An Artists' Life

Blogger and I had better make friends soon, or I am in trouble. This is the third attempt to create an entry today. The first was finished when Blogger ate it up like a tiny hor-d'oeuvre. The second when I tried to delete a word. Deleted the entire thing. Now what is going on? Is this so primitive, or am I inept? Bad question, makes me feel inept, which is as bad as being inept.

How can I stay with my point if I am so distracted by losing my poor writings every hour or so that I am a nervous wreck? I started having problems with my last blog, and abandoned it totally. That was my fault in that I gave it an alias, and proceeded to lose the URL and the password. Brightest bulb in the chandelier I am not, apparently, because I also went on to lose the book with my passwords in it. All of them. Good thing they are either Schnibble, spelled one of several ways, or maddmaxx, or lulumax. A very few are Esmebaya, but that was one password too many for this old lady. Plus I have variations on spellings, since I never spell the same word twice, unless Stevie is by my side and spelling for me. As I mentioned, broken spell check. What a pity.

The day started with an urge to write about my wonderful family. I feel they are so special, our children, and grandchildren, and the people our children have brought home to become part of our lives as well. And our friends. And my special neighbors, R & R. I rely so heavily on the few people I know and love so dearly. Mostly, I survive on the phone and e-mail, as I don't get out much. This is a good thing. Otherwise well, the 'otherwise' is a whole other days' writing.

This year - this is so great, I finally decided to stop smoking after doing so for way too long. I was so blessed to stop on my first try, with a lot of help from "Commit Lozenges" and moral support from everyone. No one said a word if I was snappish, but mostly, I felt just fine, and I had hoped to gain some weight, but unfortunately, just lost some more. Losing weight this year is my specialty. I eat cheese cake, muffins, whatever, and I lose weight. I think I sprang a leak someplace, and no one has found it yet...