Yesterday was supposed to be my Sabbath.  I woke in the morning and I passed by my computer as I toasted my bagel and went out the door for my usual Sunday morning chai with God.  I had a great quiet time at Starbucks and I was feeling really blessed to have the rest of the day to focus on "catching up."  The thought had occurred to me that it might be a good day to wrestle with God about a few of the unexpected changes in my life lately, and I figured I might even be able to sneak a movie into the mix!  My mouth was watering for some homemade burritos and I was basically anticipating a really good day.

Then I got home.

All of my web sites were down - not only mine but also two of the sites I've designed and I feel responsible for.  They were gone.  That meant the email addresses attached to them were also not working - and I'm trying to find a job right now!  I couldn't afford to wait to see if they'd get better and I knew the clock was working against me... so I spent the day trying to correct this problem.  Gone was the God-wrestling, the movie and the burritos.  Instead, I worked on my Sabbath and almost 24 hours later I'm here.  Yes, I did manage to get a few hours of sleep, but it wasn't enough and I couldn't turn my brain off... maybe a nap is in order today.

But that brings us to now - to this new blog format.  I don't like the annoying ads at the top of the page or the fact that it doesn't integrate into the format of the rest of my site very well - but it does offer options for people to subscribe and I think I may find one or two other bells and whistles that make it a better deal.  The most important thing thought - it's up.  It's running and I think it's going to be more stable than the way things were running before yesterday.

Who knows? Maybe I'll start blogging more frequently.  This was a fun (though tiring) exercise this morning...  there's a lot of possibility here... Podcast anyone?  Let me know what you think.  I welcome feedback.  Oh yeah - and if you happen to have any of the entries I'd posted on my previous web site, I'd love to see them again.  I lost them all... except the first one.  Thanks for checking back.  Here's to a great 2008!