it that the people who have lost their houses are not the ones that are going to be helped. No ... it is the companies that lent them the money in the first place.

But, let's back up a minute. A lot of good, hard-working people received help through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to get loans to buy houses. These are people who pay their bills and work hard to provide for their families. What happened was ... that the price of everything has went up. Gas is outrageous. Food is higher than ever. The energy to cool and heat our homes has skyrocketed. And, don't even get me started on variable interest rates that can increase a comfortable house payment into a payment that most would struggle to make. 

For most, this has nothing to do with wanting new cars or living beyond one's means ... they wanted a home for their families. A place to call their own. But, when you have to choose between paying the mortgage or feeding your kids, driving to work, and heating your house ... which do you think you are going to choose? Most people are going to make sure they can go to work, feed themselves, and heat their homes. That is a no-brainer.

I know a few couples, some who have lost their houses and some who are struggling to keep theirs, who have two incomes and can barely make it. Even in our own home ... our grocery bill has went from $300 a month to over $500. We have a furnace that runs on gas. It costs about $1000 to fill up our tank. Instead, we bought four electric heaters and use them instead. It more than doubled our electric bill, but it was still cheaper. Unfortunately, it doesn't warm the house as well as the gas does, but you do what you have to do. Also, we now spend almost double the amount to buy gas for our cars (mini-van and small compact).

I fear if something doesn't give ... there will be even more problems ahead. We have to be able to work and support ourselves. Period. It is not right that hard-working people struggle so hard to make it and have to pick and choose what essentials they can afford and which ones they will have to live without.

Every morning I get up and read the feeds from HighCallingBlogs.com. This morning one caught my eye and I went over to the site to check it out. All I can say is I agree with this author and I wish more Christians would take a good, long look at how they are actually processing statements made by politicians.

Of course I'm not surprised by the dichotomy between the voice(s) of American politics and the voice of the church.  What's scary about today's rhetoric is that people consistently (especially in evangelical Christianity) confuse patriotism with faithfulness such that statements like Palin's above actually take on (false) theological and faith-related meaning.  To advocate the destruction of those who seek to do us harm is seen by many (at least in circules I run in) as an almost paramount Christian idea while the New Testament witness tells us to turn the other cheek, tells us not to repay evil with evil.

Read the whole post here.

And, I thought eight was enough ...

Duggar family reveal sex of No. 18: It'll be a girl

"We would love more,'' Michelle said. "We really believe that each child is a gift from God. We would love to receive more gifts if the Lord sees fit. I guess we'll just wait and see."

I love the Lord. I do. I love my kids. I do believe that children are a gift from God. He says so! But, I am going to tell you ... I couldn't do it. The Lord has obviously gifted her with more patience than I ... not to mention the physical makeup to continuously have children. The article says she has been pregnant a total of 12 years of her life! I cannot even begin to imagine that and I am not sure I want to.

Kudos to them though. When God said be plentiful and multiply, they heeded.

This is not good news and if something isn't done soon ... it will get worse.

Dow slammed, posts worst-ever point decline

NEW YORK - Wall Street ended a stunning session with a huge loss Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging 778 points -- its largest point drop ever -- after the failure of a House vote on the financial bailout plan.

So ... they will try again ...

House to meet Thursday after rejecting bailout

Democratic and Republican leaders alike pledged to try again, though the Democrats said GOP lawmakers needed to provide more votes. Bush huddled with his economic advisers about a next step. The House was to reconvene on Thursday instead of adjourning for the year as planned.

It's time to stop playing the blame game and do something before we are really in a pickle. We don't want the the big wigs of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to make any money off of this mess they are in, but we cannot just let it all fall down beneath them either. It doesn't just affect them.

My back has been really bothering me today. It hurt all last night as well. It did not matter how I slept. I could lay on my right side and it would hurt. I would lay on my left side for awhile and it would hurt. I would then lay on my back and it would still hurt.

My back has ached on occassion through the years, but since I had little NoNo six months ago ... my back has hurt everyday. And, the pain has grown worse as the months have passed. I don't know if having an epideral did it ... or them redosing me like four times ... or the way they kept moving me around ... or the hour or so I pushed while not being able to feel that I was pushing ... all I know is something happened to my back while I was in labor.

At the beginning of the year, James Dobson, founder of Focus On The Family, said that he would not vote for McCain under any circumstances. He went so far as to say ...

"I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative and, in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are," Dobson said in a statement read on Laura Ingraham's nationally syndicated radio show.

Now he is saying ...

"Sen. McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is an outstanding choice that should be extremely reassuring to the conservative base of his party."

