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On A Break

Posted on by ModGirl

I have stepped back from making tags for awhile. We had some problems with our roof with all the storms. It started leaking and so we told our land lady about it. Unfortunately, she has not fixed it and after talking to her about why she hasn’t, she finally told us that she just can’t afford it. Hubs and I figured she had home owners insurance or something to that effect but I believe she let it slip and now she has none.

Sad times. So, hubs and I bought some tarps from the hardware store and we both got on the roof and put them down with some wood strips and nails. This in itself was a chore for both of us because hubs is seriously over weight and is in bad shape and because I am afraid of heights. And, no I haven’t always been afraid of heights. There was something that happened many years ago that got me to be that way and I won’t go into details about that now, but let me just say, it was a horrific experience when it happened and leave it at that.

Also we had asked a few people to help us put the tarps on the roof but no one was able to help so we decided to do it ourselves.  Our roof has a pitched slope at the front and back but the back of the roof is more sloped than the front side and that’s the side we went up on the ladder. Hubs had to actually help me get up the ladder and onto the roof because I was shaking so much and he started freaking out about it. I had told him about my fear of heights before and apparently he didn’t think it was a big deal. I guess now he knows better, lol.

I wasn’t much help once I got on the roof except to just sit there and pass him the slats of wood so he could nail them in place across the tarps. But we were able to get 1 tarp on it and I guess that’s better than nothing at this point. After we got down and calmed down we both decided that we had no business going back onto the roof and we would just pay someone to come out and do it if we have too.

So, inside the house one area of the ceiling I told you about before started leaking and after awhile the ceiling started to fall down in that room. So hubs found a couple of boards that were laying around at work and brought them home to use to hold the ceiling up. And you should see how he did that, lol. I was amazed it actually worked because he had to lift up the one board from the floor so he sat it inside the large plastic tote that we had on top of the table in that room. It still wasn’t tall enough so he had to wedge and old piece of an old cast iron plate under it. And then at the top of the board he put the other board side ways across the top of the ceiling to hold it back up. And don’t ask me how but it is actually working and the part of the ceiling is not going anywhere now, lol.

Whew, what an ordeal, right? And we still have 2 more tarps to put up there on the roof and God only knows how that will ever happen. But we’ll get ‘er done somehow! Anyway. I just wanted to update you on what I’ve been up to lately since it’s been awhile. I only wish I felt like making tags right now but other stuff has kept me pretty busy. We have 3 rooms that are full of clutter. You know stuff that you pickup one day and then later you look at it and think, hmm, why did I buy this? So, you put it in another room and then after awhile that room just gets bigger and bigger full of stuff that you will never use.

Yeah, after living in this house for over 30 years we are at the point where 3 rooms full of junk is just too much to deal with, lol. Go figure. So, since hubs has no energy and won’t even help me do anything about it, I have decided to do it myself. At the moment I am busy shredding old papers like receipts, old paid bills, and stuff like that. These are papers that we have had in drawers, in a filing cabinet and thrown on top of the kitchen counter and coffee table over the years. So, I pulled out the paper shredder and I’ve been shredding paper for the past 2 days. Oh what fun, lol. So far I have filled up our garbage can (the big one that goes out to the curb for the trash collector) and I still have plenty more to shred still. I honestly don’t know when I will be done with all that but it feels really good to get some stuff done for a change and we now have a cleaned out filing cabinet so that makes me happy.

Okay, well I better get back to work. You know it will never get done unless I do it, lol. Wish me luck and I hope you all have a great day and hugs, Mod Girl.

Changes to 2 of my sites

Posted on by ModGirl

So, recently I removed my TaggersWorld forum and replaced it with my TagExtras forum. There were a few reasons for me doing that. The first reason is that some members were requesting tags and then they would forget about picking them up later. The second was that although I had offered tag tutorials and tag challenges to the forum, NO ONE wanted to participate in any of them. And finally the last reason why I changed things is because some members kept forgetting to login each week even after I had reminded them of doing that.

And you know, I get it. Some people just don’t like having to deal with logins, checking to see if there is new stuff added all the time or participating in activities either. The time we now live in is a fast moving world and people get so busy living they just don’t have time for anything else. I know this because even though I spend most of my time at home now, I can still get busy doing other things besides sitting at the computer all day, lol.

Anyway, I just wanted to update you on the changes to my sites. I have also updated the links in my sidebar menu too so you’ll be able to find the link there if you want to visit. Oh, and before I forget. I still have the Buy My Store sale going on for my Scrap Kits website. I did remove the shop itself but I left a link to buy my shop at PayPal. And you can find that link HERE if your interested. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

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Pondering

Posted on by ModGirl

So, I have a forum for taggers. I created the forum so all taggers could come together with others who love tags and like to either create them or collect them. Now I had the idea of moving my Always List from google groups to my tag forum. And when I let my group members know of this, it didn’t go over too well. Some members were upset and lashed out about it and others said they didn’t know anything about forums or just plain didn’t like them.

Now that got me thinking. Is it fear that has people not wanting to try something that may be different than they are used to? Maybe. But I look at it this way, why would you NOT want to try something different? There are always 2 results from trying. Either you’ll like it or you won’t. But you’ll never know UNLESS you actually try. RIGHT?

Anyway, I caved in and gave the members what they wanted and decided not to move my always list to the forum. But not only that, I decided to get rid of my Always list altogether. From now on, members won’t be getting tags automatically sent through the group as before. The name list I was using to make tags has been tossed out and now members will have to request tags each time I send the tag offer through the group.

Also, I decided to keep my forum open and not close it like I did last time, all because some members didn’t like it. I figure, if they don’t like it that’s fine. If they don’t want to learn something new or do something different that they are used to, then that’s not my problem. I can’t make them, and I don’t want to make anyone do something that they don’t want to do. But there is always something you give up when you don’t ever try. You give up learning something new. You give up the joy you might find in doing something you thought you’d never like but were afraid to try.

Anyway, I’m just pondering the situation. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

A few updates

Posted on by ModGirl

So, my websites went down for awhile and they had to be added back because of some problems with my web host. Everything has been fixed and there should be no more problems in the future (hopefully). Another update I wanted to tell you about is my forum. Taggers World forum has been reopened and if you were a member before you will need to reregister again. Like I said, ALL my sites had to be added back to my web hosting account. And lucky for me, I do have the files also on my computer so uploading all of them was no problem. HOWEVER, I had to reinstall wordpress here at this site and I had to do a new install for my forum.

Okay if you’re still here and still reading this I want to say THANK YOU for that, lol. The final updates I want to tell you about are my online groups. There have been some big changes lately in my online groups so hopefully you’ll be able to follow along while I try to explain it all to you, lol.

My groups at groups.io are being moved over to my google groups with the same names. The reason for this is because groups.io are going hard on closing down some groups that share tags and graphic stuff. A lot of psp (Paint Shop Pro) groups have been removed recently and some members from those groups are deciding to make a move also to google groups for that very reason.

And 2 of the groups I had at groups.io have been given over to Jeanine (a member of one of my groups) because she likes to share a lot and I thought she would be a better choice to take them over for that main reason. What some people don’t understand is that sharing in groups is what makes a group better for ALL the members of the group. Not only does it help take the burden off those who DO share all the time, but you get a better selection of stuff from other members when more people are sharing. All the links to my online groups have also been added to the sidebar on the right side of this page.

So, that pretty much does it for the updates that I wanted to tell you about.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and hugs,

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