I have spent the last few years rarely blogging.....if i did write things i never found the time to post them...so.....

Although I had noticed that some of my linked pictures were not showing up I thought that it had something to do with my lack of interest in keeping the photo hosting site up to date. It had been several years since I had taken the time to look at it. So imagine my surprise when I discovered the true reason for the nice gray box with:

"PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO ENABLE 3RD PARTY HOSTING"

This nice box that had replaced my picture was not due to my error nor due to my online journal changing settings (this had happened in the past so i just assumed that it was a linking/html/data glitch...) NO, this is because of greed....corporate greed.

Evidently, the lovely folks at said photo site had made the brilliant decision to take down all 3rd party links without notice and to then request a butt-load of money to have them returned to working order. I understand the need to cover rising costs but this business model seems just a tad redonkulous.

As I attempted to log into my account to see how many pictures were there and to find out if I could afford to upgrade (not gonna happen....WAY too much money was being requested by these nards) I was bombarded with popup ads....not just the normal annoying "Oh wait sixty secs and it will allow me to close it."

no it was...wait....Whatthe....hang on....gaaaahhhhhhhh

nonstoppoppoppoppoppoppopiamnotgoingtoclosenowyoucantevenseeyourpicturesFFS!!!!!!!!!!!

GRrrrrr. So. I take a great big breath and try to sort this mess. I was on my laptop but the screen could not take the popup craziness and so I head to the PC to see if it is any better. I had hoped that I could block the popups...but they were not to be stopped. Bastards. It was a bit easier to see my pictures as the PC monitor is larger....i did notice at during this onslaught of annoying ads that there was a tiny link offering to remove all ads for ONLY 249 a month. I believe it was $2.49 but my brain saw $249.00 and I nearly fainted. Still, I refuse to pay even a small monthly fee because I would still have the bigger issue of not being able to 3rd party share. The cost of having the pleasure of sharing my OWN pictures from this web host is $400 a year....yeah, i choose decline.

I forgot to mention that had I not been in the mood to update all of my passwords today and gone down that rabbit hole of updating my online presence i would not have stumbled upon the reason for the missing links. And then, before i took that deep breath..put down the laptop...and wandered into the PC..i had had a moment of madness and clicked on "DELETE MY ACCOUNT!!!!!" only to have a little box pop up to tell me it would be deleted in three days....um...WHAT? why 3 days? This makes zero sense. But on the plus side, good that it was not deleted forthwith due to my tantrum. I now have backed up some of the pictures to my PC so that is a good thing.

All in all, it was a learning experience. I had far too many pictures of random crap and now there are less of them. lol I still need to sort out my thousands of photos and then find a safer, economical place to store them.

And now...for a little well deserved sleep.

Huh....

Well....that was a few years wasted in the desert of nothoughtland.....

Here's hoping 2018 opens up to new ideas....

Evidently I have lost the skill and desire to blog....

Mothers day in bed.

I have decided that most of this day will be spent in bed.  It's just not nice enough to drag my ass out.  Perhaps a drink and breakies would be good though.....

Stuff and things

I've been working for several days on bits and pieces to put on either Ebay or my new Etsy page. Not sure which would be the most profitable.



This one make me happy.

This one makes me laugh!!

Oh, dear...just noticed I can see me reflected in the "We're feeling our femine side" one.

Ebay....a curse and a blessing

I have been selling on Ebay on and off for many years now. I have concluded that had I been more diligent in the beginning I might now be one of the "power sellers" thus making the selling of my precious items unnessessary. Meh. I am having sellers remorse today. I put an item for sale that I have had and loved since 2003....my LOTR coin. Why I am allowing myself to feel badly about this I've no idea. It was given as a gift so any monies from it are a plus. And it's not as if it is one of my most beloved items from my LOTR collection....I don't know as I would ever part from my little hobbits or 'sting'....lol. So, yeah, I suppose it is more a feeling of being ripped off as the other coin sales for this item have consistantly sold for higher and when I finally list mine it goes for a pittance. And then the buyer...a coin collector on Ebay asks if I have another as he wants more.

Sheesh dude. Do your own research. You can see the other auctions as well as I and it is not allowable to sell outside of Ebay...they want their cut. What is their cut now? TEN PERCENT. Basturds. Ok, that is the total amount they took because of the insertion fees but really.....wish that I had thought of an online auction years ago....damn. The founders of Ebay must be rolling in it.

Why is it that my little ideas never produce this kind of success? Perhaps I just give up too soon. There's that. And most likely that is the reason. I tend to be impatient when it comes to these things. I want my ideas to flourish like a dandelion on a white trash lawn. Oh...dear....that is probably very un-PC.....lol. But in my defense I am the white trash with the bad lawn....because...who REALLY cares if your lawn looks perfect when you live in the burbs? Oh, yes...the snoots. I was a snoot once...thank god I saw the light. Having that big house with the perfect lawn and perfect toys and perfect, perfect....bleah....what really matters is whether or not you are happy there. I am kind of enjoying the fact that I am now...once again....hanging my laundry on a line to dry. lol Ok...that train of thought didn't really flow smoothly but.....who cares eh? Hopefully, the reader didn't get lost too far up river......

Or should it be DOWN river??

menopause oh menopause how i curse you
you take the brain
that once was sane
and make it hard to pursue.

Last night....

Last night was not a good one. Had one of those emotional breakdowns that I just could not stop. Sobbing and slobbering all over the place. Not pretty. I wish that I could see my way through this mess but sometimes I just get overwelmed with the trudging along. Seems like nothing is pulling together for us....no, that is wrong....the movie is looking like it is going to be the best so far. I am so looking forward to that. It's just the lack of job and lack of money that is scaring me down to my core. I don't know how long we can flounder in this bog.

Even as I write this I know in my heart that there will be an answer, just perhaps not in the way that I have perceived it. I must remember this and when things overwhelm me, pull myself together and keep standing. We have friends who love and support us and that is comforting. Just have to remember that when I feel myself falling.