http://blog.crushedviolets.net ...In Omnia Aparatus {Latin; Ready for Anything} Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:16:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It really is a pain getting ready for traveling. Vacations are great; it’s the preparation that’s a bitch. I’m packing. And by packing, I mean that I’m throwing clothes all over the place, then re-folding them with the handy shirt folder thingy  (how’s that for technical talk, impressive, I know). ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/09/27/here-we-go-again/ Lately, everytime that I find a new blog design that I want to give a try, it gives me errors. Why is it so hard to find a design, that is appealing to readers, functional for the blogger, and lets me change the masthead easily. Sure, I know what you're ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/07/25/of-wordpress-and-blogs/ This weekend, I'm going to take the time and update my blogroll over there ~~>. I hardly read a lot of those blogs, and I read some others that aren't listed, so time to update it all. Know of a blog that I *have* to check out? Leave me a ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/06/27/rolling-along/ So, I’m out of town right now for business. Basically, I’m becoming a ‘certified’ trainer. Now, mind you, I’ve already trained two new employees, but now I’ll be certified to do it. So, my company flew me out on Sunday afternoon. Yes, mothers’ day. It kinda sucked, but my mom ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/05/12/flying-the-friendly-skies-or-not/   Okay, as some of you may know (or if you don't, this is a FYI), I have a new puppy. Well, he's about 20 weeks old. He's a miniature daschund, dark greyish black with grey dappling, one crystal blue eye and one brown eye, he is named Auzie, and he ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/04/22/the-great-tongue-finger-standoff/ I have a wonderful family. Couldn't dream for better. I have great friends. Couldn't ask for better. The job, that's a little sketchy, but.. eh, it pays the bills. Well, most of them. But... there are days, that I'm unsure about everything. There are days that I can't paint the smile on, and ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/04/07/crash-course/ I admire those girls, and men for that matter, who can write honestly and openly.. for the public. It seems that everytime that i make up my mind, that I am going to just throw it all out there, I start getting nervous and end up holding back. It's like, ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2008/01/21/a-winding-road/   You would think, that after the past few years of participating in Black Friday shopping, that I would eventually... decide to learn from the past and NOT GO. I mean, there's never really anything that I have to have and will die without. We are never that pressed for items ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2007/11/23/lessons-not-learned/ Really, the problem with offering too many choices, or options, is that when you ask for opinions... generally, everyone will choose something different. Then, you are left, still unsure, because now... you have one vote for each of the choices. ~ugh. See, like I said, I'm renaming the blog. So, I've ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2007/11/19/the-problem-with-choices/ Many years ago, back in the day of blazing blue eye shadow, stripper-red lips and nails, magic marker thick black eyeliner, I had a big makeup case (aka: Caboodle). This thing was HUGE. It had three or four trays that would flair out on each side, once the lid was ... http://blog.crushedviolets.net/2007/10/25/sometimes-brandnames-do-matter/