Creating Kris

world wide everything

the internet is just sooooo overwhelming sometimes. I mean, the world is too and the web is just maybe a representation of that in a more lucid form, but still. Just, wow, it’s too big.

Why does it bother me so much that I could never learn all there is to learn in the world (and on the world wide web)? There are so many subjects to be knowledgeable in and not enough time to master them all. A few of us can be good at a few things, maybe even experts, but that’s the best we can hope for. Our brains just can’t absorb everything that’s out there, it’s just too too much. Every book that’s ever written? with more and more being written every day in feeds and blogs and message boards and posts and threads and PMs and messages and e-mails? It’s impossible.

For some reason my online life has me on edge tonight.

I am torn. There are so many places I want to go, people to connect with, but not enough of me to give.

maybe one of my goals for 2009 will be to get organized with all my online “places” and decide where to go and what not to try to keep up with because it’s just way too busy.

k, I’m stepping slowly away from my computer…. and towards my cosy bed where a copy of Twillight is waiting, with just a few chapters read so far. It’s cute, it’s really cute.

success!

OK my Wordpress is now upgraded to 2.7! The dashboard is very very cool! And I did it all by myself and didn’t even need to call in the hubby for help. And in the process of doing this, I had to back up my blog so now I know how to do that.

And I was able to find Nina’s comment that I accidentally deleted because it was in a huge pile of spam.

And I deleted even more piles of spam. It’s like, “no, just because I’m talking about Prozac doesn’t mean I would like you to spam people with places to buy Prozac online!”

maybe I’ll have to start discussing my medications in code.

OR maybe the new version of Wordpress has better spam-blocking abilities!

oh and in searching through the comments, I have more readers than I thought. So hi! & thanks for reading!

Happy holidays!

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.

Amusing things that need to be blogged before they risk being forgotten:

* When we were getting Avery to feel Cynthia’s belly because the baby was moving, he also put a hand on her boob.
* When Harmony was waiting for a turn on the Xbox while I was playing, she was like “Can’t you just die?”
* When asked where his sister is (during Paul’s office party), Avery says “I lost her.”
* This morning, Avery started opening Daddy’s stocking instead of his own.
* Avery has been calling us all “babe” lately.

It’s been a busy time, but all went relatively smoothly. We saw Paul’s sister & her partner on the 24th and then ended up having a really quiet evening at home after his mom cancelled because of the freezing rain. Paul’s grandfather stopped by as we were preparing an early dinner so we invited him in for the meal. Today we went to my parents, who were hosting the family gathering for my Dad’s side of the family (7 siblings = lots of cousins in the next generation!).

Lots of pics here.

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link love & freebies

Showing a little link love for OttawaMommies.com, a message board that may not be around for long unless activity picks up a little. So if you’re a mommy in Ottawa, drop by and say “hi”! I may be sending in my application for Site Admin to help out, looks like it could be a fun place to hang out.

Freebie time… I don’t do this often enough on my blog, sorry. But here you go – some Christmas gift tags. Print ‘em out and use a trimmer to separate them. Very handy and no braving the malls required to get them.

Free printable Christmas gift tags from Krismom

Oh, and I’ve also added a few more Breastmilk Medals (like for beyond 2 years, for exclusively breastfeeding and for breastfeeding until solids). You can get them here.

Have a good weekend!!!