I must say, I’m really disappointed with the lack of display options available for rss on my blog updates. I’m not sure if it’s a Wordpress thing or just my lack of experience with it but I seem to only have 2 options available for you-

You get my full post with the photos & all, regardless whether I use the “read more” button to break the post (& face it, I go overboard with pics sometimes, so do you really want 20 photos loading up without even opening my page?) or it displays the first few sentences, all mashed up with no formatting, looking butt-ugly (well, on Google Reader it does)…

I’m not sure which is better, so I’m gonna play around with it. Personally I am a fan of seeing blogs in full (including pics) when I view other sites through a reader (I’m lazy I guess), but if you have my site in your Google Reader I’d be interested to know other peoples’ preferences.

& if you use any other reader like Blogger ,or ones I’m less familiar with, I’d be even more interested in hearing from you.

Thanks!

Oh and don’t be a lurker. I get a lot of traffic these days but no chatter.

Who would’ve thought there would be things I would miss about Auckland?

A couple of things today-

The pier..

I used to love sitting on the edge of the pier, especially in the morning sun with my iPod. It was nice living by the ocean there for the first time in my life. …I suppose I’m just noticing how far I am from the ocean again now, living in the desert.

Also, it’s that time of year again & I’m missing out on Auckland’s awesome Lantern Festival for Chinese New Year. It was something I looked forward to each year, possibly more than English-calender New Year. The beautiful lanterns, the food, the crowds, stalls, performances, fireworks. It was a great week. Auckland also celebrated Diwali really hard *remembers the incredible smells & music wafting in the window from Britomart*.

I’m wondering if it’s something quiet unique to that town because of its cultural diversity. I hope I’m able to find more cities that celebrate international festivities so heartily.

I guess I’m surprised there are things I miss from New Zealand..

I think I’m just learning there are things you take with you, even from the “smallest” of places. As the list grows of places we’ve visited & lived in, no matter how brief or the circumstances, I’m finding that I’m becoming romantic about my time spent there & remembering the friends made & experiences collected. I’m becoming homesick, but “home” is spread out now with a brick in every town I’ve been.

Victorville is a nearby town/suburb of Apple Valley & where we go for pantry supplies, banks etc. We decided to explore & see what else is around..

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