I feel all I have managed to do on minti today is vote and comment in the reports section.  Because of that, I have not had a lot of time to do anything else, and I'm now getting ready to log out for the day because I have other things to be doing.

The members that are being reported have written blog posts that, while not entirely about parenting, aren't in breach of the ToS either.

These members are being reported as spammers, which normally I'd agree, except that the definition of spam is unsolicitored advertising, which means the means of delivery is on mass by email or in inappropriate areas of the internet eg:  In the advice and q&a section of minti.

I was under the impression that our blogs are for us to write about whatever we want to write about, and that as long as it isn't derogetory or explicit in nature, then it is ok to publish it.

Where is the line drawn between spam and someone wanting to share their experiences about a particular service, links included?  At the moment, I'm finding it hard to understand why my membership hasn't been reported, and yet others who only use their personal blogs are being reported.

Because of my feelings, I have cancelled my rss feeds, meaning minti will no longer receive my external blog, which is where I do most of my blogging.  I just think that my blogs are spam too, or at least some of the posts are.

I don't have time to be sitting down and writing a blog for every website I visit, so this will more than likely be my last blog.  I will keep the links to my site on my homepage but other than that, no more blogging here from me.

Apologies to anyone who tried to read my previous blog post, but couldn't get through to my site. My webhost moved my site to a new server, but kind of forget to notify my control panel of the fact, so for 12 hours, my site didn't exist.

My first reaction to discovering it was that my site had been hacked, as it was an error code I have never seen before.  Thankfully, that isn't the case, I just didn't have permission to view my own site!  Yep, I own it and all and still didn't have permission! 

The good news is, they responded to my complaint asap, fixed it and explained they were moving me to the bigger server, where I shouldn't experience as much down time.  We will see on that score though, because they promised that last time, and I was down for 3 days!!!  Oh the joys of trying to run your own site! 

That isn't where my computer woes end either.  Oh no, I have a barage of problems going on here at the moment, and it is all because of the latest version of Firefox!  Yep, webpages load quicker, minti now being the quickest of the lot, but what good is it being quick if Firefox crashes without warning and for no reason?  Hhhhmmm, wish I could remove it and have the old one back, but that isn't possible either!

The problem with Firefox has also affected other areas of my computer.  I can no longer use msn, because apparently it doesn't exist on my computer, which is odd considering I was chatting away early this morning!  Not now though, I have once again been locked out!

None of my games will run properly and self terminate without warning, very frustrating seeing as some don't have auto save (like the Sims).  What else?  My desktop keeps changing around so I can never find anything!

Apart from not being able to do much on my computer, I'm having a ball!  I'm constantly sending error reports to Microsoft so they might be able to work on a patch to fix Firefox, which can be fun!  I doubt very much they will understand anything I have said though, because I've written it all in Arnaish! lmao!

What do you know!  I have managed to write this without being kicked out!  Yippeeee!  Now it better publish!

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Yes, I have the most beautiful little monkeys in the world, but that doesn’t mean they are easy to wrangle all the time.

Over the last few months, I have noticed an alarming trend in the behaviour or Willow.  Nothing that can’t be managed and nothing too serious, just something that is tiring to deal with and takes up way too much of our time.

The first time I noticed this happening, was not long after she started school.  Naturally, I just put it down to her being tired from a big day of playing and learning, but apparently that isn’t it ...

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I love my cross stitch, but I think I have mentioned that already. This is my newest project: As you can probably tell, it is another Pooh Bear and Friends.  Not that that’s much of a surprise! This is about 7 hours work in total so far, though not all at once, but ...

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Our monkey child is apparently a little angel at school, so much so, she received an award today.

Willow was named as the Student of the Month for her class this month, an honour which she has been working towards since starting school at the start of the year.

For her, it was a big surprise to be receiving the award.  For Les and I, it wasn’t.  The school had called us last week to let us know that during parade today, Willow would be receiving her award.  They told us that Willow had no idea she had been chosen, and they ...

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Yes, we have a lot of music in our household these days, and it isn’t just the radio or girls singing either.

Our new appliances are very vocal too.  The dishwasher plays a groovy little tune to let you know it is finished and the dryer, well, that’s the problem.

The dryer plays a little tune every few minutes when it is finished, until you go and switch it off!  Too bad if I set it to dry the clothes over night!

Actually, it does have a buzzer cancel button, I just keep forgetting to use it.

Can you imagine when we ...

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After how ever many months of teething, I am pleased to announce that Aralia finally has…

HER FIRST TOOTH!!!!

Yes, I noticed it was all the way through today.  Yesterday, it wasn’t, but today, it was right there, clearly visible and definitely able to be felt.

It won’t take long, and the others will soon be there too.  The first is always the hardest after all!

Puggle has a tooth!!!!  Now the fun and games really begin!!!  Anyone know the number for  a ceiling plasterer?

The other day, I was having trouble blogging! Now, it is working just fine! LOL.

Thanks DA for posting about my difficulties! LOL.

 

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You know your babies are growing up when they leave their cot behind in favour of a big bed.

Acacia, who is 2, has just spent the first night out of her cot and in a proper bed.  No dramas at all, she slept through the night.

She was so excited when she saw that Les had put her new bed together, and even more so when she saw the quilt she has!  Lots of pretty colours!

Yes, my 4th baby is definitely a big girl now.  But she looks tiny in her new bed.

I wish potty training was as easy.  Oh well, ...

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Little known fact about me…I’m obsessed with Dragons!

What’s that?  Doesn’t fit my persona?  Ha!  There’s more to me than you will ever know!  I’m kind of a super open minded person who likes both the cutesy and the outrageous!

Dragons are just fascinating.  Don’t know why, but they are.  I use them alot in my writing too, and that is going to be my signature for my books – dragons!

Ok, so not all books will be about dragons, but dragons will feature somewhere!

The abilities that Dragon’s have are amazing!  I’d love to have one as a pet!  No more car needed, ...

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