So does that mean that "under any circumstances" has changed based on the current circumstances? I told you ... McCain is not dumb. Not at all.

Did you know that Kirk Cameron will only kiss his wife ... even on the silver screen? It's true. Not only does he stand up for what he believes in ... but he also sets an example that all Christians can be proud of.

"I have a commitment not to kiss any other woman," the former child star of "Growing Pains" told Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford Monday on TODAY in New York.

You know it is so awesome when you see another Christian living their life for the Lord with integrity and truth. Their boldness can be such an inspiration. We need more of that in this world. A lot more.

And, as someone who saw the movie ... I was totally fooled! I had no clue it was Chelsea instead of Erin Bethea, the female lead who plays Kirk's onscreen wife.

Hat tip: Ray Comfort's Blog

Isn't it funny that Bill Clinton can say that Democrats have been "resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" and that immediately equals the current economic crisis is all Bill Clinton's fault? I cannot count how many blogs I have read this on now. And, what bothers me most is that a lot of them are Christian blogs.

I don't know why it surprises me though. Bill Clinton is, and has always been, a Conservative Christian Democrat. But conservatives love to bash him because of one word ... Democrat.

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The hubby and I went to the movies last night to see Fireproof and was it ever an awesome movie! We loved it. It had both of us crying in a few different places as well. It was definitely money well spent!

We are going to offer to babysit tonight for some friends of ours that we know will benefit from seeing this movie. But, I can tell you ... it doesn't matter if your marriage is rock solid or falling apart ... you will get something from this movie. And, if you plan on getting married, now or in the future, I would strongly recommend this movie. You will not be disappointed!

Make sure you also check out http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com too.

Update 11:42 AM: I got curious and googled Kirk Cameron, the lead in this movie, and thought I would share some of the linkage. It is some good stuff, but then again I have always been a big Kirk Cameron fan ...

• His Website
• The Way of the Master - His ministry with Ray Comfort
• Kirk Cameron on Today
• Kirk Cameron talks about faith, marriage and his new movie 'Fireproof'
• The Rebirth of Kirk Cameron
• Converting Kirk Cameron

If you have a review of Fireproof, or just a post recommending it, feel free to trackback to this post. Trackbacks are moderated, but I will approve them. :)

You have got to watch this! It is so awesome ... it brought me to tears seeing all the lives that our Lord has restored. It is so amazing the love He has for us and what He will do for us and through us if we will just let Him!

What is your cardboard testimony? Mine ... I don't know if there is a piece of cardboard big enough for everything I was. The great thing is that now I am God's and I am not those things anymore!

While surfing the net today I came across this post. It is so awesome and speaks volumes to me ...

Pro-Life and Pro-Obama

The effect of privileging one moral position over the other has not been to elevate the view of abortion, but rather to denigrate ethical and political understandings on a whole range of moral issues. For example, few American Evangelical Christians list arrogance or the refusal to feed the hungry as a sin, even though scripture quite clearly calls these "the guilt of Sodom." (Ezekiel 16:48-50) Few American Evangelical Christians have felt called to condemn the blatant lies of the McCain-Palin team, even though there are over 50 verses in the Bible condemning lying, far more than the best-case scenario of ten verses of scripture that deal with abortion. There is a phrase for this - it is called moral relativism.

You have to read the whole post. Don't skip it because of the title. There is a whole lot of meat to the author's thinking.

More of us need to use this guideline for blogging politics ...

Ten Commandments of Talking (or blogging) Politics

1. Do not worship political theories or parties. (You shall have no other gods before me.) Do not worship ideas or theories instead of God. Not your stance on global warming or Capitalism or deregulation or education or abortion or gay marriage or health care or international trade or war. Do not put your hopes in a political stance or party line or economic theory. Those things are important, but they should not distract us from our unity in Christ Jesus.

Found via The Writing On The Wall.

In 2006, I posted about being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and how relieved I was to finally know what had been ailing me for so long. That relief did not last long. The diagnosis was questioned not long after, reinstated again, questioned again, and so on. At one point they thought I had Lupus or MS. There were times that the doctors just shook their heads and said they didn't know what was wrong with me.

In the last year my symptoms have worsened. I don't know if having the baby did that or why I have gotten worse. Unfortunately, the doctors don't know why either. But, I have and now I suffer pain and cramping in both legs and feet instead of just my left ones. My wrists hurt horribly bad at times. I experience a burning pain in both of them and for a few months, I couldn't bend my right wrist backwards at all. My headaches are worse. My back pain is worse. My neck and shoulders have joined in on the party. I also have chest pain and have bouts where I am so out of breath I can barely carry the baby.

