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Spam I ain’t

Ok, ok…I’m getting my dahgurl vibe back after I had to take care of some legal matters (remember I have a lot of new material to launch, but I had to see the business gurus so that I handle the business of intellectual property properly)…Any-who…I get ready to write my post and I got a gazillion spam messages and 1 or 2 comments. This has been going on for sometime and I just want to figure out how to stop it. I think I have put up all of the filters built into WordPress, but I am going online so that I can take care of this. It is so frustrating that it is taking the joy out of my blogging. I am going to be on the phone to whoever will listen until I get this matter resolved. Who are the people who spam exactly? How do they benefit from jamming up my email? Oooo…If computers could talk…

Anyway, enough with the rage, I owe you guys so many great stories, but I am going to make it short since it is late and my frustration caused me to procrastinate. Starting to get a little tired. Well, the babies are coming back tomorrow and I gotta be honest with you, I’m not jumping up for joy. See, I had a taste of what it is like to sit in quiet and just think.I used to do that a lot a long time ago and I realize that the ability to sit quiet/still is key to maintaining normalcy and sanity.

I will definitely do more of that quiet time/still time in 2007.

Trying to do everything (via Mountain Dew) was not a good choice and planning to do everything wasn’t that smart either. We’ve had bad car karma since the two accidents and I have been back and forth to the auto repair shop every week between our 2 used cars more than I had been in the past 1 year with our minivan. After spending close to $2000 in auto repairs over the past 6 weeks, I am trying hard to stick to the plan. No major purchases until after we buy this new house in the next 6 months. No new car. Yes, it’s inconvenient and sometimes unsafe (rear brakes went out while picking up oldest daughter from dance…luckily, highway driving was not necessary), but keep your eye on the prize. Being financially fit, mentally fit is a struggle/battle, but well worth the outcome.  Right?

I think this season of hecticness in my life is one of the reason the spam thing is bugging me. I am always being spammed. I spammed by the insurance companies who are still not completing their role in the accident chaos. I am spammed by everyone’s opinion on what we should be doing with our lives (”You should live in the suburbs/You should live near that mall by the highway/Why are you giving away all of the sheets (that I don’t like or are in bad shape) when you might need them?). Although I miss the kids tremendously, I have found some value or better yet, I got a small taste of what it will be like a few years from now when everyone in my house can take care of themselves, the house and one another. That’s what these past couple of weeks have brought me. Clarity/ Conviction and I know one thing…I am seriously knocking out clutter in ALL aspects of my life, so look out spammers, Spam I ain’t.

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