Today I just want to give out some love to a few of the fantastic bloggers that I keep up with.

First I’m going to give a shout out to my girl Mary over at Fit This,Girl! who wasn’t sure she wanted to join the blog-set.  She is now at her 100th post & rocking it.  I’ve known Mary for longer than either of us probably care to admit but she still rocks my socks.  For a hot new recipe (I promise they are good for you too) or the newest fitness clothes, shoes & workouts Mary’s got you covered.  Occasionally she even makes me think about working out…Fit This, Girl! is the place to be for inspiration in your battle against sloth.

Another great blog that always has something interesting going on is Little Daily Escape.  Now if I’ve known Mary for a long time I know Megan doesn’t want me disclosing all the stuff we’ve gotten into together.  Meg & I have managed to stay close in spite of being cousins & only seeing each other on holidays, special occasions etc.  She’s a busy mom with 2 girls, a career as something engineer-y (yes it’s a real word…), a runner, a musician and a wife. Head on over to Little Daily Escape & keep up with all the adventures.  Guaranteed to make you smile.

There are so many more & my humble words don’t really do them justice…check out the giant list of blogs on the right side of your page.  You’ll certainly find something to make you laugh, smile, think & enjoy.

Well it’s time for me to post some updates on a few things so I’m going to pack it all into one post…this means I’m going to really ramble (like you aren’t used to that anyway).

First I’ll go way back to the spring & my good intentions for working out & getting more fit. I did well with that until late spring/early summer…then my constant battle with my gallbladder took over. The more I battled with not feeling well the less I was able to use my WiiFit. Not only do I not feel well but I’m exhausted. Just making it through a day of work wipes me out. It was disappointing to feel the the strength & stamina I was building slowly slip away. I did participate in & complete the 5k as was my goal. I didn’t finish any faster than the year before where I didn’t train at all however I did feel better & didn’t limp for a week afterward. I won’t be able to participate in the same 5k next year as I have a wedding to attend. However I am thinking about picking another event & trying that. Of course I also wanted to be ready for a night out on the town with Abe & his brother Pete & Pete’s wife Anne. Alas we have not yet had a night out on the town so I needn’t worry about finding a dress to wear.

A brief update on how I’m feeling…I have good & bad days. Mostly I eat as little as possible as bland as possible. Think saltine crackers, applesauce, apple juice & water. Occasionally some toast or Cheerios. That’s about it. Needless to say I’m losing weight but not in the manner I would choose.

Speaking of losing weight it’s getting so that I can barely find clothes to wear since mostly everything is too big. Not HUGE on me yet but definitely tricky to wear pants that only stay up because I’ve got hips (and they are smaller too). It is nice that I’ve been able to buy pants about 4 sizes smaller but frustrating because I can’t really go out & replace my whole wardrobe. For now I’m still hanging onto my dress pants (literally) and contemplating learning how to take the clothes apart, recut them to size & sew them back together.

Also, we have reached a quick end to the kerfuffle with the bank president over payment for the signs. Two bank employees to whom I’m very grateful (they both spoke up rather vigorously on our behalf) have informed me that we should have the check by Monday. This eases a worry as now we shall be able to pay rent even if it is quite late. Fortunately we won’t be penalized for that since it was far beyond our control.

Other than that there isn’t really anything of interest to say. Since I really fail to see the point of writing anymore this is quite possibly my last post. I don’t know if or when I’ll be posting here or anywhere else again. Thanks to those of you who have been reading…I hope you have enjoyed at least some of what I’ve shared. If I ever do decide to write again you shall be the first to know. Adieu.

I’ve decided that not only do I need to keep writing on here but that I also need to work on writing poetry.  Poetry has always been my first love in writing.  During college I wrote a lot of what was most likely terrible poetry.  I stopped writing for years and have only started writing again in the last year.  Now I’m finding that I have more to say than I realized and straight prose is not covering it all.

Thanks for letting me indulge my obsession with words by reading all this.  My poetry attempts may be unpolished at best but I intend to keep working, polishing & hopefully getting feedback from some people I’ve come to respect for their own writing.

As you are aware I am in the process of getting this new (and maybe improved) blog off the ground. After a promising start {in which I found the theme, learned to upload & use it, and imported all the post (and pics) from the old blog} I have run aground.

While trying the seemingly simple task of adding the Blogroll (yes if you ask nice I’ll consider adding you) I managed to put it up in some weird triplicate.  Not to mention that I have zero (nil, zip, zippo, the big goose egg, nada, zilch) idea on how to add plugins…or even what plugins I would/should be using.

I have some great people (you know who you are) helping me with this mess of epic proportions.  Of course since they have lives outside of my blog (I know right…who knew?) we haven’t been able to connect.  Not that I’m bothered all that much by this fact.  I figure that it’s just more incentive for me to do some stuff myself & then show off how smart (I’d say and beautiful but I don’t want anybody to die laughing) I am.

Of course this all sounds good in my mind.  I’m notorious for deciding I can handle something I’m just learning about on my own so I go off half-cocked & usually manage to make a fine disaster of things.  My mind can’t seem to slow down & wait for results.  I want to do something & I want to have learned all about it, perfected the skill and finished the project last week.

I can only assume that this drives everybody completely insane.  Of course if I try to rein myself in then I just go completely bonkers & pick fights with anything around me including the house plants.

Tonight was no exception….

I sat down to read (another giant project I won’t begin to discuss here) but ended up staring at the code for this blog again.  After deleting all the blogroll & other links, changing the theme several times (even deleting the one you are looking at only to regret it in 3 seconds & re-upload it) I did manage to do one thing I wanted.  There are no longer 3 completely identical blogroll areas on my blog.  Do not ask me how I did it….I have no freaking clue!

Anyway, to the great, fantastic, patient, obliging, kind people (you know who you are–if you don’t try asking me for a favor & see what happens) THANK YOU for tolerating the one track mind I possess when embarking on something new.  I shall continue my attempt to be rational and relax a bit (rather than over-analyze every single aspect of how this thing looks & functions).  I know I (we) will get this done.

Wow…I had entered a contest a few weeks ago to have a blog bailout.  The excellent folks at DesignPepper.com are having a contest where anybody could explain why they wanted a blog makeover.  I entered.  Tonight I found out that I’m one of the 10 finalists.  Now it’s in your hands.  I need votes.  Go to http://designpepper.com/2009/02/02/10-blog-bailout-finalists-vote-for-your-favorite/#more-491 and click on my name Becci-Something Creative to vote for me.  Feel free to leave a comment here letting me know you voted so I can give you a shout out after voting is done.

Thank you in advance!  I’m super excited about this!