Daddy Google-bucks

Dear Blog,

I have the start of about 10 different post saved in Word. I am sorry I haven't shared them with you. I still like you, I am just busy, and no one really reads you anyway. So long for now blog, maybe we will be together again one day. 

And by the way, it's not you, it's me. 

Except, it really is you. I am kind of a blog snob now and I have design lust bad. AND you are so demanding! You never post my pictures right! Your navigation couldn't lead a camel to water! I need more, B, I simply need more.
Besides, I can’t even talk about you at work, for fear of my job, and I can’t talk to you about my job, for fear of my job. Dearest blog, I have no desire to be Dooced, and apply for unemployment, so I am afraid this is the end of us for now. Maybe I will visit you every now and then... a proverbial bloggy call if you will.

Good luck, I know you will have no trouble moving on, you have millions of others to keep your RSS feed ticking at night. You won’t even miss me will you? But my ad revenue, you will miss that. You were only into me for my Daddy Google-bucks anyway. I see it all so clearly now. 

Don’t worry about me Bloggy, I will be fine. I have been flirting with a publisher far superior than you, I won't tell you his name, but his initials are MT. He is open to me having a relationship with WP as well. Last night WP leaned over and whispered in my ear... you know what he said B? Do you? I know you want to know.

He got so close I could feel his breath and he whispered "domain names".
It sent a shiver down my spine. 

Oh B, You opened my eyes to the wonders of the blogosphere. You got my blog rolling (iykwim), and drove me into the arms of GR. For that I thank you.

Let’s not leave angry B, we taught each other so much.


I will keep in touch, 

(my netiquette tells me I must)

Toni 

Dream a little dream of me.

As the very wise Bill Johnson said recently,

" 2008 was a year for new beginnings… and man did that hurt!".

Change hurts. New things are tedious, annoying, painful, and not nearly as comfortable as the old stuff. There are several new things in my life; in fact I can only point to a precious few things that are still the same. My family is in a new place, my parents separated in July, and now my dad has a girlfriend. I have a new job at a furniture store. My car is new! In November I bought a 2006 Mazda 3i, which I have since named Maverick, as a nod to Sarah Palin and all of the entertainment that she brought me in the months leading up to the election. I live in a new place, for the third time this year! I have a new church to call home, and along with that I have a new mindset that comes with new “eyes to see and ears to hear”.

And I have a new dream list:

 

Life Things:

 

Get a dog.
Be prosperous in life, love, family, faith, and finances.
Own a business (or two) that furthers the Kingdom
See someone resurrected from the dead. 

        +Through my hands, or someone else’s
Run a foster care facility for boys and girls ages 11-18
        +Help foster kids get into and through college
Set 10,000 people free from bondage.
Give away 1000 material possessions every year

 

Experiences:

 

Visit the Philippines
Go to the Winter and Summer Olympic games 
Tran-Siberian Train Trip
Road trip to LA via hwy 395, home via hwy 101. 
Live in Seattle
Live in Chicago
Live in the Bay Area
        +know SF like the back of my hand

 

Self Improvement:

 

Learn to Sew, Knit, Crochet, and Quilt
Sell a painting
Publish a book of photography that outlines the historical significance of houses/buildings 
in the Bay Area. 
Learn to hang shelving, pictures, etcetera, on my own
Read at least 1001 books (from the list 1001 books to read before you die)
Learn about wine, perfume, and cooking

I would love to read your dream list too!