Afexion’s Neighborhood

Go forth and fill your libraries with media.

Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.

~daisy

I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.

I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.

Cheers,

daisy

Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.

We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.

I will keep you posted.

Thank you for being so patient.

~daisy

Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.

This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!

Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.

Can't wait to read your posts!

~ daisy

Seeing how I can't curl up in a ball and take a nap . . .

Work

• Between the state fiscal issues, the new CIO, the reorganization due to the new CIO and general division nonsense, things are all over the place.  I'm kind of wishing I had applied for a local job I saw though it would have involved a pay cut (via more expensive benefits).  We'll see.
  

Home

• I had a small cookout for my birthday and so everyone could see the house.  It was a lot of fun.  I ended up having a dessert table and got chocolate from a number of family, friends and co-workers.  They know me so well :o)  The weather was suppose to be perfect but it rained after everything was cleaned up.  Annoying but the timing could have been a whole lot worst.
• Other than cleaning and normal maintenance for the party, nothing has changed since the shutters.

Crafts

• Started a few things and haven't finished anything lately.  Given I have 17 books checked out of the library the past couple weeks and another 2 are waiting to picked up this weekend (as I just *had* to research 2 topics at the same time), I think things may be on-hold for a little bit . . .

Other

• Babies, babies and more babies.  One friend just had her twins.  Another friend is having twins at the end of the year.  Another three friends plus an acquaintance announced pregnancies in the past month.  To complete the set, all I need are a call from my best friend and emails from two other friends . . .

The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.

Have a great weekend,

daisy, Team Vox

In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.

Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.

Thanks! :)

daisy

Some of you may have noticed that right now you cannot add books from Amazon to your Vox library. Giving people a glimpse into what's on your night stand is important to many of you, so I just wanted to reassure you that we are doing our best to get this bug fixed. I'll keep you posted.

So sorry for the inconvenience.

Hope you have a great weekend!
daisy

Before:

After:

So I've been on vacation since July 2.  Needless to say I am not looking forward to next Tuesday which will be my first day back.

So far I've:

• Cleaned the house
• Went to Home Depot once and Lowe's 5 or 6 times in 3 days.
  
• Trying to take the damn shutters down so I can paint them.  All of the metal screws have gone to pot after 48 years of element exposure.  $30+ later and the damn things are still up.  So they are next on the "Dad, I need help!" list.
• Repainted the cabinet in the bathroom so it doesn't look as grungy
• Cooked garlic chicken & pepper kabobs and corn on the cob on the grill
  
• Knitted
• Saw Up, which I enjoyed
  
• Saw the butterfly exhibit at the botanical garden.  It was nice but in no way did it compare to the awesomeness that is the Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens.
• Spent 3.5+ hours in a new-to-me used bookstore and brought a bunch of books
• Checked out the new JoAnn and had a smoothie
• Read
  
• Took my car for an oil change, alignment and getting one new tire.  It so should not have taken 3 freakin' hours to do. 
  
• A couple days later I took the car to get the annual inspection and the tech did my car first since I was waiting so that only took an hour instead of the 2-3 hours I was expecting.  So I guess it evens out in the end.
• Mowed the front yard
  

Other stuff:
Work -- we're finally finished with the build.  Halle-freakin'-lujah.  Our agency merged with a larger agency; so far this has been pretty much a non-event.  Things are still up in the air, though, about what we will be doing long-term.  So much for state gov't stability.

House -- I finished the front flower beds and think they look oh so much better than the boxwoods and azaleas.  I'm planning to redo them this fall/next spring as I want to make a flower bed near the driveway (so I have less to mow :o) and plant some dwarf azaleas, some dwarf crape myrtles and some hyacinths and maybe crocuses.

Crafts -- I finished both pairs of teal socks.  Holiday gifts are up next.

Other -- No ALA annual conference for me this year, which is sad as I enjoyed Chicago last time and will miss seeing everyone.  But next year is in DC, so I'm planning to crash that one (seeing how I let my membership lapse).