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I’m very glad that I was not tempted into staying at the W. I’ve never been tempted to stay at a W, it’s just not for me. Yes, the awesome beds are a good thing but the “atmosphere” is enough to send me running. The Chicago City Centre had all the atmosphere I needed – very very friendly staff, quiet and quick elevators, very large rooms, free internet, corded in the room and wireless in the lobby, (though when I connected, it asked for cash it never followed through with a charge on my bill or requested a credit card). The little gift shop/convenience store was perfect – a lifesaver on two separate evenings.
There were only two tiny problems with the City Centre – on the last night of our stay, the person wandering the halls sliding bills under the door had a two-way radio and it was loud. And, their coke machines were constantly empty of coke and water. I will also admit that the beds were not “W” quality but I’ve slept in worse – including one horrible sleep experience in Chicago … but that’s another blog post, once I get caught up.
Edited to add a link to Liz’s post – yeah City Centre!
BlogHer Con 07 – City Centre Read More »
If that’s what you’re looking for, you aren’t going to find it here. Luckily there are women who made it home a lot earlier, and with a lot less stress, than I did. Go read their blogs, I’ll get to my own recaps eventually.
For now, I’m busy unpacking bag after bag after bag of clothes and cards and toys and books and schwag! Oh the schwag! Most of it I never saw til I unpacked it. I barely had time to look at the exhibit tables and I never even opened my schwag bag.
We’ve made a dent in the laundry and a dent in the schwag and I’ve made a huge dent in my very long “to-do at work” list. I’m looking forward to getting back to work and back to a schedule.
Post BlogHerCon Recap? Read More »
If you ask the little kids how old I am, they will immediately tell you I’m older than dirt. I’ve been telling them that since I first met them and they’ve embraced the idea completely. In fact they will happily talk about what being older than dirt means. But they don’t know the half of it.
Site redesigns are fun and interesting and challenging and rewarding but OMG they are exhausting. There was a time when I could stay up working (or playing) for 36 hours and not feel like I was falling apart. That time is long gone. And three hours of sleep after a 36 hour day is really not doing me a whole lot of good.
But. I’m pretty pleased with the way the new BlogHer looks and functions. There are resolutions in place for the majority of known problems and the other issues are sure to be resolved quickly because we have such an amazing team.
In the meantime, I’m tired. And BlogHerCon 07 is in umm 3 days?
I am so totally older than dirt.
So I was in this conference call with a bunch of people tonight and one of those people was sassymonkey. Can I just say she sounds different on the phone than she does in real life. Luckily she has that Canadian tone to her voice, and she was talking about stuff that I knew immediately only SHE would think to bring up. That is probably the only reason I knew it was her! Weird.
Do I sound different on the phone? TW does and I’m sure people call her at work just to hear her phone voice.
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This year’s brilliance from Kelly is a 10 second introduction. I hate these things. 10 seconds is either far too long or far too short, I’m not sure which. But I’ll play but I’m getting help from the children.
RJ (entering 6th grade!) thinks you should know that I am patient.
E (entering 4th grade!) jumped in with “evillllllll” which annoyed Prince J who obviously wanted to use this one himself.
Instead the good Prince (entering 8th grade, OMG how did that happen) said you should know I am cool. Heh. I’m sure he means evil in a cool way but E screwed that right up for him. (The three older children are off in their own worlds and unavailable for comment at this time.)
I suppose I should mention I’m a lesbian since that was apparently not obvious at the last BlogHer conference.
I will probably not sit still or stand still for long at the conference, nothing personal – I just like to talk to everyone and make sure I don’t miss anyone. I also hate seeing people sitting or standing alone so I will probably attempt to corral the loners and toss them into the loud and boisterous mommy groups or pair them up with other quiet types. If you’re feeling lonely, grab me and I’ll help. It’s what I do best.
10 seconds? Impossible! Read More »
Just thought I’d share that since I blogged light yesterday and will probably blog light today. Shopping with little kids and cuddling babies in the mall set my workday back a few hours so shower first, work second, blog last.
Except for this post. Oh and at ClubMom which I haven’t written and can’t remember what I was planning to write and I don’t seem to have a July outline for ClubMom which I usually try to have.
Did I mention I really need a shower?
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For more than six years I’ve been following a very specific routine. As soon as I wake up, I feed the animals, nuke a cup of day old coffee or a fresh cup of tea, I read my email and then visit a certain website and read a dozen or more message boards. Six years. The number of days I’ve deviated from that can be counted on two hands. Six years is a long time.
I’m not sure I can say that I miss those boards. I obviously miss some things about them, like hearing about the “regulars” and their lives and venting with my coworkers (though it is nice to not feel a need to “vent”.) It’s the change in routine that I was missing more than anything else this morning. I am a creature of habit. Now I have to create some new habits. That’s weird. And challenging. And interesting. Did I mention weird?
I worked my ASS off today on about 800 different things and I have about 42 really important things left to do tonight before I go to sleep. I did so many things that I am just now finding time to read my feeds. Mostly I was just mindlessly clicking them and telling myself I was reading them. I hate that “mark all as read” option. I’d rather click and stare blankly and give a half hearted attempt to scroll through the 42 items posted today on flogging baby. So, I was clicking and not paying attention until THIS appeared.
A present from TW. Heh. I love The Princess Bride. True Love! You killed My Father! Inconceivable! Now I can go back to work – well after I finish mindlessly clicking through the last 252 new items in my reader.
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