As the title says, I’m slowly going through my website’s pages and adding them to wordpress rather than have them on my computer and update via FTP. If you’ve bookmarked any pages, over the next few days you may find that the link brings up a “404 page not found” error. So once the job is done I will post here so that you know to change any bookmarks you had to their new url. I’m sorry for the inconvenience this may cause!!

Also my site is very much outdated since I took a small break.
There are new games, characters, pet revamp polls and minion revamps on Subeta for example which need to be added to the site here. This will be happening over the next few days too.

And now for the good news: I’m still moderator at Teahouse MB!!!
And Lisa and Kimmy have been really kind and understanding and have reduced my 6 forums down to 2. I feel bad for having asked but when you work with people I think it’s important to be honest, especially if you are struggling. And you may be surprised at the helping hands people offer you if you are honest with yourself and with them. I think TH is teaching me a lot more than just how to be a moderator. I know it’s not paid but I see it as a sort of job. As I haven’t had any real jobs other than voluntary stuff, I feel this is good experience. Wierd huh? And my respect for the other staff has really grown. I do not regret choosing this message board over all the others.

Liz gave me and her other affiliates this really cute gift with an Easter Theme:

And going along with the true meaning of Easter, this was my entry to a contest on Teahouse called “What does Easter represent for you?”

I’m having a complete day off today! So other than checking a few threads on Teahouse later in the day, you probably won’t see me around.
I feel like I’ve been needing one of theses for ages. Being housebound means that my life is on internet. Offline, I have no life. It’s not living. Internet is my escape, my door to the world, to travelling, friends, news, creation and imagination. It’s a place where I can be of use, a place that changes so often that changes become familiar and comforting. Offline any little change turns my world upside down. I share the house with 3 other people and 2 dogs. And that my friends is like a perpetual rollercoaster. So I escape via this little laptop and spend hours day and night moving around my fluo pink mouse.

But today, I’m going to attempt something: a 24 hour survival expedition into my offline world or what most people would refer to as “my life”. I’ve got my nerves solidly attached, patience packed and several recharges of 5 minute batteries to charge my conversations with in the eventuality I meet someone and my latest trick doesn’t work.

For several weeks now I feel like I’ve reverted back to some kind of primitive language which consists of hugging the person or creature attempting to get an answer or response out of me. It’s pretty basic really, and it’s a language accessible to all, young and not so young (I was going to say old but the arthritis can be a bit of a problem.. But then again I suffer of that too so let’s move on), the slim and not so slim (it’s a bit more tricky for us chubby girls but you know what they say, “the more to hug” right? C;), um the tall and small (I still remember hugging my dad’s boney knees as a kid and it tickling my chin..).
And really there’s nothing much to it.

1. Open wide arms.
2. Close arms around person, animal or object.
3. Squeeze.
4. (Then release victim and run in oposite direction.)

As to Subeta.org updates, there are tons. They will have to wait a little longer though. Sorry!

It’s 5:52am my time, my day off will begin at 9am when my alarm clock goes off. Wish me Luck!

‘Evening Ladies and Gents,

the sun has been shining all day long. I guess winter is nearly over. At last. I’ve missed the sun. I feel nearly ‘hungry’ for a bit of sunshine. I need a few sunrays in my brain too; it’s a bit foggy in there right now. I think I need a rest.

I’m considering whether I should let the staff at Teahouse start to look for a replacement for me for this spring. I’m going to finish this month that’s for sure though. When Lisa took me on as mod, it was for until the end of the winter season and more if at all possible. I don’t think I have the ressources right now to do anymore than that though. And I feel completly heartbroken about it. I really really really really don’t want to let go of that new family. And that is where I met my 4 affiliate friends too! I’ve become really attached to that place and have continued to think of new ideas. The frustrating this is I just don’t have the energy to talk about them or set them up. And that is what the message board really needs: people to put into place some of the great ideas the other members on and off staff have brought forward.

It’s been several months now since we had to stop our treatment for Lime Desease. Ok I’ll freely admit that I don’t miss having a needle fly like a dart right into my backside. Twice. Every day for a week. Every month. For nearly two years. But man has my progress got so much slower! It took me FOUR years to get where I am now, being able to communicate with others, eat a bit more regulary, and finally sleep at night after many many years of insomnia. So feeling like not only you’re not making any progress anymore but it’s going backwards isn’t too nice a feeling to cary around.

But then I remember that it’s all part of this ‘up and down’ thing that happens with our type of illness. As soon as you feel a little bit better, you do a little bit more. And the more you do the more tired you become and the less rest you get, so it’s a vicious circle really unless you learn to pace. A bit like stocking up energy and always stoping in your tracks before the well is empty. A great way to understand this is an article by Christine Miserandino called The Spoon Theory. She maintains the website ButYouDontLookSick.com.

It’s full of little stories and tips for everyone really; there’s even a little craft section.
I think what I’m trying to say is that I need to pull back on the amount of activities I do around the web and basically start pacing more before I bite the dust.
Ah la la… I don’t want to!!

I’m so tired though.

We’ll see how things go; if my family can stay calm long enough for me to recuperate and basically how many other ‘No Option’ cards life sends us.
That’s an expression my Mum uses when something unexpected happens but that has to be dealt with, often immediatly, and that tends to ruin whatever plans you had made. As our plans all come down to this very basic request: peace and quiet, rest and pace, ‘No Option’ cards are not the most welcome of events in our household but we seem to be getting quite a lot of them all the same.

*sigh* Peace and quiet, rest and pace. Sounds sooo good.

God bless You who are reading this,
Thankyou for stopping by!
~*Jo*~

In regards to a comment I received a little while back but that I have not forgotten, I have a little present for the author.
For You, Miss Frutee, a 50×50 little avi.