If you’re over the age of 40 and you have the opportunity to buy your teenager the same model of cell phone as you, do it. Within a week, he or she will know more about its quirks and abilities than you’ll ever want to look up on your own. Just don’t get them one that’s the same colour as yours… you’ll not want to know what they’re talking to their friends about by text any more than you’ll want them seeing the pictures you take, if you know what I mean. 😉
Since my fiction blog is coming up to a year old, I’ve decided to completely revamp it – new theme, new colours, new name even. When I do, I’ll take it offline, so if you can’t find it this weekend, you’ll know why. And if you can’t find it ever, it’s because I’ve changed the name. (Makes note to self to schedule a grand re-opening.)
We had spring for about 10 minutes this morning! It’s snowing now.
Do you ever get a comment on an old post and have to go back to read it to see what you said? Does that mean your memory is bad, or that you post too much? Just wondering.
OH oh oh! I found the CD I lost! It was in a pile of papers in my kitchen. I found it when I was looking for something else. 😀 To celebrate, everyone who told me I’d find it, gets one of the oatmeal cookies I found in the same pile.
So I have the weekend off. The kids are going with their dad tomorrow night and coming back Sunday after dinner. I have a freebie at the cinema… and I have Netflix. Any suggestions as to what movie I should watch? Anyone want to come with? Popcorn’s on me. 😀
lindaghill.com 
March 21, 2014 at 9:43 am
The good news is, if you change your URL through WP (not self-host, but just buy a domain), you won’t lose any followers. So don’t worry about that. 🙂
The bit about the phone made me giggle. My boss is buying two new computers for work, and he decided to buy the same model, so I can teach him how to use it, haha.
Alex Hurst, fantasy author in Japan, participating in Blogging A-Z April Challenge.
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March 21, 2014 at 10:00 am
That’s good to know! I wondered about losing my followers… this site is paid for, but I still have the “.wordpress” in the URL, partially because I was afraid to change it.
I actually did the same thing when my mother was shopping for remote phones for her landline. I was always having to try to figure out what might be the problem she was having with her phones, over the phone. Having the same one meant I didn’t have to be there to fix or adjust them myself. 😛
Thanks for the comment 😀
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March 21, 2014 at 10:03 am
Yeah, I have a paid site through .com too. 🙂 You can access my site through two URLs now (alex-hurst.com & memoirsofhereafter.wordpress.com), and either will work for feed burners, etc. So you won’t lose anyone. ^_^
PS- No problem!
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March 21, 2014 at 1:06 pm
How do you do that? … I had to try it twice because I didn’t believe how the link redirected the first time. Is there something in particular I can search to learn? I don’t want to take up your time with an explanation.
🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
It’s no problem. Buy a domain, either through WP or any other place. WP is easiest, though. I believe if you buy the domain through WP, you keep both links automatically, because they still use your WP.com domain for their ‘follow’ algorithm. You can check and see the details in ‘Store’ on your dashboard. If you’re still not sure, then I can check it out for you later. I’m just on my phone right now. 🙂
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March 22, 2014 at 11:22 am
That’s okay. I had a look and you’re right – WP automatically links both ways. Thanks very much for the insight 😀
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March 22, 2014 at 11:37 am
Happy to help. 🙂 Have fun and enjoy domain status!
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March 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm
🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 6:27 pm
In my case I use domain mapping, which is about $14 a year in WP, because I bought my domain off of blue host.
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March 22, 2014 at 11:24 am
Ah, so much to learn! Where’s a teenager when you need one! haha (Actually, I have one of those, don’t I?)
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March 21, 2014 at 9:05 am
Glad you found that CD! I was worried for you……. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 9:52 am
Thank you. It was bound to show up eventually. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 5:34 am
Have fun – enjoy and by the way did you happen to see my keys in the same pile as your CD and cookies? Not likely I know but I felt I should ask – one never knows – I am quite sure keys move through different dimensions at will just to annoy us.
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March 21, 2014 at 9:52 am
I DID find your keys, and I sent them back to you. They’re in your other pocket. Didn’t you find them yet?
hehe
Thanks, Jen. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 10:02 am
Not another pocket dimension issue for me to deal with – darn those things they pop up everywhere. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 10:03 am
Yep. But don’t worry, I slipped a few coins in there too, to make up for the inconvenience. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 10:04 am
Fresh … so fresh!
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March 21, 2014 at 1:06 pm
😀
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March 21, 2014 at 4:00 am
I hope You will stop by my blog and let me known your new web name. I really like your blog. Read you soon.
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March 21, 2014 at 9:48 am
Thanks very much Adrian. I’ll be sure to post here when I have the fiction blog up and running again. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Thank you
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March 21, 2014 at 3:33 am
I’m happy to read, that you found your CD. Enjoy it in the weekend when no one will disturb you 😀
I think, you make a great titel, if you choose something close to this blog name, as you use here. Then people will find it more easy to remember the author.
