"Would you be prepared to sponsor a puppy that could save a blind person's life".

I've obviously been labelled too heartless and tightfisted to sell to, which is fine by me!

Thanks, Carole. I'm alive. 🙂

Ashley, Paula is our resident knit wit (I mean that in a GOOD way). :)) She's a prolific knitter and I enjoy the blog a lot.

Katharine, you made me chuckle. No worries – I missed you, but I'm happy for any visit! 🙂 Thyroid surgery – they removed the left side because it was enlarged. I'll know this week if I'm C-free. The doc thinks it looked healthy enough, so I may not need radiation.

Paula, I was getting a LinkedIn habit, too. I had to go cold turkey with it. When I got busy it was easy, but this month I may have to restrain myself. 🙂

Diane, I did the same thing with Facebook and the phone. The trouble is I rarely use my phone (I look at it once a day). So when I do I have a million messages to wade through. I think I need a new system. 🙂

Cathy, thank you for the note! Doing fine. 🙂 I'm a surfer, too. Those things I think "I should look that up" usually come up amid research.

Wendy, thank you. I'm back minus one piece, but I'm back. 🙂 I love a good book, too. I'm able to put them down, though, unless they're exceptional.

I lurk and don't usually comment, but I started using LeechBlock as a Firefox add-in. It allows me to limit FB (or Ravelry -which is also a huge time-suck for me; Paula – I'm InnerFlossie over there) to specific hours or days or time limits per day. Sends a "site blocked" message to my screen. Granted this only works with browser related time-sucks and frankly is ridiculously easy to turn off, but is a good "what the heck am I doing on FB AGAIN reminder" when I should be working.

Good luck with your surgery. – Michelle

Lori – good luck with the surgery. I'm sending good thoughts and lots of positive energy your way.

Blogs are my biggest time suck. I have everything I'd like to read in Google Reader. The 1000+ unread blogs taunts me all the time. There just aren't enough hours in the day.

And Paula, I'd never heard of Ravelry. I love to crochet! Now I'll never get anything done!

Oddly enough, blogs have fallen by the wayside for me lately. I am trying to get back into the habit of blogging regularly, but I still haven't been as good as I used to be about checking in with my favorite blogs. This is my excuse for what I am about to ask.

What are you having surgery for, Lori? What did I miss? I hope you are okay.

Like Diane, I generally limit my blog reading to my mid-morning tea time. (My green tea with fresh ginger is almost cool enough to sip – it's taunting me as a type.)

I often get sucked into e-mail, but when I have a deadline I'm also good at ignoring any messages that aren't urgent. When new messages come in, I click over to my e-mail tab and see if it's something that can wait. Usually it can wait. (Two new e-mails came in while I was writing this, and I haven't checked them yet. Feel free to admire my restraint, LOL.)

Other than a couple of LinkedIn groups that I frequent (I pretend LI is work related), the place where I'm most likely to waste time is Ravelry – the social networking site for knitters and crocheters. I post my latest projects, check the forums, and occasionally seek out cool new patterns to add to my queue. But if a deadline is pressing, I'll intentionally avoid Rav for a a few days.