I ended up being tested for Gout. There was and still is some speculation that I could have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was tested again for MS and Lupus. And, then my c-reactive proteins went through the roof and my current doctor decided that I needed to go to a Rheumatoid Specialist to find out once and for all what was wrong.

You know, I wasn't sure I wanted to step into this conversation. It can be a touche one to say the least. Some people don't even believe what the Bible says about speaking in tongues being a gift from God. Others, like myself, do and have experienced it.

But, what does it mean if Sarah Palin speaks in tongues? Does it make her more "christian" or more qualified? No. It doesn't. Does it mean she deserves the Pentecostal vote? Nope. McCain is a Christian. Obama is a Christian. I think Biden is a Christian too. Whether or not any of them speak in tongues ... I don't know. I don't think it matters.

Now, of course, there is some question as to whether Palin does speak in tongues. There is some question as to whether she even attends an Assemblies of God church anymore. According to one source, she doesn't. Plus, the McCain camp says she doesn't even consider herself Pentecostal. That is what I find far more interesting about this than anything else.

Why? Because a lot of Pentecostals think they need to back her as one of their own and I am not so sure she is. And, if she is ... she needs to proclaim it loud and clear. Speaking in tongues is a gift from God, not something to be ashamed of.

I love this song. I love it so much that I have a CD I made with this song on it fifteen times. That is all that is on the CD. When I am on the balcony at church and I just want to worship by myself, I put on that CD. It is amazing how close you can feel to the Lord when you just open up your heart and worship Him.

And, since I said I would post it sometime, here it is! Click the link to download the song. It will only be available for a brief time and then I will remove it.

Update 11/29/08: I have removed the song file to conserve bandwidth.

Here is an interesting article on weight loss I was reading this morning ...

Five Stealth Forces In Weight Loss

A consensus is emerging that the conventional wisdom--eat less, exercise more--is inadequate at best. A quick look at our collective waistline makes it painfully clear the old equation--calories in minus calories out equals weight change--is fundamentally flawed. Research shows not every calorie is created equal, and different bodies use calories in different ways. We're programmed to hang onto the fat we have, and some people are predisposed to create and carry more fat than others. Diet and exercise help, but in the end the solution will inevitably be more complicated than pushing away the plate and going for a walk.

I got this from Laura over at Pursuing Holiness ...

My pirate name is:

Bloody Anne Vane

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

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You know, when I went on my extended hiatus, the biggest thing going on in the "blogosphere" was the constant political bickering that was enough to make anyone hurl. I mean, the whole "you can't be a Christian if you are not a member of the Republican Party" was enough to drive me batty and I must admit I got quite sick of it. I didn't miss it either. Believe me. It is not something I have ever had to deal with at church. I think it is truly an "online" thing.

Now, the big thing is people trying to make money from their blogs. There was some of that before I went offline, but not like it is today. You can't hardly view a blog without a multitude of advertisements bombarding you. Whole sidebars are filled with them. It is ridiculous!

It is one thing to add an ad ... it is another thing to decorate your blog with them. They are not a decoration. They are not the newest thing in blog design. They aren't pretty. On a lot of blogs ... they aren't even tasteful.

And, let me be the first to tell you ... I won't click them. I will not click an advertisement on a blog no matter how enticing it is. It could be for the product I have been looking for since 2002 and I still wouldn't click it. I am not helping you annoy me. And, everytime you make a cent off those ads, you are adding more ads, and you are annoying me.

I don't read blogs for ads. If I wanted ads, I would read magazines. I would watch TV. I read blogs as an alternate to all that and you are ruining it for me. And, that is "you" as in those of you who put a gazillion ads on your blogs.

Anywho ... I'm just saying. I am sure it will not change the fact that some people just have to have an ugly blog. And, hey, it's your blog. You can make it as ugly as you want to. Just don't expect anyone to read it.

That is the question I grapple with a lot of late. A few months ago ... I would have happily told you that the answer was Hillary Clinton. Love her! I do, I do, I do! But, she somehow lost to Obama. I don't know how. I still don't get it. I surely don't like it.

Back in 2006, I said that if I couldn't vote for Hillary that I would vote for McCain if he ran. I like John McCain. I do. He is a moderate. I am not that crazy about him choosing Palin as his running mate though. I feel it was purely a manipulated move to get the "woman" vote. The man isn't dumb. He sees how much support Hillary has and wants to get those voters. Also, it was the only way he was going to rally the conversative base of the Republican Party.

I don't know that much about Palin and while her speech during the RNC was compelling, it left me with more questions than answers. She spent way too much time tooting her own horn. And, honestly, I don't care if she can field dress a moose. That doesn't qualify her for the Vice-Presidency.

