Is that a word? Probably not, but that's the state in which I find myself just now. Yesterday I was happy that finally my new Corian kitchen counter was installed with its matching integrated sink. The plumber came and installed the new faucet, but because DH was going to reinstall the old garbage disposal unit, he left him to finish up the drain connection.
Anyway, DH came home to finish the job and he found that the drain leaks because the pipes don't quite match up. Then he pointed out that the new sink is not positioned in the same place as the old one. In fact it is not even in the centre of the cabinet; it's at least two inches to the left. This is problem for a lover of symmetry, and a bigger problem for the plumbing.
Meanwhile I have called the store responsible, and await a call back from someone who can do something about my complaint. I have learned to live with imperfection and disappointment over the years, and I love the look of the new counter, but to find that what should have been a simple replacement of like with like has gone wrong, is very frustrating.
More on this when there is more to tell.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Blogdentity crisis
So it has indeed been quite a long time since I posted here. I have been having a a bit of trouble figuring out what kind of blogger I would like to be. I confess that I like the idea of writing something that is interesting enough that people other than my friends and family would like to read it. This blog, thus far, has been a venting and sharing place for me and while I haven't exactly written about everything that has happened in my little world, I have used this blog to say what is on my mind.
Apart from this, I have had two other secret blogs in which I have been experimenting with subject-specific writings. I haven't shared them with anyone I know because I wanted to see if they would generate any interest from strangers, although so far no-one has even looked at them, as far as I know. I think I was trying to write about what I like to read, and I didn't really have anything new to say. In one blog I attempted to write about my experiences as an expat, but you know... it's all been said somewhere before, and probably more succinctly and descriptively than anything I would write. In another blog, at a time I was despairing of my teenage child, I started to write down all those life lessons which I would love to teach my children, but which they have no time to listen to. I attempted to show the differences between my British upbringing many years ago, and my children's American lives today but really.... even I got bored with that! Those blogs are still online - will you be able to find them, I wonder?
The truth is, that I don't like to write about what I like to do - because I prefer to be doing it instead. I do like to write what's on my mind, but often the only time I have the opportunity to write about what is on my mind is when I have nothing better to do! How can that be interesting? So, I've Twittered, Facebooked, Bloggered and Wordpressed and now I've discovered something new and I think... yes, and I hope that I have finally found something that will work for me. It is Tumblr.
I came across Tumblr quite by chance some time ago and although I'm still learning to navigate it, I like very much that I can connect to Twitter and Facebook, and that it is set up in such a way that I can send little snippets of this and that through the air to land wherever they may. I can do full blog posts, send a link or a photo or a chat and it will channel out to all those other places at a single click. Yes. I think Tumblr will suit me well - and if you are reading this, there is a good chance that you found it through my Twitter or Facebook Tumblr-generated link.
Apart from this, I have had two other secret blogs in which I have been experimenting with subject-specific writings. I haven't shared them with anyone I know because I wanted to see if they would generate any interest from strangers, although so far no-one has even looked at them, as far as I know. I think I was trying to write about what I like to read, and I didn't really have anything new to say. In one blog I attempted to write about my experiences as an expat, but you know... it's all been said somewhere before, and probably more succinctly and descriptively than anything I would write. In another blog, at a time I was despairing of my teenage child, I started to write down all those life lessons which I would love to teach my children, but which they have no time to listen to. I attempted to show the differences between my British upbringing many years ago, and my children's American lives today but really.... even I got bored with that! Those blogs are still online - will you be able to find them, I wonder?
The truth is, that I don't like to write about what I like to do - because I prefer to be doing it instead. I do like to write what's on my mind, but often the only time I have the opportunity to write about what is on my mind is when I have nothing better to do! How can that be interesting? So, I've Twittered, Facebooked, Bloggered and Wordpressed and now I've discovered something new and I think... yes, and I hope that I have finally found something that will work for me. It is Tumblr.
I came across Tumblr quite by chance some time ago and although I'm still learning to navigate it, I like very much that I can connect to Twitter and Facebook, and that it is set up in such a way that I can send little snippets of this and that through the air to land wherever they may. I can do full blog posts, send a link or a photo or a chat and it will channel out to all those other places at a single click. Yes. I think Tumblr will suit me well - and if you are reading this, there is a good chance that you found it through my Twitter or Facebook Tumblr-generated link.
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