Viola and Oopsie!

I've read insightful and informative (totally hilarious) posts about starting a blog by Marinka. Perhaps I should have taken notes. In my defense, I read them when I was not even considering starting this blog-o-mine.

My nine year old was able to text on the cell phone I gave her to contact me if there was an emergeny at the sleepover she was headed to about 10.2 seconds after it was first in her anxious little palms. Before she came home from the sleepover (early the next morning, becasue, yes that is the kind of mommy I am) she had accomplished texting, photography, videography and had an address book full of nine year old's numbers. Point being, I'm thinking blogging: old dog, new trick? No problem. I'm sure I can do anything, right? Who says those 30 year olds in the job market now competing against those, um, us "more experienced" folks have an advantage? Oh yeah, just about everyone. But that is opening a new can of worms.

Ah lament. I wish Marinka would have said, "YO, newbie blogger-to-be check the date thingy! and watch out! You can publish something without knowing what you are doing and the world will forever know and will laugh and poke fun at your sorry duggan for eternity! Okay, not really eternity, because you are not worthy!" Okay, she doesn't live here on my lagoon, so she would never say duggan. Pretty sure she would've used the equivalent NYC lingo when warning my sorry duggan though. Actually, she very well may have warned against such inexperienced blog mistakes in her posts. Again, I didn't take notes. (I know, I know, it is still there, I can still go take notes. Perhaps I should. I read her posts whenever they pop up on my reader. Okay does that sound to sin*gle wh*te fem*ale? movie plot-like? That is probably another blog faux pas too. Damn, why didn't I take notes?)

So, when I just published my debut blog post! I was all smiles: Viola!! Oops!

Although I do take great comfort in that my lovely friend Stacey -you may know as AnyMommy - had it happen to her recently (not the date thingy, just an oopsie, there goes a post into the world that wasn't quite ready to be cast out there) and she is smart and is a phenominal writer, person, mom, friend, wife, everything! And, she has been blogging for quite a while and is much younger than me too. So, I guess it can happen to any one. Even the young, pretty, smart, phenominal writer, more experienced blogger ones.

Oh, but look - I fixed it! I contacted my wonderful, talented and sweet friend Deece and she said, "hello, edit it" -- actually, she calmly said, you can edit it and then told me how! Love her! (Yes, she is also much younger than me, but we need to stop dwelling on this age thing.) I also love all of her lovely handmade items and ideas at Ayorata and her Etsy shop too! As for the comma in my title, I can edit that too, I know. It does look funny and should probably be deleted, maybe, but, it does separate everything nicely. So it shall stay, until I obsess about it again and rethink it and, perhaps, change my mind.