I was wrong.
I've mentioned a couple of times before that I didn't have a need for a feed-reader service. I've just been using the live bookmarks in Firefox and have been happy enough with that. It just seemed like too much trouble to set up the many blog feeds in another service, and I wasn't sure I would like it for various reasons.
Well, in transferring all my stuff to the new computer (and I have to say, I'm almost done, and the transition went much more smoothly than I anticipated) I got a bug up my butt and decided to go ahead and give Google Reader a try. I was surprised how quickly I was able to get all the feeds loaded on there, how easy it was to indicate blog entries had been read, and how well it works with Firefox to open a new tab when I click on a blog I want to read. One of the factors holding me back was that I wanted to read the blog on its own page - not in a window within the reader. No problem here.
The especially nice thing is that it totally satisfies my OCD tendencies to check "just one more time" to see if there is a new entry somewhere. I can find out with a glance at one page instead of scrolling through all the menu line items and trying to remember whether or not I'd read the title in question. I've only been using it for a couple of days now, but so far so great!
In other news, the girls and I are trying to get back into our normal weekday routine now that Joe is back at work. It's not entirely back to normal yet since Julie doesn't go back to school till next week, but this morning we went to our knitting group and it was nice to get out of the house and see everyone. It was a bit of a debacle, though, as Julie had a giant pee "accident" right in the middle of the coffee shop, and there was pee ev-ry-where. The lovely knitting ladies stepped up and helped take care of Sophie while I rushed out to the car and grabbed some clean clothes, changed Julie and got the mess all cleaned up. It's pretty embarrassing to have to go tell the coffee shop employees that not only are they going to have to clean up a puddle caused by your child, but that it is a puddle of warm, stinking urine.
As soon as I sat back down at the table, Sophie decided it was her turn to melt down, and we had to call the outing over early. Another walk of shame as I quickly got them in their coats and walked them out to the car with Sophie screaming bloody murder.
Really, it wasn't that bad of a day. I even managed to make Rice Krispie Treats with Julie this afternoon while Sophie napped.
Now excuse me - I'm done with the computer for the night and it's time to get cozy with the blankie for a bit.
Well, in transferring all my stuff to the new computer (and I have to say, I'm almost done, and the transition went much more smoothly than I anticipated
The especially nice thing is that it totally satisfies my OCD tendencies to check "just one more time" to see if there is a new entry somewhere. I can find out with a glance at one page instead of scrolling through all the menu line items and trying to remember whether or not I'd read the title in question. I've only been using it for a couple of days now, but so far so great!
In other news, the girls and I are trying to get back into our normal weekday routine now that Joe is back at work. It's not entirely back to normal yet since Julie doesn't go back to school till next week, but this morning we went to our knitting group and it was nice to get out of the house and see everyone. It was a bit of a debacle, though, as Julie had a giant pee "accident" right in the middle of the coffee shop, and there was pee ev-ry-where. The lovely knitting ladies stepped up and helped take care of Sophie while I rushed out to the car and grabbed some clean clothes, changed Julie and got the mess all cleaned up. It's pretty embarrassing to have to go tell the coffee shop employees that not only are they going to have to clean up a puddle caused by your child, but that it is a puddle of warm, stinking urine.
As soon as I sat back down at the table, Sophie decided it was her turn to melt down, and we had to call the outing over early. Another walk of shame as I quickly got them in their coats and walked them out to the car with Sophie screaming bloody murder.
Really, it wasn't that bad of a day. I even managed to make Rice Krispie Treats with Julie this afternoon while Sophie napped.
Now excuse me - I'm done with the computer for the night and it's time to get cozy with the blankie for a bit.
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:55 PM
1 Comments:
Heh... I used to use Sage in FF but became a Google Reader convert about 3 months ago because I could read blogs on my smartphone or other computers. Congrats on the new toy. :)
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