Guess what my New Year’s Resolution for the blog is? To be completely lazy and not post on the first day of the year.
Not really. I blame the pressure. The pressure to write something brilliant and witty to kick off a New Year. I cracked.
And actually none of that is true. The real story is that I’m changing webhosting services and I believe there were some very technical things going on last night that caused WordPress to not let me in to the inner workings of Big Mama, Inc.
Or maybe something was just wrong with my computer.
Either way, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
Many of y’all have asked how I write my posts every day, so let me walk you through the process. Warning. It’s very involved and intellectually driven.
Around 9 p.m. every night I sit on the couch next to P with my computer. I check email with the intention of answering it and then get overwhelmed. So I leave the email to go see what is up on People.com. I read a little about Jamie Lynn Spears and once I have lost 134 brain cells or so, I go read some blogs.
After reading some other blogs, I’ll log into my WordPress account and attempt to write a post. Nothing. I have nothing. I look at P and say, “I have nothing.” He looks at me with a blank look, which doesn’t really help my creative process.
Then I head back over to People.com because I didn’t finish reading the whole story about whether or not Jennifer Aniston is going to have Vince Vaughn’s baby. The suspense is killing me.
Finally, armed with a wealth of entertainment news, I make another attempt to write a post. Nothing. I have nothing. So I go answer some emails and go to Youtube to find video clips that make me laugh.
True story. Last night I actually spent my time on Youtube looking for clips from “That’s Incredible!” and “Real People”. Remember them? I was inspired while watching the Sugar Bowl and seeing Fran Tarkenton’s impressive imitation of Donald Trump’s hair.
Oh, and the Sugar Bowl. Poor Hawaii. They basically proved that the BCS does, on occasion, know what it’s talking about. And while I still believe in a playoff system for college football, I think we have all learned that an unbeaten record in the WAC doesn’t really translate to any kind of dominance on a national level.
Hey! That’s an idea for a post. Except most of y’all couldn’t care less and are wondering what the WAC is and how it has anything to do with Fran Tarkenton and “That’s Incredible!”
Anyway, at 11:00 last night I knew I couldn’t procrastinate anymore and logged into WordPress to write my post. And it wouldn’t let me in. And sure, I could have written a post in Word and then cut and pasted this morning, but that’s not how I roll.
So, here I am this morning. I’ve already been up and out this morning because P is still sick and needed pancakes from a local Mexican restaurant. Little known fact, Mexican restaurants make the best pancakes. And P had a fever. A fever for more pancakes.
And basically, I apologize for this entire hot mess of a post. I blame the pressure of the New Year. And WordPress. And my former webhosting service whose name I won’t reveal, but rhymes with ICOWER. They are evil and will put you on hold for over 45 minutes before finally telling you that they cannot help you in anyway whatsoever because all the information concerning your account is private.
Even though I own the account, IT’S PRIVATE.
Even though I pay for the hosting, IT’S PRIVATE.
Which is why I’m switching hosting services.
And also, why we are all a little frazzled and discombobulated here at Big Mama, Inc. today.
I promise, barring any technical difficulties, that tomorrow will be better.
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Sounds like a lot of people are switching services lately.. I know bossy did a bit ago.. Im on my way to do the same thing this week. a real service anyway.
i feel so sorry for hawaii, i really thought it would be a better game than that. it was a wonderful day of college football yesterday though! ok now im rambling!
No need for apologizing for rambling about randomness. It makes the world go ’round, doncha know. Hope all your technicalities resolve themselves. Without your involvement at all.
Diane
Your randomness made me feel smart! I know what the WAC is but only because Im from Tulsa.
Im also a celebaholic but I get my info from Perez!
Hi. My name is Judi and I am a celebaholic. Today, while I sit in my office (getting paid to do very important tasks) I am over on tmz wondering why those poor Spears girls are so messed up and if the Affleck’s could possibly be any cuter. Productive today I am not. But I am very informed about all things Hollywood. Which reminds me, Wife Swap starts tonight. I must go buy some popcorn on my way home.
As far as I’m concerned, I knew exacty what you meant by WAC and Fran’s hair (which was… incredible, all right). But I did go to bed before the game was officially over. It seemed to be over before it began. But at least they looked good in their losing; they were all nicely tanned living on the islands of Hawaii.
I beg to differ with you on the BCS knowing what they’re talking about – at least in this case: Missouri trouncing on Arkansas (Sorry Shannon!) in a non-BCS bowl? Where’s the reasoning in that? Oh well, life will go on…
I really hope that P feels better and that you get all your technical difficulties remedied. At least you’ll have more to blog about come tomorrow…
I am sorry you are having so much trouble with the host site.
