My site was moved from one server to another a few days ago. However, no one noticed that some of my domains (including this one and the one I use for my MT installation) were still pointing at the old server for the past 2 days. My e-mail was going off in to limbo land, and my posts were going to the old server. Soooo… I just copied and pasted the posts to the new server so they would show up again. Sometime this weekend I am going to have to reconfigure my old copy of MT to allow me to log in through the IP address so I can log in and manually move comments one by one.

I know, it sounds like more fun than you have ever had and you’re extremely jealous of me.

I think I’m going to need a spork…

If you are using MT with the default login information, please stop what you are doing RIGHT NOW and go change it. If your username to log in to MT is “Melody” and your password is the same as the one found in the MT installation instructions, do not do anything else before you change that password. Now. Go.

I love having the “on this day” stuff on my sidebar, although I don’t always remember to do it. I actually read the links yesterday, and thanks to that, I discovered that it was the 2 year anniversary of the day that I launched Blogomania! Wow, 2 years. Hard to believe it’s been that long. Best part? There are a ton of clients that I have hosted from the very beginning that are still around. Two years. We should all celebrate!

Need a new host? I can hook you up…

Warning: If you are way behind on Sex and the City, there is a spoiler of sorts in my post. (No finale episode spoilers in my post though.) I’ll warn you when I come to it, so you can read the rest of the post without reading that part. Also, no guarantee that my comments will be spoiler free, so proceed with caution.

I have now finally seen the last two episodes of Sex and The City. Thanks to Emily, who called earlier in the day, in need of friends to join in her celebration of the demise of Preggers, the ultimate co-worker from hell. Emily took pity on those of us that don’t have a ton of money to fling around at bartenders, and offered up her uber-comfy sofa and some SATC time, done with style instead.

She had cosmos, of course - that’s what the girls drink on the show. However, I can’t stand vodka - so she hooked me up with a delicious margarita. Mmmmm… Natalie arrived a little bit after I did, and she bravely tried the cosmo, but it just wasn’t happening for her either. She switched over to the keg and was a happy gal. Comfy on the couch, we bid the SATC gals farewell, adding in our own snarky comments - “She looks like Minnie Mouse!” and “There is the requisite ‘What the Hell is Carrie Wearing?!?’ outfit!” - which made the show even better.

Afterwards there was discussion about Emily going on my honeymoon with me, books, music, blog fans vs. blog stalkers, nude boobie photos, nude manfruit photos, naked man, and the upcoming soap line to complement what Sudsalicious already offers. Well, not in that order. And yes, I did talk about wedding stuff, but I had some venting to do - bridezilla moment and all that. I think girlie time was just what we all needed.

Natalie and I left way too late, but happier than we were when the evening started. For the record, Natalie really needs to get out of my head - there were at least three times that I can recall where we said the exact same thing at the exact same moment. Scary, but in that good way.

The profound question of the night? (This is the part I warned you about. Stop reading if you are a season or two behind and you don’t want any spoilers. Stop now.)

Here it goes:

Miranda Hobbs and Steve Brady had a baby a few seasons ago. They weren’t getting married, she was giving the baby her last name - so they named the baby “Brady”. Now they are married - so what’s the kid’s name? Is he now Brady Brady? Is he still Brady Hobbs? You know Steve would want his kid to have his last name, so I’m sure he would want it changed, but it would be stupid name. What do you think they did about his name?

Speaking of names, don’t call me Chris. Ever. My kindergarten teacher scarred me enough by making me change my name to Chris when I was not even 5 years old; I switched back to Christine when I was 15. It’s Christine. Not Chris. Do not call me Chris…

Tivo is wonderful because it is so easy to record a show and then watch it later whenever you want. There is a down side to that though - sometimes it is really hard to live in a spoiler free world.

I still have not watched the last two episodes of Sex and The City. I had every intention of watching them on Sunday, but I never got a chance the other night. Yesterday morning, I flipped on the Today show so that I could check the weather - and Matt Lauer was talking about the show! Ack! I very quickly turned it off. I was cautious as I read blogs yesterday so that I would not be tipped off as to what is waiting for me on the Tivo.

