well, except when they’re in regards to my car.
so, you might have noticed that the blog looks different than it used to. after server upgrades by my webhost broke my original, and very old, Movable Type installation, i started the sucky and obsessive task of upgrading the CMS which drives this site.
it took me a while to decide between upgrading MT or switching entirely to WordPress; but, after test-driving WP and hatehatehating its style system, i went back to what i knew better (not best, as i found out) and went ahead with the MT upgrade. that’s when the real fun started.
luckily, my familiarity with MT (from all those hours making it bend to my will) meant that even with a few hiccoughs, i managed to get things looking and working fairly okay in a semi-short period of time. but, for the last three days, the very first thing i do when i sit at the computer is fiddle with something on the blog. now that i’ve figured out how to make it make permalinks which don’t break all old incoming links, i think i’ll leave the futzing for a while. i hope.
oh, btw, if you’re an RSS subscriber, please ensure you’re subscribed to this URL or you’ll not be so blessed as to receive my crappy blogging. ;)
in other, non-blog-related news, the car went to the spa again last week. there went my hope to not see the shop more than once in Q1 of 2009. it turned out cheaper than first thought, but it was still another $400 i wasn’t planning on spending. at some point, there’s got to be nothing left to fix on it, right? at the very least, it feels so much better, Christopher and i actually washed it, inside and out, on Saturday. and, this time, no windows exploded!
also, totally out of the blue, my second-favourite Jim (sorry, but my dad gets first-favourite honours) called this morning to say he had six hours in Vancouver to kill and, hey, did i want to save him from the rain? the answer to which is always, always “yes!” so, after a mad dash to clean, shower and get presentable, Christopher and i took Jim out for some pub food and a short drive around some very crooked corners of Deep Cove before he had to head for his ferry reservation. i was so happy to see him, especially since i missed my chance the last time i was in Victoria.
so, back to work tomorrow. woo? we’ll see. the boy and i are headed to Parksville next weekend for a small getaway. it’ll be good to get him out of range of his family for a while. i may have to arrange for him to “forget” his cell phone on this side of the water to ensure he actually gets a break, though. ;)

2 Thoughts on “i like surprises!

  1. I love the new design. It’s refreshing.

  2. Sorry old girl but all cars are black holes on wheels (and even those are black holes…….literally!) but we love ’em anyway. Here’s an old trick, peg lizzie’s upkeep to winning the lottery. Tried it once for mine own Penny but that didn’t turn out too well :( You on the other hand, have waaaay better karma than I ever will. Give it a whirl.

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