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au revoir!

Well guys, it's been fun here at spilling the beans, but it's time to say goodbye.

Goodbye to the freebie host and subdomain.

Goodbye to the fantastic blogging software that has done nothing wrong by me.

Goodbye to the hours spent uploading every single post when I change themes!

Goodbye to having to play by other peoples rules.

Goodbye to the memories that resurface each time I open this site as my life sits here before me on the screen....

With the goodbyes, comes some hellos.

Hello to the new domain - that is 100% mine.

Hello to wordpress which whilst a little confusing, is already proving to be a great piece of software.

Hello to a new hosting service which has been a breeze to sign up with and use.

Hello to a new kind of blog. More content, less frills. I've done the pretty flashing things in the sidebar, the numerous stats counters that all tell me something different, the many and varied things I've tried, tweaked, kept or taken away. Lets face it, there have been so many I've forgotten more of them than I remember :)

Hello to more of me again...the one that used to write on a daily basis about anything and everything

No overhaul would be complete without a new title and look. So when I say, 'say goodbye to spilling the beans', I mean that literally. It is without any further ado that I introduce you to my brand new blog:

NO REGRETS

Thanks for the memories :)

p.s For those of you signed up via the feedburner rss feed, you don't need to change anything, I'll be doing that later on tomorrow/today depending on when you read this. If necessary please alter your bookmarks and/or change your blogrolls. I really do promise this one is here for a very long time :) I'm done with all the changes. It's time to sit back and enjoy my life :)

stay tuned..

I've been working on a few things in the background here at spilling the beans. As I'm want to do! I have a couple things I'm looking into, trying out etc etc which I'll let you all know about before long...

In the meantime why not check out some of the archives, or go take a geezer at those who are on my blogroll! Tell em I said hi, I've been a little slack, I've been reading, but not commenting much. Doesn't mean don't love em anymore though! Anyway, have fun and wish me luck in my ventures into the unknown........

new poll

Ok, I'm going to post this here instead of in the sidebar, cos at least then you can see it! With the whole new makeover of my life and myself I figured this should get one too. Not too drastic, just going to add a new theme and leave only 3 of the old ones on there, which is where this poll comes in! Let me know which ones you like and WHY....give me some direction here ok? Of course like most things I will still do it MY way, but some pointers from those that view it would be good and MAYBE even included:)

Have a few posts running round my head right now, but may take a few days to get them out. I figure it's nearly time for a rant..
Not sure whether this poll will work as i've copied/pasted the html in...we'll see in a minute when I post it won't we?? ***It works fine, I just tested it :)

warning - may contain explicit lyrics and adult themes

Well not this post, but the newest blog to hit the blogosphere. Premiering her brand new space on the net after blogging vicariously through the comments of others for some time now, is none other than ANONYMUM - aka mum, smummy and assorted other titles which I will not disclose here because I value my health. Go take a peek at Nanny's Nook, and welcome her to cyberspace!

I'm a slacker...

...but when given the choice of bloggin, or spending time with your sister and her adorable little boy in the lovely sunshine, which one do you think will win??!

I'll probably be online a little more regularly as of next week, Zoe will be back at school. Right now I'm having fun with her and her lovely 'end-of-school-holiday-itis' of which I'm sure some of you are aware of!

I'm so out of routine right now that I'm not even sure where my bloody phone is.....

Promise to catch up on your lives really soon, just as soon as I get mine back :)

tidying up

I'm tidying up the house. I've given away things. They can be replaced after all and my friends have some momentos now to make them as miserable as I am cos it'll be a constant reminder that i'm gone...hey if i'm gonna be sad, they can be too!! Love ya guys, you know that...

Anyway while I was in the tidying up mode, I tidied up the sidebar a bit on my coffee break. Everything is still there, you just gotta click the lines that end in +/- to see it is all! This way my need to have shit there is filled, and you can choose which bits you want to see...aren't I a nice girl?? Don't be too quick to thank me, it's called distraction therapy....

wtf??

I'm all for winning battles over at BOTB, but fairly please people!!

sadness

I should be packing. But what am I doing instead? I'm doing a new theme to reflect my current state of mind is what I'm doin! Well not doin, have done. You can click under the theme heading over there where it says 'sadness'.

I'll be here, and online intermittently for the next few days. Then there will be no bloggin for a few days as I'm not going to be using families bandwidth or setting up the connection for 2 days use. Seeing as how the ONLY way I can post is from this machine, NOT a website. Once I'm settled in my new home we'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

To brighten the mood a little, just wanted to share that Zoe's going to be getting her Gold award on Friday at assembly. Following assembly will be a farewell party for her with her class and the other kindie class. Oh wait, thats going to be very sad..so much for brightening the mood hey? Sorry.

Take care.

emotionally exhausted...

....for all that's going on in my life right now, but mainly because of the 2996 tribute project I've been a part of.

I signed up thinking 'what a great idea, it's the least I could do, and hey it's only one post right?' WRONG.

It's been so much more than that. As anyone who has tried to write a fitting tribute will tell you, it's probably been one of the hardest things they've ever done. How do you write a tribute to someone you've never met? How do you do justice to their life in one blog post? What if a family member or friend reads it? Will they like it? Does it truly tell the story of this individuals life?

These are just some of the questions that run through your mind. Then there is the personal connection you make to this person as you research. As you read quotes from family and friends. One of the ones that hit home to me was a message on a message board dated September 11, 2001 looking for news of Marisa. I just cried for the hope and desperation. I tried to contact the friend but the email address was no longer valid.

I also spoke to Marisa's mother. She had no idea who I was, what I was doing, or what I was calling for. Either did I really. I felt like I was intruding, and apologised if I was. I gave her my name, my website address and my phone number. Mrs DiNardo, if you read this, please accept this as my apology if I upset, or confused you. I really just wanted you to know that Marisa will be remembered. I wanted to be sure that someone who knew her, knew that.

Aside from the emotions that were evoked when writing her tribute, reading others had a similar impact. It's so easy to remember images, numbers, facts and statistics. Maybe thats why history records events like this in this way. It's easier on those of us left behind. But the hard part is to listen to, or read, the personal stories. It makes it REAL. It makes it HURT. It makes it PERSONAL. Some of the tributes are just terrifyingly heartbreaking.

I'll never be sorry I was part of this. I WILL read EVERY SINGLE TRIBUTE if it takes me months. And I will forever be changed for each one I read.

Regular programming will return to normal in a few days here at Spilling the beans I'm sure, but for now, I'm on an emotional journey that is far from over.....

Take care.

bits and pieces

I'm still alive, not dead or MIA. Just waiting. Waiting for something that should have happened earlier and it's driving me NUTS!! Nothing worse than waiting, but if it happens, you'll all know about it. Trust me.!

So i've been spending time at the school, playing that damn x-box and totally forgetting about blogday yesterday...you could have reminded me you know! I'll do that post up tonight, and backdate it and no-one will ever be the wiser...oh wait, I just told you about it. Bugger!

Glad you all liked Zoe's pic. If my bribe was successful then there will be another one this evening for you to gawk at...so keep an eye out.

I've also been very slack in reading your blogs. To be honest I just can't seem to focus on anything right now anyway so I probably wouldn't take much in or be able to comment properly. I'll try tomorrow. I promise! Also promise to reply to all the comments you've all left. I have been reading them, and they still make me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Till my brain is functioning again, have fun!