You would think I would learn, right? No, not me. I recorded Average Joe last night. I started to watch it, but decided to wait until tonight instead. No problem, I can avoid being tipped off about the show, right? Wrong. What did I do this morning? I turned on Today to check the weather. Matt Lauer pops on to the TV screen, telling me all about a key event that happened in last night’s episode of Average Joe. Gah! I turned it off, but it was too late. I heard his sentence, and now I know part of the ending of the episode before I have even had a chance to watch it.

I’ve learned my lesson now. I can check the weather by looking out the window - I’m tired of Matt Lauer spoiling everything for me. Doesn’t he know he really should give a spoiler warning first?!?

Speaking of Average Joe, I have to admit that I screamed like a schoolgirl last week when I learned that Adam, the “Average Joe” that we all adored from the first series, will be back - and this time HE gets to pick the woman! I’m totally psyched. Adam rocks.

On a side note - please don’t post the spoilers in my comments! Eep! I still haven’t watched either show, so I’m trying to stay as spoiler free as possible. Matt Lauer has already ruined that somewhat for me, don’t tell me the rest! *grin*

Found in today’s e-mail, from my Dad:

How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue…
and then you add eggs and sugar…
and you get cake?

Where did the glue go?

NEED AN ANSWER?
(more…)

My little troll freak was back this morning. I’ve deleted his comments (again) and banned yet another IP for him. So if you suddenly can’t comment, please let me know. I guess you’ll have to use e-mail - Christine at this domain.com will get to me.

Done this weekend:
- The wedding cake is ordered from The Cake Lady.
- Kymberlie’s royple colored bridesmaid dress is ordered. Yes, royple - it’s royal blue and purple, or a very dark periwinkle which rocks. (It is this color, only it is a satin A-line skirt, not the sheer chiffon fabric shown.)
- I’ve picked out my shoes but am waiting to see if one dress shop will honor the other store’s price. ($70 with 20% off at one store, $50 with 15% off at the other store.)
- We picked out and wrote up all the text for the wedding invitations and response cards, but we are waiting on the same price issue. The local dress store only offers 20% off; the store where my dress came from will give me 40% off. If the local store wants the sale, they will have to match the discount.

Left to do:
- Find an officiant (obviously pretty important, that’s why it’s on the top of the list).
- Finalize arrangements with the DJ.
- Find a florist and order bouquets and other flowers.
- Finalize the block of rooms needed for the hotel.
- Pick out tuxedos and get them ordered.
- Make arrangements with Rannie to get him to Houston.
- Buy bubbles and decorate the bottles.
- Decide where we are going for our honeymoon and make reservations.

The best news of all? Thanks to the South Beach Diet - I’ve lost 6 pounds. Last time I tried on my wedding gown a month ago, I had to breathe in to get it zipped up, and then I walked around barely able to breathe. The 6 pound loss is enough that I could be zipped comfortably and breathe easily. Whew!

As much as I love MT, I’m annoyed by one of the new features of it. I hate that it hides the URL’s of the people that leave comments. When I surf, I use the status bar a lot - so I’m always mousing over names in other people’s comments to see if I have been to a site before or if it’s something I haven’t seen. The latest and greatest MT foils that system of mine. Instead, I get a cryptic link that includes the site I am visiting followed by other information - I actually have to follow the link to see the site’s actual address.

Yeah, it sounds trivial - but it’s really slowing my blog surfing down and annoying the heck out of me!

I just had to ban another IP from commenting on my site. That makes a grand total of 5 IPs banned for one weird random reason or another. This particular jackmonkey, “shagnastysolo”, decided to be a completely ignorant troll on a post from last December about my move from Sprint to Cingular. You know, it’s one thing to say that you think it’s wrong of me to expect cell phone service at work - which is actually a requirement of Mike’s due to his job - but it’s another thing to call me a “fat-faced bitch” and then tell me that you can say that because of the first amendment and freedom of speech.