So, back to Obama. I really liked his speech at the DNC. But, I don't think he has the experience and he's a bit wishy-washy at times. I like Biden. He has experience and is quite personable.

I think the better option would be McCain with Biden. But, I don't think Obama or Palin would like that. :) Let alone Democrats or Republicans. Oh well. I guess I will just have to wait it out and see how I feel come November.

I still wish it was going to be Hillary though. *pout*

"Someone needs to mess your religious hair up!"

That is what Reverend Ronnie Morris said this past Friday night as our church celebrated it's 60th Homecoming Anniversary Celebration. It started Wednesday evening and ended last night with the Reverend Thomas Trask, the former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, preaching both the morning and evening services.

But, let's back up a minute. "Someone needs to mess your religious hair up!" Let your mind wrap itself around that for a moment. Not only do I love that statement, but I find it quite profound. It's a simple statement. There is nothing hard to grasp about it. Yet, it says quite a lot.

"Someone needs to mess your religious hair up!"

For me, this simple statement means I have to let these man-made notions ... these things I have been taught, these man-made rules of how I am supposed to worship God, talk to God, love God, and serve God ...  I have to let these things fall away. I don't have to sit in a pew all quiet with my hands folded neatly in my lap.

When I am praising the Lord and my inner-woman starts worrying about what other people are thinking about what I am doing ... I need someone to mess my religious hair up! When I am lifting my hands and crying out to my Lord in tongues and thoughts enter my mind about what others are thinking or saying or feeling about what I am doing ... I need someone to mess my religious hair up!

When Revelation Song is playing and I want to stand up, shout, and jump up and down in praise for our Lord ... but I am hesitant ... then someone needs to mess my religious hair up! When the Lord speaks the interpretation of tongues into my spirit and I am afraid to speak it forth because of what others may think regarding me ... someone needs to mess my religious hair up! Big time!

Jesus had the meat literally beat off His bones! He died on a cross as a criminal for my and your sins. That deserves praise! That deserves worship! That deserves getting off your butt and lifting your hands to God and raising your voice to the Heavens and thanking the Most High God! We need to be shouting the rafters down! We need to be singing How Great Is Our God so loud that the walls vibrate!

There is nothing wrong with a fire-filled radical Christian living their life for God with passion and purpose. And, the day I start thinking that there is ... someone needs to mess my religious hair up! They need to stand it on end!

What about you? How does your religious hair need messing up?

We are so blessed! Today, a horrible storm hit our area and winds ripped through like I have never seen before. Trees came down all over our county and our part of the state. The power was out all over ... but we had power at church. We still had service!

On the way home, I prayed. I was so worried that we would pull up at the house and find a tree through our roof. We have five large trees that surround our house. Any one of them could easily take it out. Thankfully only a few limbs were in the yard. God is so good!

Power is out all over the place, including our home, so it may be a few days before I am back on. They say it could take 24 - 72 hours to restore power again.

In the meantime, I pray the Lord blesses you abundantly! He has us ... that is for sure!

Update - 9/15/08: We got home and our power was still out. So, we started packing up the van to head out of there. As we got the last of our items loaded, we saw the service truck from our electric company come riding up the road. We sat on the porch for about forty minutes to see if they would get our power restored, before we decided we had better get our heads laid down. I walked into the house to grab some baby food when the power came back on! We were so happy to sleep in our own beds last night!

The power remained on throughout the night, but went back off around 8:30 AM this morning. Our cable is still out. We are praying things get back to normal soon, but we are so thankful that things are not as bad as they could be. For us, it is only a minor inconvience. We only lost the food in the fridge. All of the food in the deep freezer is still good. We are so blessed!

I am wore plum out! Today has been crazy hectic. I got a lot of work done online. I did up my cooking for the Homecoming tomorrow. Plus, I did dishes for three hours at the Pastoral Banquet tonight at church.

I am off to bed. I have to be at church early to setup. Tomorrow is the big day and we plan to rock it out up in there! I cannot wait. :)

Our church is celebrating our 60th Anniversary. We started on Wednesday night and won't stop until Sunday evening. Sunday afternoon, we will have our Homecoming Banquet and I cannot wait! I plan to cook green beans w/potatoes, greens, brocolli coleslaw, pasta salad, and Punchbowl Cake. Yum!

Wednesday night was good. Last night was awesome! The preaching was really good. Afterwards, we were asked to come up front to pray and my gurl CL sang. Tongues flowed freely as we praised our Most High God.

