yahoo's support is chatting

Yesterday I discovered a problem with one of my emailsresses and I found my way to yahoo support.
It was an interesting experience to deal with a living human being instead of waiting for days or seeing the problem fixed without ever knowing what had been the problem.

At the end I was even offered a transcript.


Wow!

Not Suzy Homemaker

Participating in a meme is not alone sharing reactions to the same subject or questions with others, it's also a big surprise who will comment.

Last saturday the meme "saturday 9" had the theme: "thunking on a saturday".

The first commenter was Carielle from:

Her blog is a mix of recipes, memes and other blogposts.
On top today a lovely post about her little daughter who's developing fast from a baby into a very active toddler.

The way Carielle writes about the process reflect the love for her daughter and the intense joy she experiences in seeing such a little one discover movements and social games.

The blog not even half a year old, but it's very promissing.
I'm looking forward to future posts.

Good, True and Beautiful

Yesterday a whole swarm of fruitflies invaded our kitchen.
I was just about ready to hang another curtain in front of the door to keep the bugs out when they saw their chance.
And you know, when they are in the house, you might as well give in, feed them and raise their kids. Ugh!

I cleaned the kitchen thoroughly...again... put all edible things in boxes, took care the boxes were clean on the outside too and sat down with a cup of coffee, all red and not happy with the weather.

Time for a meme.

So I sat down, wrote my post about organising the new schoolyear, and had a quick look through all the submissions of the enormous amount of participants.

My eye was caught by a post of Sharon, who worte about a way to get rid of...yep...fruitflies.

So off to her blog I went.

It's called: Good, True and Beautiful and it's fun, inspirational and a good place to be.

While grasping the apple vinegar, I smiled, because she makes croutons the same way as I do.
Her blog is a mix of posts which bring a smile to each mother's face (Oh yes, I remember shopping with 2 children.... imagine with 6 little ones. LOL!), post which are informative and post to make life less of a financial burden. (Sorry for the clever hiding words...but I don't want Google to outrank me below zero.)

With other words, a blog that should be on your blogroll.

Thanks Sharon, for your blog and the good tip against fruitflies. It works!!

Inconsequential Logic

After I put a blogpost online about the terrible behaviour of a family member after my brother in law died, Blog Queen from Inconsequential Logic wrote the first reaction, thus deserving a mention at this blog.

I landed on her blog at a post called: Remember when...
The photo took me straight into my childhood.
I loved watching TV like that and one could see as many legs at the home of a friend.
They had 4 girls and 2 or three boys, a huge livingroom and a dog like a cow I wasn't afraid of.

Each week we gathered to see a talent hunt show for children.
It wasn't as rude as idols and all the other shows where people are send away like dirt.
Eacxh performance, however awful, was praised to a certain extend, so none would leave without ill feelings.
But the winner...well..he or she got the honor and was famous for a week.

Ofcourse we had our own daydreams.

One of us made it come true and she's one of the best actresses of our country.

Well, I can advice you to take your time and enjoy the blog of Blog Queen. Enjoy!

Becca's sites

There are days I'm just too tired to blog, but it's like with dinner, there's always something to enjoy. So I'll answer a meme or surf around. (When my computer works properly, that is.)

Becca commented first at one of the memes.
She shared my feeling that friendship with people online is a real friendship.

I'm happy that Becca found me and I found her.
One of her site contains a huge list of contests and give-aways, called Becca's List of Contests.
Need I say more??

Her other site: Becca's Backyard is the place to be to read the answers to a great variety of memes.

On top today some quotes of Janice Dickinson, the biglipped self declaired first supermodel.
Well in my eyes she's nothing more than a bad dramatical act, but I don't want to offend anyone with my opinion.

At Becca's Backyard you can also follow her experiences with moving.
I hope all her dreams come true.

Symphony of Love

Sometimes in life we're faced with dilemmas.

When I blogged: Should we cling on to luxury beauty ideals? Braces or not?, one of the girls and I were trying to find out how we thought about the way the orthodontist almost forced her to get fixed braces. Something was withholding us, and that day we were aware that talking about braces in a time of recession isn't quite right when you're not experiencing physical problems.
We decided the money was far better spent on other things, like lifesaving treatment for babies.

The first comment was from Symphony of Love and even though I don't know the commenter, the kindness I've found in her blog radiated through her comment.

Symphony of Love is written in Singapore, but the subjects she blogs about are close to my heart.
When reading I feel that people all over the world are connected and the world will be a better place when we all give our best.

The quotations that are used in the blog are very inspiring, and it's well worth to join the mailinglist and get a love quote in the mail each day.
And maybe you want to download Symphony of Love: a Pictorial eBook of Love Quotations.
It's such a lovely gift for each and everyone of us.

When you click the links under the header you'll find out how the idea of the eBook was born.

The archives reach back to 2006, so there's enough to read and learn. But most of all there's a lot to keep with you to think about.

Thanks!!

Welcome to the planet of Alicia

Until about 5 years ago I was able to remember almost all dreams.
But now I'm in 99% of the nights not even able to touch the feeling I had during a dream.

This week I was surprised by a very colourful dream, and I remembered it well.
Not long after writing it down I got a reaction from a collegue psychologist and autism-mom at the other side of the world.

Alicia (aka Dr. Mom) from Welcome to my Planet.

I think you should visit her blog.
You're already told you're welcome, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Alicia has a great way of observing her life and the way she writes about it, full of smiles and humor, makes me want more. Far more.

I'm not going to tell you more, because you have to read her blog firsthand.

She wants to be a writer. All I can do is encourage that full heartedly.
Have a go at it, girl!

Sedruola Maruska's Yarn Obsession

When I wrote "To stop to drop? Quality sites or quality time." I soon realised I was not alone with my thoughts.

Sedie from Sedruola Maruska's Yarn Obsession commented first.

I noticed her blog a while ago while surfing.
One of my sons was using my fingerless gloves I'd put aside for bagpiping outside, so the fingerless gloves Sedie made in a lovely fuchsia color caught my eyes immediately.

Sedie taught herself how to crochet.
Now she's able to make the most wonderful items, including neckwarmers which are one of a kind.
Because she ships all over the world her blog got my full attention.

When you love to work with yarn, or you want to wear something special, you sure should visit her etsy site and her free patterns page.

I'm sure we'll see lots of new items during the next months because Sedie is very creative and talented.

Oh, and don't forget to subscribe for her newsletter which will issue it's first edition in May.

Teena and It's all about me!

Ofcourse I could have taken one of the other posts to create my first item of commentlove, but I just decided to wait who would comment first on my answers to one of the best memes: Manic Monday.

I wasn't surprised to see Teena from It's All About Me! commenting first.
She's a regular and most valued commenter, who always brings a smile from Canada.

Her site is always a pleasure to be.

Teena doesn't only love to participate in memes, but she also writes lovely lightfooted posts and serious bookreviews.

Her musical review about Married Alive! made me want to see the performance.
I guess I have to wait until it arrives here.

Before that I'm sure Teena has directed my attention on something else.

Thanks Teena!!!