Joy Unexpected | Marvel at the Dullness!

October 19, 2004

Introducing...The Cheese&trade

Where do I start?

How about I start by thanking Sphinxy for helping me with EVERYTHING and for making me a new design with Jay Mohr, whom everyone knows I love and who "likes me alot" right back and who is REALLY HOT. Oh how I love him. She really is too good to me. She still is working on a few things, but she said I can post, so A' POSTIN' I GO.

Second? Thank you for all of the emails. People actually LIKE me, that's insane! Thank you.

Now, let's just get the very CHEESY new url out of the way, ok? Because I know you're thinking, "holy crap, she's gone all soft on us!"

I can't help it. My little baby girl has turned me into one big ball of cheesy, sweet goodness. I'm like a 13 year old girl in love for the first time who can't shutup about how TOTALLY in love she is. Ma'Melly said "I don't even know who you are anymore". And I have to agree. My baby girl has changed me. For the better, believe me.

It was time to change. I'm no longer "confused." I'm no longer sad. Or empty. Or angry. Or bitter. Or any of those things that the old blog reminded me of. SEE? CHEEEEEEEEEEESE.

I will admit that the thought of changing was forced on me, but once "that" happened, I realised that yes, it was time to move on to a new chapter. (Although I will FULLY admit that I was sad I'd lose my 1,000 hits a day. Yeah, I care about that. YOU DO TOO, admit it!)

Oh for CHRISSAKES. IT'S A DOMAIN CHANGE! It's not like I had a heart attack and had to contemplate life, I JUST CHANGED URLS!!! I know, I KNOW THIS... but it feels good to move on, to change, to grow.

THE CHEESE MUST STOP. MAKE IT STOP BEFORE I KILL MYSELF CHOKING ON CHEESE. please?

Feel free to link me, blogroll me, whatever, just refer to me simply as "Y" or link to the title of the blog "Joy Unexpected" No references to "the old" place would be greatly appreciated.

Ok now, If you found me... SAY SOMETHING ALREADY.

Posted by Y at October 19, 2004 09:40 PM

Comments

WOO! Hang tight people while we work out the kinks. We whipped this up in a hurry so keep your pants on until we get her all organized.

And you are most welcome. I am happy to do it.

Posted by: sphinx at October 19, 2004 10:17 PM

Oh, thank god. I was going through withdrawal. I was having the DT's. Phew!

Your email made my whole day.

Welcome to Joy Unexpected.

Posted by: Jen at October 19, 2004 10:27 PM

hey you. very good to see you back. I was worried about you! everyone needs a change once in awhile, even if it is forced on you. very nice design, sphinxy!

Posted by: girl at October 19, 2004 10:32 PM

woo! I found you! LOVE IT HERE. :)

Posted by: skits at October 19, 2004 11:21 PM

Major withdrawls here..... thanks for the e-mail *hugs*

Posted by: Sandee at October 19, 2004 11:23 PM

cheddah, swiss, colby-jack... I yearn for it all. Glad to see ya back da blog heez.

Posted by: Sara at October 19, 2004 11:38 PM

Ah very cool! I like it! :)

Posted by: Gina at October 20, 2004 12:14 AM

I found you. These new digs are pretty nifty!

Posted by: Langus at October 20, 2004 12:15 AM

WooHOO!

Yay! Yay for cheesiness! I'm just glad you're back, bebeh.

xo.

Posted by: Christina at October 20, 2004 12:21 AM

yay!!!

Posted by: Lucky at October 20, 2004 12:25 AM

Awww how sweet and wonderful! I love the new domain name and I am so happy that you have moved past so many icky feelings and into a cheesy lovely new place in life and Blogaria. It's a good thing. A really really good thing, Y. Congrats! :)

Posted by: Talia at October 20, 2004 12:45 AM

*squeeeeeeeeeeezes*

Posted by: Rori at October 20, 2004 12:52 AM

Yes you are an unexpected joy. Now I gotta figure out a way to muscle in on Mr. Mohr.

Posted by: Genuine at October 20, 2004 12:53 AM

YEA I FOUND YOU!

Glad to see things are going well. And ultra glad (gee, could that sound anymore like a garbage bag name?) that you're still blogging.

Posted by: djmofo at October 20, 2004 12:59 AM

hi sweetie! *waves*

Posted by: becky at October 20, 2004 01:28 AM

Yay! I can have my Yvonne fix again. I'm glad you're up and running!

Posted by: Shylah at October 20, 2004 02:12 AM

can i link to you as "cheese unexpected" ? ;)

Posted by: sarah at October 20, 2004 02:15 AM

"SOMETHING ALREADY!" (Well, that's what you told me to say) I love the new place!

Posted by: Busy Mom at October 20, 2004 02:17 AM

YAY! I am so glad to have found the new site!