No people, you’re missing the point. That is not how freedom of speech works. You can say what you want - in your own space. Then you still need to watch out for the fine line of slander. However, if you post it as a comment on my site - I can, and will, delete it.

I just love it when the odd random troll who has nothing worthwhile to say shows up on some ancient post on my site.

Meanwhile, if my IP blocking is preventing you from commenting, please send me an e-mail and let me know. One time I accidentally blocked an AOL address and some people could comment sometimes, but not all the time. Oops! I know, I know, my troll said that I am “not any type of all-mighty person who has the authority to control anyones expressions or freedom of speech,.you obviously created this site anyways to show the world what a bitch you are,.and so here I am typing this note letting everyone know who checks in on this site,.what a total bitch you are,.get a life and lose some weight, you fat faced bitch, and stop taking out your own personal problems and frustrations on innocent companies.” (Yeah, and that was just half of comment #3! I almost want to post all three comments in my extended entry, just for amusement!)

I think my troll needs to learn how to spell and how to punctuate his sentences a little bit better. What’s up with the comma followed by a period?

For the record - I never took out any problems or frustrations on Sprint. I simply changed to a company that has service at my house and in downtown Houston. Cingular has been good to us for the most part. Sure, there are some glitches where we don’t get signal or the system is too busy - but I expect that to some extent. Cingular rocks!

I love my blog.

I have been thinking about that for the past 24 hours, and I just had to say it. I met Mike because of my blog - along with a lot of other fantastic H-Town bloggers. I’ve made close friends that I adore through my blog. And the latest? I got to work today doing something I could absolutely love - and I’m there because of my blog. Leslie, the owner of the company, is a long-time reader of my blog.

So, what am I doing? I have a feeling it will be a matter of “you name it!” - and I love working like that. Today I wrote copy for an advertisement postcard for a pigeon hunting trip in Paraguay. Who knew that there are something like 8 million pigeons there and that people hunt them? Then I worked on gathering content for newsletters for two different companies. I started working on gathering information for a client that is working on applying for grants and needs a comprehensive list of companies, requirements and deadlines. After that, Leslie & I discussed a client that needs a website created in 4 weeks. We’re writing all the content for it. My task? To determine what pages we will need and come up with the content (they have an existing site and brochures) to fill it up while keeping it nice and clean.

The office is in a small house just inside of the loop, near Memorial Park. I could take my bike down there and go ride it in the park. There are four of us set up in the living room, and while I would have assumed it would be loud or annoying, it really wasn’t. I have yet to meet the graphic designer, but my other two co-workers were great. I was quite instantly at ease.

There is even an office dog, Ramona. Just like Ramona from the Beverly Cleary books. She is adorable, and I’m normally a cat person. An office dog - how cool is that? An office dog. That just rocks!

Seriously, I don’t think it could get any better. I get to work with nice, hard-working people. It is already obvious that Leslie truly believes in keeping everyone informed as to what is going on within the company. I get to do work that not only requires thinking, but creativity. I’ve learned that the combination is key to my happiness, and I left there today quite happy.

Whoo hoo! While my dress will *not* be featured there, I am happy to see that the Ugly Wedding Dress of the Day site has returned! I think I found some in my bridal magazines that I need to scan and send in to them! [via Vanilla Flavored.]

Mike is in an a cappella group, the Lager Rhythms, and we were discussing whether or not they would be performing at our wedding ceremony. (Minus Mike, of course.) They just did a wedding in January, so we were talking about what music they did for that wedding.

Then I had an idea - quite a brilliant one, considering my love of the Bee Gees. They could sing Bee Gees’ songs! Just think, I could walk down the aisle to “How Deep is Your Love”. Maybe the bridesmaids could come in to “Jive Talkin’”? And we would have to fit “More than a Woman” in there somewhere. Really, could it get any better than that? Can’t you see it? People could stand up and dance in the aisles - nothing gets you moving like some good disco!

Yeah, Mike didn’t think it was a good idea either. Plus they don’t know any Bee Gees songs. Oh well, at least I tried…

So, what is the most outrageous thing you have ever seen at a wedding?