It’s Time Out for Theta Mom Thursday! For those of you visiting for the first time, the goal is to grab one hour of time within one week to do whatever you want…without the kids. It’s such an amazing proposition, I know! On Thursdays, post how you spent your “time out” (add my button from the right side bar or link to me) and be sure to stop here to link up and meet other Theta Moms to see how they spent their time out!
Before I get to my time out, I have to share my frustration lately over Google/Blogger with all of you:
If you thought I was a little MIA this week, it’s not because I wasn’t reading your blogs, it’s because if your blog is set-up to accept comments from Google account holders only, I am having a difficult time signing in to leave a comment! It’s hit or miss, sometimes I can’t get in at all and other times it takes 5 years for the comment page to load and 5 years to sign out. It’s a real problem. And honestly, I don’t have 5 years to wait.
My Google Reader is completely messed up and I have no idea why. I’m not getting all of the feeds and over half of the blogs I follow are floating somewhere I cyberspace. Every blog that I know for a fact that I am following, on your website my little cute profile face is either a blank square, a mysterious blue profile, or I am not there at all. It’s as if I don’t exist!
I have been on all of the Blogger help forums and I am not alone. There is a very small percentage of bloggers affected by this and I just happen to be one of the lucky ones. The problem is, the Blogger administrators aren’t doing a damn thing about it to assist us. In a nutshell, Blogger sucks for me right now and I’m not a happy camper.
Between spending countless hours this past week, trying to find out why I have this blank profile, why my reader isn’t updating the feeds, why I am having trouble signing in to leave a damn comment, I am HIGHLY considering a move to WordPress. I hear life on that side of the blogosphere is pretty sweet.
So if you are following me and I am not following you, it’s not because I don’t like you, it’s because Blogger won’t allow me to sign in and follow you, because right now, Blogger sucks. If you comment on my blog and I haven’t commented back, I am not ignoring you, it’s because I can’t leave a freakin comment on your blog, because right now, Blogger sucks.
If you are a fellow tweep of mine, you’ve heard my rant all over twitterville the last few days. So as you may have guessed, among my crazy Blogger frustration and confusion, I spent countless hours (used as my time out) to vent on Twitter and it was just what I needed!
Why do I love Twitter?
1. You can get an answer to any question within minutes from a fellow tweep.
2. Once you sign in, you’re in. No drama about logging back in and out to do just that…tweet!
3. You’re never alone. I don’t care what time it is, if you’re bored and want to converse, get up on there and you’ll find somebody to chat with.
4. Instead of waiting for an email, a tweet is instantaneous.
5. It’s real time. It’s exciting. It’s addictive. Need I say more?
If you haven’t created a FREE account yet, you have no idea what you are missing. Now that I am hooked, I can’t remember life before Twitter. So follow me on twitter…I can actually FOLLOW BACK on Twitter! Click here to follow me on Twitter.
So although Blogger sucks for me right now, I got to share my anguish and tweet with some of my peeps about it. To me, this was the kind of time out that I needed to keep my sanity!
And if you ARE a WordPress user, I would love to hear your experience. Please email me or leave it in the comments. I would totally appreciate any advice!
By the way, don’t forget the 27 piece mini-makeup collection giveaway from e.l.f. ends tonight at 11 pm so get those last entries in!
And if you are participating in Theta Mom Thursday, how did you spend your one hour? Link up and share your time out with other Theta Moms!
Google reader is not set up to handle too many blogs so if you're over that amount, it's not going to display them properly. I had to unsubscribe everything on my google reader and then just start adding blogs back in little by little. You're going to probably have to pick and choose which ones go in your reader.
Anyway,that's what happened to me and how I dealt with it.
I've had a lot of issues in the past from blogs that only accept Google account holders as well. It can get frustrating.
I'm with a self hosted WordPress account and enjoy the freedom that comes with it.
I wrote a post on Monday about how I corrupted a file and had to delete my account and reinstall it. Thanks to the fact that it was easy to back up, I lost nothing.
Anyway, I know WordPress doesn't work for everyone but I've been very happy.
Hey there girl! Sounds like things are as crazy for you as they are for me. I hope you are all ready for a fun Halloween. I can't wait to hear what you go as. Do you dress up?? Anyway, sorry I am just getting here. Hope things are getting better for you.
I didn't have that problem, but I can only imagine how upset I would have been if I had the problem. I do hope things are better for you now.
I'm not sure if this is something you can change, but when I get my comments I have them sent to my email, and I can click on the name of the person and go straight to their link. However, your name is not clickable, so I have to go back to the original post on my blog every time and find your comment and then click your name there. Does that make sense? I was just wondering if it was some sort of setting that you could change to make things easier b/c I love visiting your blog!
Ok, so is twitter as addicting as facebook? Cuz I'm scared to add another addiction to my list…
PS – I use WordPress and love it.
That is SO frustrating when Google/Blogger does that. I've found that it works for me if when that happens I clear my internet history. And all the cookies.
You go to Tools, Internet Options and then just clear the stuff when it comes up. It's a PAIN! : )
Wow! Time got away from me and I forgot to come back and add my post to the Mr. Linky so here it is…
http://thefrugalkennedys.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordless-wednesday-time-out-thursday.html
I was able to go on a date night with hubby and hand with the band, The Tubes! Way fun!
Well, I guess considering that it's Sunday and I was supposed to have something for Thursday, it's clear that I dropped the ball here. No, no. No time for me with an impeding Halloween weekend.
Better luck next week. I'd better start planning now before Thursday ups and bites me on the butt!
Twitter rocks and I'm also considering going to WordPress soon. I need to find someone to help me make the move.
These kind of problems make me feel like a character in a Kafka story. Why is it so hard to get a solution?
Hmmm it sucks that you were having those problems… have they been resolved yet? Are you going to switch over to WordPress? I am toos cared to make the move, but I want to dot com myself! 😉 And I love Twitter, too! Have a great day…
I hear you~ very frustrating when things don't work like we want them to! I also enjoy Twitter, as it is an instant chat. But, it is different than our blogs….Anyway, enjoy your day and remember to take time out for yourself, I know I am!
Sorry you're having so many problems with Blogger. I had a problem awhile back and it was very frustrating!!
I'm already following you on Twitter so hopefully I can catch up with you there!
I'm with WordPress (self-hosted) & so far there's no prob…hope ur blogger issue is solved..
I have WordPress, and I love it. I also just started blogging, so I don't know any other program, but my good friend who got me involved in blogging moved from blogger to WP, and she is much happier too! I am sure that you will have a much better experience with WP if you decide to make the move. All the best in what you decide