I don’t blame you for switching.
OMG, you have brought back so many memories with Real People and That’s Incredible. I am going to have to go to YouTube now and look them up.
Hey! Happy New Year! Your blogs always make me smile and often make me laugh out loud!! I especially loved hearing about Caroline’s doll with gastrointestinal issues…
I was behind in my reading a bit so I just read your New Years Eve message and i can SO relate….I have so many areas of my life that i need to totally trust the Lord and leave the consequences to Him instead of trying to make things work out in my own time and way….that being said….I’m having hip replacement surgery on Friday, Jan 4th…..and I just wanted to let you know what an encouragement i got from your blog…..blessings, Beth
I feel your pain, but I don’t have your pressure. I had something all typed up and poof it was gone. This has happened to me several times on yahoo, which I’m now convinced is the devil and once on blogger. I hope yahoo didn’t put a whammy on it.
Poor Hawaii yes, but what about my poor ILLINI? That was just downright embarrassing.
Real People…what a blast from the past! Wasn’t the host of that Sarah Purcell and some guy or something like that?
Happy New Year!
Felt sorry for the Hawaii boys until they put out Henderson. After that, I considered the War ON BABY!
And your writing technique? I think we must be related…:))
Lisa
Ugh, that’s the second negative post I’ve read about that service in the last 24 hours. Sounds frustrating!
Pancakes? Mexican? I’ll have to take your word for it…
Oh, good! I’m not the only one who feels the pressure of the first post of a new year…
I totally admit I’m a People.com viewer. I check daily for breaking news on Nicole Kidman, Brittany drama, and other useless information. I CAN’T HELP IT. I rarely admit it to anyone, but I’m announcing it here to blogworld and Big Mama INC.
Glad to know, I’m not alone.
Kelly in Michigan
We were all about the football at our house yesterday too. And don’t worry about missing a post. I’ve just started my blog & I’ll be lucky to come up with enough to say to post twice a week. And even then it will be about how many towels it takes to clean up the gallon of milk your 3 year old spilled on the floor.
I believe a day isn’t complete without at least one check of People.com. If I am honest, checking just once rarely happens. I showed major restraint when I cancelled my subscription because I “wasn’t going to contribute to such trash anymore.” I figure checking the website doesn’t count cause I am not giving them my money. I also chuck that rule out the window when traveling because you really shouldn’t board a plane without an US Weekly under one arm and a People under the other. Which is why I am a little excited to be hopping on a plane tomorrow. That’s a shame I admitted that out loud.
Love it, you know we think anything you post is relevant so thanks for sharing.
Happy New Year’s! p.s. that’s how you post before I wake up and I’m on EST!! 
My name is Mary and I am addicted to entertainment news. I feel your pain however, I was starting to get a bit concerned when you didn’t have a fresh post this morning. With P being under the weather I thought maybe he took a turn for the worse. (But then I thought that would be blog fodder:)
Anyway, I am trying to break my addiction (to entertainment news) and use my time more wisely. Say a prayer for me
I feel your pain. I switched companies today myself. After spending most of the day waiting for them to come and drill more holes in my wall. And uncover embarrassing dust bunnies as they have me pull out the furniture so that they can drill more holes in my wall. Sigh. But I now have newer, faster, bigger, better. Or so the commercial says.
Oh I do have to pipe in on the Mexican breakfast situation! I spoke in Texas a couple of years ago and they wanted to surprise me with a real “Texas” breakfast. I have this thing about food— I am picky about how I spend my calories. I have a budget you know. So, I was none too excited about their offer but since I am from the south and try to be polite I replied, “Oh, I’d just love that.” Liar, liar pants on fire!!!
Well, heaven’s to betsy they served me a cow brain burrito. Next time I’ll know to ask for pancakes- how do you say that in Spanish?
I, too, felt some randomness with my first post of the year, but then I decided it’s my blog, and to put a bunch of pressure on myself is silly. Maybe for you, it’s different (ARe you getting paid for this?
Anyway, the first one is overwith, so now you are good to go. Blog on!
Even your discombobulated posts crack me up. I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one who suffers from blog brain freeze.
Hey, it’s YOUR blog
Don’t apologize to us – it’s not like you are forcing us to read it or anything! That said, I love randomness. I’m a big fan.
Happy new year!!
Oh Big mama. You make me chuckle and snicker. And cry occasionally. But I enjoy it.
i am still juggling my balls in the air about switching hosts and who to use, so please share your insights!! techno talk makes my head spin-i know you will keep it real!
I follow random so much better than a well-constructed thought process. Because that’s how I roll.
Fun post. I love randomness.
LOL i enjoy reading your posts! I love the randomness of it all!
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