There is nothing like being in the presence of God. Nothing.

I can't wait for tonight! I really can't. It can't get here quick enough. :)

I love templates. I love templates like this one. All nice and new and shiny. It gives me that, "Ooooo ... look ... shiny new blog," feeling. I am not into cartoons and caricatures. I don't want to look like I am Super Woman. I used to use a pretty angel to decorate my blog ... but, I got bored with her. And, as often as I get bored with the way something looks ... it would really be stupid for me to design a new blog everytime.

That is why templates are so great. I just pick one and I am in, "Ooooo ... look ... shiny new blog," heaven.

And, I think I have this one figured out. Now I just need to do some tweaking and work it to stand alone outside of MT so I can make my site look nice and uniform. Patience is the key when it comes to that.

Baby steps. Lots of baby steps.

Update: I still need to go through my old posts. Some have missing images. Some I just want to delete altogether. Not many, but there are a few.

I am switching on over to MT4 so be patient while I get everything back onto my sidebars and so on. Thanks!

I got a little time to myself yesterday and that felt really good. Spending all day with a baby on your hip is tiring. When you are used to having all your kids in school and your day to yourself ... it can be exhausting. I am too old for this. Believe me.

Today, I got up and went to church. I had a computer to get finished for our Children's Pastor. Another one to start on for our Kitchen staff. They want a computer so they can keep track of their routes and print things for their people. Plus, I had to take a look at the print job I need to do for the banquet on Saturday. That is going to be a bit more time-consuming than I was aware of so I am going to send the baby to AM's tomorrow. Most days I can work with her, but I am really going to need to concentrate.

The renovations at the church are looking so good. Unfortunately, I missed the unveilling of the work done in the santuary. It looks amazing though. Between the paint and molding work ... it is really looking awesome. I am so impressed with it. Now, I just hope we can get some money to replace the carpet and pews and do the tile work. If we can get that done ... it will look so awesome! Really.

I am a bit tired and think I am going to go take a nap or something. It all depends on babykins. Lata!

I cannot believe that I overslept. I am supposed to be at church right now facillitating the congregation in worship. I am the Video Projectionist and I set up all of the songs. I love it. And, I am missing it right now because I have been so tired of late that I must have turned off my alarm and went back to sleep or turned off the alarm in my sleep.

All I know is my gurl, CL, came knocking on the door an hour ago checking to see if I was okay because they had been calling and calling but I had not answered. They were worried because I am always at church early. I like time to get setup, to pray, to listen to some music as our Intercessors pray in the sanctuary. It is not like me to be late, let alone just not show up. If for some reason I won't be there, I call our Worship Leader and let her know. And, that is a rare thing. I make an effort to not miss church.

I love my church. I love the people in my church. We are a family and I miss them when I am not there. Plus, I need my God fix. There is nothing like sitting up on that balcony and feeling the Holy Spirit come down. The worship changes. It becomes so thick and beautiful. It is felt all over the sanctuary. It is truly amazing. It is hard for me to remain in my seat! I want to get up, raise my hands to God, and sing with everyone else.

And, sometimes I do. Rarely though. I have a service to perform and I take it seriously. But, there is one song that makes it so hard for me. It touches my soul in a deep way. If it is played last, I will get up and praise God with everyone else and worship Him. Revelation Song is that song. If you have never heard it, I strongly recommend you listen to it. It is so awesome. I may post it sometime.

Anywho ... I am going to jump off here. I feel guilty enough blogging when I am supposed to be in church! I think I will turn on some worship music and have a little church up in here. :)

It's been a long time coming too. I know.

I think the blog is back up and running soundly. I want to go to MT4, but I am going to have to work on the whole template issue and I am not ready to do that yet. It has taken so much time just getting this blog back up and working and I do not have much in the way of time.

I am sorry about the mess my blog became. I just didn't have the time or ability to check in with it much or even do anything about what was happening to it. I still don't understand what happened to it. It started running errors occassionally and then it was all the time. Eventually, you couldn't access my blog at all. When I got into it to take a look ... the mt directory was gone! Another main directory was mush ... full of files that I had never even seen before. My database was jibberish. It didn't make sense. I tried to call my girl who has been hosting me for like forever but the number I have for her now belongs to someone else.

So, I went to GoDaddy not knowing that intalling MT on it is near impossible, if not completely. I wasted days trying to figure out what I was doing wrong just to find out that they have issues and know it. Now I am on HostGator and it looks like things are going to work. Yay!

I have really missed blogging. I don't know how much time I am going to have to devote to it and cleaning up this site. It may be slow going at first. I am a busy woman. But, I am glad to be back. :)