Posted by: Kelly at October 20, 2004 02:31 AM

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU, Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*big wet sloppy kisses*

Posted by: Kathy Howe at October 20, 2004 02:32 AM

yay this is so hot!!!

mollie

Posted by: mollie at October 20, 2004 02:52 AM

"uhhh.. I like it like that"

SWEET! There you are! I can now go about my day. :)

Posted by: Trishie at October 20, 2004 02:58 AM

Bad old joke (punch line only):

"That's nacho cheese! That's nacho cheese!"

And another bad old joke:

"Everyone was feeling Mary, till Mary got mad and she left. Then they all jumped for Joy."

Glad to find your new digs, thanks for the heads up. I love you, man!

Posted by: ben at October 20, 2004 03:08 AM

FINALLY I get invited to the party!

Glad to be here! I really did miss you. You'd be amazed how often I clicked the "old link" to see if anything changed... LOL

Posted by: daniel at October 20, 2004 03:14 AM

Hooray! I was having yvonne withdrawals!

Posted by: Snidget at October 20, 2004 03:16 AM

Um...am I allowed to use the f-word here? In a very positive, way, though.

Fanfuckingtastic!

YAY!

Posted by: christine at October 20, 2004 03:42 AM

you're hot, but not as hot as man-boob cartoon guy. I'm sure you understand.

Posted by: LT at October 20, 2004 03:45 AM

Finally, I was missing you like crazy. Glad to have you back!

Posted by: Terri at October 20, 2004 03:54 AM

Yeah, I'm so glad I found you! Didn't realize how many boring blogs there were until you disappeared!

Posted by: chaos-girl at October 20, 2004 03:54 AM

thank god you're alive....i was being to think the worst.

i love you. i love joyunexpected. *kisses*

Posted by: judy at October 20, 2004 04:05 AM

Hi Yvonne! Congratulations on all the good things in your life, hope theres many more to come!

Posted by: Angela at October 20, 2004 04:08 AM

I'm so happy to have found you again. You should've seen my face when I'd go to my blogroll and click on you and you weren't there. I was so sad. But not anymore. No sireee!! Congrats again!!

Posted by: maricar at October 20, 2004 04:55 AM

Yay! I can put the crack pipe down since I found my favorite addiction!

Posted by: Jennn at October 20, 2004 05:14 AM

Wow... this really IS more addictive than crack. I was pulling a "Trainspotting" rehab scene over here...

GO SOX!!! (Said the amazed Red Sox fan)

Thanks for the invite to the new domain.

Posted by: Kev Macca at October 20, 2004 05:22 AM

I totally unsderstand the change in headspace. My baby girl had the same effect on me. BTW, it doesn't wear off :) Here's a little something I think you might appreciate:

Selflessness

Everything which endures can only do so because Eternal Consciousness gives it sentience.

A mother who gives herself completely to her infant meets herself in the dark and finds fulfillment.

In the hours between midnight and dawn, she crosses the threshold of self-concern and discovers a Self that has no limits. A wise mother meets this Presence with humility and steps through time into selflessness. Infants know when their mothers have done this, and they become peaceful.

Who, then, is the doer? Is it the infant who brings its mother through the veil of self-concern into limitlessness? Is it the mother, who chooses to hold sacred her infant's needs and surrender herself? Or is it the One, which weaves them both through a spiraling path toward wholeness?

You can sit and meditate while your baby cries himself to sleep. Or you can go to him and share his tears and find your Self.

Vimala McClure, The Tao of Motherhood

Posted by: Rue at October 20, 2004 05:39 AM

WHOOT! I'm so glad I finded you! And I don't mind the cheeze at all - been there done that!

Love the design and stuff - though let sphynxie know that in netscape 7.2 which i'm forced to use because my mie took a giant shit and I'm longing for my matching scroll bars with a deep abiding pain - the content box covers your jay header, and girl, i'm all with ya about Jay - so yeah. anyway. tweakage for poor little me stuck in netshit would be much cool, but I shall suffer in silence should it not be possible. stupid mie. stupid netshit. *sob*

*ahem*

Glad your back! *L*

Posted by: Lessa at October 20, 2004 06:07 AM

I love Jay mohr. And I think that right about "Joy unexpected"? There should be a picture of him and I together, the one where he has his arm around me, in a little dream bubble!!!!!!!!!!

TALK ABOUT CHEEEEEEEEEESY!?

Posted by: y at October 20, 2004 06:35 AM

about should be ABOVE.

Posted by: yvonne at October 20, 2004 06:37 AM

I had a 5 cheese sandwhich today and now THIS! Could life get any better! Tra-la-la!

Love the new name. Glad I found ya!

Posted by: Arianne at October 20, 2004 06:39 AM

(*(*(*smooooooch*)*)*)

Posted by: ratty at October 20, 2004 07:36 AM

Yay! You're here! :) *ahem* I was missing you. I was terrified that the political stuff on the old blog had driven you batty and you felt compelled to run away, and thus I felt tremendous amounts of guilt, and fear that I wouldn't get to see beautiful pictures of Baby G. growing up.

