Hi chocolate chips!
Sorry about the blog issues this morning. My site’s host went down unexpectedly, and I was so frustrated because I’d scheduled a really fun recipe post: double chocolate brownie pancakes. The site going down threw a wrench in my chocolate-covered plans:
Pancakes Monday, Chocolate Fudge Pops Tuesday, Healthy Cool Whip Wednesday…
The site going down—and me not being able to do a single thing about it—drove me crazy! I guess it was a lesson for me to not take myself too seriously. I tried to busy myself with non-computer activities, to take my mind off of the broken blog.
Something that didn’t help? Giving my computer evil looks and reloading my page a million times a minute. All that did was waste time… and hurt my fingers. Roar.
Question of the Day:
Is anyone else a control freak too??
I also probably should work on my patience :-?.
Albizia says
I’m a control freak too and when something goes wrong I freak out completely. I cannot think of anything else until I fix the problem and I keep trying even when I know my actions won’t help. Not very productive indeed…
But now the blog is up and running and tomorrow everybody will be salivating while reading about your pancakes 🙂 .
Ashley C says
Not being in control in something Im learning to deal with, its caused me alot of trouble in the past!! Its tough, but icecream always helps 🙂
Allison says
Chocolate brownie pancakes? That sounds incredible! And coming from you probably not as unhealthy as if it came from someone else and something I wouldn’t feel too bad eating for breakfast. Sorry about the computer problems!
Sarah @ Food and Love Diaries says
This girl right here? Mega control freak. It’s okay.. we’re all in it together 😉
Nathalie says
That sounds absolutely maddening. And I have to say that I am a control freak too, in certain areas. Mostly in terms of what I put in my body and my workouts. I hate feeling like I don’t know when/what I’ll be able to eat and when/if I’ll be able to go for my runs.
BTW, I made your chocolate butter. And homg, it’s so good o_o I replaced a bit of the cocoa powder with instant coffee granules to add a bit more darkness. De. Licious. I devoured the batch in like 3 days.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
I made chocolate butter too! But now I want to eat it super-fast so I can try your coffee idea!
Moni'sMeals says
hope it all works out, what a nightmare.
Patience is the key for me, easier said than done. 🙂
Marianne says
I can be a control freak in regards to certain things, but other things I’m okay with letting them just happen. I think one of the best lessons I learned from my sports psychologists when I was skating competitively was “worry about the things you can control, and don’t waste the time on those you can’t.” Applies to so many things in life!
Katie @ Nutrition in a peanut shell says
Control freak is totally me!
When my wireless kicks out, I keep running the “Troubleshooter” going “WHY WON’T YOU FIX MY TROUBLES?”
Computers follow the old boys saying: “Can’t live with em- can’t live without em”
Lexi @ A Spoonful of Sunshine says
I can be a control freak as well. I am way too determined to take Tim Gunn’s advice literally and “make it work!”
BroccoliHut says
My site went down unexpectedly last week too–there was some power outage in California that affected my server.
I am a total control freak!
Jenny says
control freak moi? You bet I am
kaila @ healthyhelper says
SO many of the big blogs went down today! So weird! Well, glad you’re back now!!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Really? I thought it was just mine! Yours was down too?!
It actually makes me feel better, for some strange reason, that mine wasn’t the only one… although I very-much wish it had happened to no one! 😕
Qi Ting @ Misadventures of Fat free Baking says
Ooh no wonder I couldn’t get into your site last night! I kept refreshing the page… but it was no use! Can’t wait for your chocolate-drenched post! 😀
Qi Ting @ Misadventures of Fat free Baking says
And YES I’m a total control freak! Sometimes I hate my computer for being to total slowpoke… but most of the time, it hates me back too 🙁
Amber K says
That is my least favorite quality about myself : my NEED for control. Patience, what’s that? 😉
Kaitlyn@TheTieDyeFIles says
I am suchhhhh a control freak! Glad the site’s up and can’t wait for the recipe!