Enjoy your free weekend. Would like to join you, but ‘I’m not able because of the distance. Enjoy my cookie too 😀
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March 21, 2014 at 9:48 am
Thanks for the cookie, Irene! 😀
I will enjoy my CD when I’m alone…and yes, I’ll probably go with something similar for my new blog title. Thanks for the suggestions 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 1:36 am
That’s just how I felt when my best friend knew more about how my old, out of date phone worked than I did. Insulting!
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March 21, 2014 at 9:42 am
And the worst part about that is, you find out all the things you could have been doing all along! Ugh!
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March 21, 2014 at 12:47 am
Yay!! Saint Antoine came through for your CD. Have a great weekend. Praying for no snow at least one day of the weekend.
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March 21, 2014 at 9:39 am
Yes, he did! And no snow would be awesome, wouldn’t it? It’s supposed to be spring!!
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March 21, 2014 at 9:45 am
Many moons ago when I got married it snowed on our wedding day, April 3rd. I think this is good for les cabanes à sucre though 😀
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March 21, 2014 at 10:01 am
My son is going on a field trip to the sugar bush next week. I hear they’re flowing well. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 10:44 am
Yep, they sure are …I live 20 minutes from Saint Gregoire where there are many sugar shacks…I like the smaller ones that my family knew the owner. I also have a friend who had one for years on her farm…yum!
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March 21, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Cool! And yes, yum!
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March 20, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Glad you found your treasure cove 🙂 Make sure to do a backup of your followers and email them of your new blog name prior to changing and spring cleaning. Good luck. VW
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March 21, 2014 at 9:38 am
Thanks!
I’m not going to change the URL, so everyone and everything should still be there when I come back online with the fiction blog. I’ll just change the title and the theme. 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 4:33 pm
ok. Good job. VW
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March 22, 2014 at 11:20 am
🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 9:34 pm
Glad you found the CD!
If I hadn’t seen it, I’d spend three or four days watching Arrested Development!
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March 21, 2014 at 9:36 am
I’ve heard about it, but I’ve never seen it. Maybe it’s time to look it up. 🙂 Thanks for the recommendation. 😀
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March 20, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Get on My Plate – love it! 🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 8:58 pm
Well, you’ve got about 24 more hours to love it, ‘coz I’m changing it. 😛 hehe
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March 21, 2014 at 12:13 pm
🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 6:41 pm
It’s not that you have a bad memory, per se. It’s believed that when you write something down or make a file of something, your brain makes it less of a priority to remember since it’s documented elsewhere. So your brain remembers you wrote it, but not the contents of the post itself.
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March 20, 2014 at 6:47 pm
Ha! Sometimes I’m not even sure I wrote it!
*hides empty wine bottles*
😉
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March 20, 2014 at 7:58 pm
To be honest, that’s happened to me too…
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March 20, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Good to know I’m not alone. 🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 5:51 pm
I want to go too l fancy the 3000 totally unsuitable 😉
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March 20, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Totally unsuitable for who? Let’s go! 🙂
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March 21, 2014 at 4:45 am
The totally unsuitable is what our peers would think but not say. I love a good battle and a little Greek History / Myth thrown in what more could we ask. BTW you may have to remind me as my memory is shot…… You are right about the phone I have two programmers in the family one ‘front end’ and one ‘ back end’ no1 and ño3 son . put them together and they may as well be talking Martian but singularly they are extremely helpful . 😉 have a great weekend off you deserve it. xxxx
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March 21, 2014 at 9:50 am
“talking Martian” Hahahaha! That’s so true when you get two techies together, isn’t it?
Thanks very much, Willow. I intend to make the most of my weekend 😀
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March 21, 2014 at 9:55 am
I am very glad to hear that!! 😀
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March 21, 2014 at 1:00 pm
😉
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March 20, 2014 at 3:53 pm
Keep us all posted when you change your blog:)
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March 20, 2014 at 6:45 pm
I will! Thanks, Carol! 😀
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March 20, 2014 at 3:36 pm
Glad you found the cd. That’s one of the bugs of WP since the last update, they don’t include the previous comment. Easy to forget.
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March 20, 2014 at 6:45 pm
Thanks, Pamela. Want a cookie? 🙂
Yes, let’s blame it on the comments. 😀 No, actually I forget the entire post sometimes. And the titles don’t exactly tell me much. Look at this one for example. 😛
*rolls eyes at self*
hehe
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March 20, 2014 at 6:49 pm
You can eat my cookie
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March 20, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Thanks 🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 3:21 pm
At least tell us the new name Linda! It took me long enough to find your blog in the first place 🙂
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March 20, 2014 at 3:26 pm
And I’m ever-so-happy you did! I’m not sure what I’ll call it – probably something like Linda G Hill Fiction, which is actually what the website is named already. “Get On My Plate!” is a bit obscure. 😛
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March 20, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Hmmm note to self – clean glasses, focus eyes and engage brain cell before asking dumb questions or making just as dumb requests!
It’s a guy thing Linda – the best place to hide something is to put it right in front of us 😀
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March 20, 2014 at 6:43 pm
Haha!
Don’t feel so bad. Had I not been quite as oblivious, I wouldn’t have named my fiction blog something that sounds like it should be covered in pictures of food in the first place. 😉
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