blogging programs

Uhhh weebly is driving me NUTS as a blogging tool. It's easy to use and fun for creating and maintaining a website like my londonmabel.com. So for my music blog I decided to use it, so I could have a blog about lyrics, but also lots of other pages about music I listen to and recommend, since I like writing about music so much. You can have other pages on blogger, but they're one-post pages. Like, and About page. Whereas on weebly every page can be a blog. Or I could have a page full of photos, another with RSS feeds, etc.

Meanwhile I was thinking of trying out Wordpress for the first time since 2007. When I first decided to blogging I did my usual thing... I created a blog on 4 or 5 sites, and decided which was the nicest and easiest to use. I remember finding Wordpress unintuitive or something. And I've noticed over the years that people with Wordpress tend to have unattractive blogs, unless they're professionals.

But in my recent blog research I keep finding that it's The Blog Program To Use, and I wondered why. Well I realized it's opensource. Ahhhhh, je comprends. That means what you can do with it is probably HUGE. Like run a forum maybe? That would also explain why I would hear about people running into Wordpress issues--cause I guess you're using bits and pieces from all different programmers.

So because of its versatility, I would consider moving my biggest blog, mabeltalk, over to Wordp. But I'd have to go build a ghost site first and see if I could make it LOOK nice. If not, forget it, I'm otherwise very happy with blogger, and they add new features all the time.

BUT. Now that weebly is ever-frustrating me, maybe I should consider migrating my music blog instead. We'll see. Gotta try the baby out first. See if, as a website tool, it's less annoying--or at least equal work--as weebly.

I used to not want to switch these things because it would change my address. But this is the only blog now that isn't a .com address. And I don't intend to change Trivial Buttonhole. When I'm writing casually I want no stress, and this is no stress! I loves you blogger, I really do.

heady head head

So my new pill definitely makes me nauseous. Not a lot, and it starts about an hour or so after I take it, which is when I go to bed. So maybe if I take the pill later I'll be asleep when it starts. It's not really bad nausea, but a little bit harder to fall asleep.

I'm very nausea prone as it is. Another reason I'd hate to get pregnant--I'd be nauseous for nine months, for sure.

Don't know how soon this will stop, because in two weeks I up the dose, and in two weeks after that. Oh poo! But I didn't have a headache today, even though I'm due for my period. I still couldn't wear my glasses or over-the-head headphones, but it's something.

Am Idol

American Idol is on. I think I'm gonna give it a try this season, now that they've made some big changes. First, to having artists with actual talent on the judging panel, and a mix of genres. They're gonna coach the contestants more. They're gonna let them sing in their own genre. They've changed music directors which I hope means the music arrangements will be less cheezy.

The intro is verrrrry silly, though.

Anyway--it'll either be way worse or way better. The only thing left to hope is that they give them better original songs to sing at the end of it. They've also changed to Jimmy Iovine, so that might change the finished product.

We'll see!

meesa so tired

Alright, all 4 blog posts done for tomorrow. Phew! I can go to bed at a decent time tonight! Now I just have to NOT take a nap before 3 AM... I already feel so tired. It might be my new med, but I think it's because I'm fighting off a headache, and I'm premenstrual--both things seem to wear out my body.

I was a bit nauseous last night, which might have been my new pill. We'll see tonigh

at least i can bash this off

Ahh! I've got myself all turned around again. I keep napping from 8PM-11 or 9-midnight, so by the time I get working on my blogs it takes til 6 or 7 AM to finish them. Especially my politically correct series, which I can't just bash off. Ah! Ah! At least I was able to find some fun comments for my comment blog. Yesterday all I could find were angry stoopid people complaining about reverse discrimination.

off to bed

Cat pacifier!

I need to make a catsifier! Kitty pacifier!

Don't know if Minion would go for it, though. I've tried to get her to use one when I hold it for her--don't see that sewing one into a pillow or blanket would help. But you never know.

The Ballad of Headache Mabel

Well, it was coldy, but not so coldy that you can't take your hand out of your mitt for a minute to pull up your hood. And no wind.

I've been on Elavil for a couple years now--a daily drug to prevent my chronic tension headaches. They took my headaches down a significant degree--though I went up two slacks sizes in three months at the time. Doh! But worth it.) That didn't totally rid me of my headaches so my doctor added Ado-nadol, an ARB, but that did nothing. (They almost seemed worse, but surely that was my imagination?) This week I go off the Apo and start Topamax.

It doesn't have weight gain as a side effect, though weight loss can be. Plus pins and needles is the most common, along with soft drinks tasting weird. And difficulty concentrating, or with memory. It's all very exciting.

I hope it helps. I've had a headache all day today, and already took two painkillers (Zomigs) so I'm maxed out. >:-(  It's because I'm getting my period this week--that's my worst worst headache week each month. Now that a specific stressor is out of my life (my last job) it's easier to see what my baseline headaches are.