Is it February already?!

You may have noticed I haven’t been writing as much.

Well..life has been a bit busy for me. Just a lot of stuff going on in all areas of my life.

Life had been busy in a good way.

I hope to be writing more soon. I’ve just had to put writing on a lower priority.

Sleep is higher on the list.

Speaking of sleep…I better get me some!
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Actually, that’s probably kinda low since I’m not exactly a high-traffic blog!

I used to check the comments that were marked as spam. At about 200-500 spam comments day…too many to review so I just delete ‘em all without looking.

Does spam work? I don’t see how it works, I don’t click on any of that stuff. But then I’m not into shopping (cars, shoes, purses, clothes…) or drugs or videos (XX+XY, XX+XX, XY+XY, XY+XX+XX, XY+pretty much anything you can think of and beyond) or enhancements.

If you have no idea what the heck I’m referring to, I’m glad. You’re in a Happy Place!
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“headgear” is a biggie. I see that pretty regularly.

“musturbate” is another one. I’m guessing that this is because a lot of people don’t know how to spell.

“blue butterfly” and “energizer bunny” followed by “enegizer bunny” are favorites.

“pears”

“do guys like funny girls”

“definition of love”

“ways to look older”

I am guessing that my blog didn’t provide the information they were looking for.

The pears search surprised me. I mean, it’s just ‘pears’, very common but if you search via Google Images my blog shows up on the first page. It’s near the bottom but still…

What caught my eye was the fact that the incoming link was from this site called FruitOrBreast. If you’ve read the post that goes along with picture, it all makes a bit of sense of why this site linked to mine.

I think Olga The Traveling Bra may get a kick out of this site….she may have some tips to give to the host though. He wears a bra with fruit and inside and I don’t think he’s selected a good fruit-bra combination.

I’m also giving you advance warning that a PODCAST is coming up!!

Yep, a special podcast to honor the passing of Ricardo’s amphibious friend, Springy.

The above photo was taken on my trip to Capetown, South Africa. The name of the coffee shop was striking.
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If you haven’t already noticed, I haven’t been writing all that much.

I’ve been very busy these days. Nothing stressful, just a constant stream of things to do, people to see, places to go.

Some of you may not know this but I’m a writer. By this I mean that what I experience, what I see, how I think, listen and live – I want to capture all this with words.

When I write, I’d like to have a reader be with me, immersed.

I’m probably not considered A Writer if the definition is “published” or “received payment for writing.” It bugs me a little. But it would bother me more if I didn’t acknowledge the fact that I must write.

I haven’t been blogging all that much because I struggle with my desire to write well and to live up to my tagline of giving you something to think about.

Granted some of what I have you think about is whacky but I’m not constantly thinking about love and beauty. I mean, really.

I haven’t been writing that much here because I want to write well. I have quite a few post ideas but the topics I want to write about would take some time and emotional energy. The problem is that I need to write and need an outlet.

A few of my friends have been reaping the benefits as my emails have become the long, chatty, descriptive letters of the past. If I don’t write a QMusings, it’s gotta go somewhere!

I haven’t been writing much here because I would rather give you quality over quantity. In so many ways, I write for me – I want to be enthused about it. My sharing my writing with you is to make writing a more enriching experience for all of us.

The past few weeks have not only been busy but I was given an incredible gift. I hope to write about it.

If you want to take any guesses on what the gift is, I’ll give you some hints.

What do you think I find valuable?
What do you think I find beautiful?
What do you think I find important in life?
What is the real heart of what my blog is about?

Until next time….

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Unless you’re a new reader you may have noticed that my blog theme has changed. I am using another theme by Sadish Bala called Palaam. I changed the header image to the one he uses for Seashore.

The change in themes reflects the changes I have gone through: I first felt most at home in the mountains and now I feel at peace near the ocean.

I had been hoping to move my blog to my root domain of qmusings.com but it was beyond my level of expertise. It was also beyond my level of time and patience! I’ve been meaning to update my blog for a while. If anything, it needed a new coat of paint…SOMETHING.

Plus, I am actually knowledgeable about programming. Yeah, go figure! I’m not in the Nerd or Geek range but my degree in computer science pays the bills. Which means that I have some desire to upgrade and tweak!

So my blog begins having…problems. It looks like it’s been hacked. I figure It’s A Sign that I should really upgrade to the latest version of WordPress.

I was on version 2.1 and it had improved up to version 2.5.1. In software years, my blog was uh, a crone? On life support?

I do believe that life is about change and while I may resist change (scary!) I know that change brings growth.

I couldn’t figure out how to move my blog to the root domain but I went ahead and upgraded my version of WordPress and changed the theme.

I still have to tweak the site some more.

Urban Observation left a comment that he liked the new theme. Thanks UT!!

Lately I’ve been more open to just Going For It. Being open to changes.

I still make plans but I have really been working on letting go of my fears, particularly the one of making mistakes.

I’ve slowly began to try new things just to see what happens and it’s been okay and sometimes I see that new things can be FUN!

My theme has changed, my URL remains the same and do my best to follow Urban Observation’s urging that I Keep On Keeping On.
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