Wordless if Typepad Has Anything to Say About it.

These little fellows were at the petting zoo at the San Ramon Kite Festival on Monday.

(Could this [Typepad] be any slower? I hope not. It's going to make blogging impossible. Ravelry is almost as slow for me. )

Escape!  (The pig rooting under the fence. Oh, this is HORRIBLE. The spacing is all off, there's a lag in typing and backspacing, this is ridiculous.)

Unfortunately the Festival was a bit of a bust (too) because the music was so horribly loud that even The Teenager couldn't take it and we were out of there a little more than an hour.

Oh well. More time to sit in The Chair (Hezekiah loves being a lapcat) and knit while re-watching season one of MI-5. I knew that A&E had cut out about 15-20 minutes, but wow, what a difference in characterization that made. The knitting wasn't the V-Pointed Cardigan although if I'd known it was going to be winter again after four days of 104 degree weather, it would've been. But then again I'm so close to finishing it, I can't possibly knit on it. What if I did finish? The world would end.

This is where Hezekiah would rather be than inside. Skulking in the bushes, spying on the neighbors.

Anyone  hear about Poetry Out Loud while it was going on? I caught the finals for our area on the community channel last night (from Feb 23rd) and it was pretty impressive,  junior and senior high school students recitations.  For the first time EVER I think I got an e e cummings poem.

Comments

[Chris]

And dang, it sure wasn't easy to get TO this post. For some reason, the link in Google Reader didn't work. Is it your computer or your connection or your browser that's causing the issues?

I always knew Hez was a skulker...

[Jeanne]

Sounds like I got off Typepad at exactly the right moment.

[Marina]

Oh, no! We don't want that to happen yet ;-) There are still a few more places I would like to take my kids to.

[Brigitte]

OK, it seems better this morning... *grumble*

Is Hez hiding in that picture? Ah, I think I see her. Reminds me of Gandalf - always hides when in the tightest of corners. His version of hide and seek.

[Opal]

i'm sorry to hear that typepad is still giving you a hard time. i hope they resolve their issues soon!

[Jennifer]

Glad I didn't waste my time by heading down to San Ramon. So, do you like MI-5?

[deb]

High school poetry reading and nothing that rhymed with "Nantucket" - amazing!!

[Lorraine]

Carrie- If a teenager couldn't take the music- it had to be loud. My ears bleed sometimes with my son's stuff in the car.

So I make him listen to Bach for punishment.

[tara]

Gosh, everyone is having a hard time with typepad - maybe I should just be happy with blogger!

I'm tagging you for a meme that will be up later today, BTW.

[Julia]

Yup, I had trouble reading your post in Google browser, too. Feh. I just watched the first (and second and third) seasons of MI-5 too! It's so earnest. And the Americans are usually the bad guys - so funny. The world won't end if you finish a project. At least I don't think so. That would make a pretty good sci fi plot, no?

[Helen]

but were there any kites?

And why is typepad not being particularly awful to me?

[Sonya]

You'd think Typepad would have it together given that they charge for the privilege of using it.

Hez spies on the neighbors? So does my husband. He had the distinct joy of photographing one of the bad neighbors driving through one of the good neighbors' yard. He was positively giddy. It's kind of embarrassing.

[Jocelyn]

Don't you hate it when your blog venue doesn't work right? Drives me batty! But I'm glad you posted -- it's good to hear how you're doing, and to see where Hez spends her spare time :)

[Literary Feline]

Oh, Carrie! What an adorable little goat! I'm sorry the festival wasn't as good as it could have been. I probably wouldn't have been happy with the too loud music either. :-S

I really have enjoyed what I've seen of MI-5. Someday I may actually catch up with the show.

I hope you have a great rest of the week, Carrie. And may Typepad give you no more trouble!

[mrspao]

Hez does that spying thing, too? :)

[Felicia]

I so agree with your typepad frustration. Hope it rights itself soon. Love those cute creatures :)

[La]

Did you tuck that goat into your bag on the way out. DAMN, is he cute!

Gas here is 4.17. WAY sux

[twig]

Ok, clearly, I've missed something. Who is "The Teenager"?

Hope the computer is running better now.

[Kim]

BIG fan of Poetry Out Loud. I heard the winner on NPR --- very impressive stuff.

[Birdsong]

For once, someone has made me feel better about dial-up... thought it was just me. I want those tiny goats!

[Nancy, aka Bookfool]

I'd skulk if there weren't mosquitoes and poison ivy in our bushy things. Don't know about Miss Spooky. She's getting to be a homebody. Love the goats!

[Phyllis Zimbler Miller]

So you really don't like Typepad as the platform for your blog? I'm thinking of changing from Blogger to either Wordpress or Typepad. Have you tried Wordpress? (P.S. I got to your blog from the comment you posted on bookfoolery.blogspot.com about my book MRS. LIEUTENANT.)

[Phyllis Zimbler Miller]

Thanks for the answer about Typepad, and I'm so glad my book is on your list! If you have two minutes, let me know what you think of the book trailer. Do you think it gets the "story" across?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpjo-hv7fII