Posted by: sara at October 20, 2004 08:27 AM

Was missing you tons, lady y! Change is always good.

Posted by: etherian at October 20, 2004 08:34 AM

w00t!! welcome back! *humpz*

sphinxy: the design rocks but the top of the page looks like asshat in firefox x

Posted by: SpunkyTheMonkey at October 20, 2004 09:47 AM

Thanks for the hook-up on the new URL! :) I ♥ cheesyness! It's so awesome that you've found some much love and joy and happiness again... thanks for letting us have a glimpse into your life. To see someone who was once so down and dark totally come 'round to love and light is heartwarming! :)

Posted by: Firebrand at October 20, 2004 09:48 AM

i totally understand the need to move on.. after all, i just changed domains earlier this year too! i'm glad you didn't leave us!

and damn.. it's a good thing i like cheese. :)

Posted by: geeky at October 20, 2004 11:41 AM

Like I said... still working out the kinks here and that includes browsers. so KEEP YOUR PANTS ON!

Posted by: sphinx at October 20, 2004 02:38 PM

Two days in a row that YOU'RE BACK! I'm lovin' it.

Posted by: ben at October 20, 2004 02:44 PM

Yay!

Posted by: Louise at October 20, 2004 03:03 PM

YAY for new names, new starts, and new designs! And DOUBLE YAY for all the cheeeeeese! We LOVE cheese!

Posted by: SuperSeuss at October 20, 2004 03:24 PM

Howdy woman, I found you so here I am. ;o) And feel free to ignore the email I sent you about blogrolling you, as you already addressed it in there here postie.

Yay for change! I need to do the same as my in laws are completely wierdos and I can be found WAY TOO EASILY. Ugh.

Posted by: shaunacat at October 20, 2004 03:51 PM

MMMM. CHEESE...........

Glad to have found you again. Need my daily baby pic fix.

:)
Kim

Posted by: Kim at October 20, 2004 03:52 PM

YEA! Glad you're still here! Keep on Cheezin!

Posted by: Sky at October 20, 2004 04:00 PM

I was going to say "something already" but that's been taken, so.....
When I had my baby girl, my husband would just look at me and say "I've never seen you like this. You're so happy. You just keep looking at her like you've never seen a baby before."

Glad you're still going...I missed ya! (well, reading you.)

Posted by: NinaKaye at October 20, 2004 04:01 PM

The more cheese, the better.

I LOVE the new domain name and the Jay design is simply perfect!

Posted by: Lisa at October 20, 2004 04:01 PM

SO good to have you back Yvonne! Thanks for the email! I'm lovin' the cheese.....

Posted by: Keli at October 20, 2004 04:11 PM

Whoo! I found yah! Thanks for the fast email back! Can't wait to read more about this new, improved - Yvonne

Posted by: Tiffeny at October 20, 2004 04:35 PM

Yeah! I was laying on the ground in shock because I didn't have my daily "Y" fix. She's back! I'm glad you have unexpected joy, i honestly do. You rock.

Posted by: sarcastic journalist at October 20, 2004 04:53 PM

course we love you ;o) and JAY! i found you (all right, you helped..). i missed you so much these last days *sniff*. cheeseee rocks!!!

Posted by: kim at October 20, 2004 04:58 PM

links have been changed... bookmarks have been updated.

So glad to have you back, Yvonne... and joyunexpected fits you... I like it.

:-)

Posted by: jenn at October 20, 2004 04:58 PM

Hola!! Love the new site and Urrrrrrrrrrl!

Now go brush your damn teefus! ;)

Posted by: raven at October 20, 2004 05:07 PM

I'm glad you are ok...didn't know what to think when your site disappeared. I'll update my links appropriately. :)

I am glad you're back! :)

Posted by: Tyme at October 20, 2004 05:36 PM

they're on sweetie, i wasn't bitching :)

Posted by: SpunkyTheMonkey at October 20, 2004 05:48 PM

wooo wooo!

Posted by: Stacey at October 20, 2004 06:40 PM

Believe me, we who love you will do what it takes to find you! Thank GOD you are back!

Posted by: ginger at October 20, 2004 09:28 PM

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! :))) Muchos hugs & cheese for you & your precious little girl.

Posted by: Sweety at October 20, 2004 09:31 PM

Love the new domain name! :)

Posted by: Sara at October 20, 2004 10:02 PM

Sheesh! Some people will go to the greatest lengths just to be a comment whore! And here I thought that I, was bad!

Just kidding, darling. The place looks fantastic and I actually really really like the URL name. I'm nothing if not all about joy.

Oh, and by the way, we love you SO MUCH MORE than you love us!

Heehee.

Posted by: Buzz at October 20, 2004 10:21 PM

Thanks for telling me where you ran off to! Glad you are posting.

Posted by: Cyn at October 20, 2004 10:49 PM

Mount Baldy.

Posted by: mikey at October 21, 2004 12:07 AM

mikey's comment 69. Heh.

You go, girl. Here's hoping the asshats don't find you for awhile.

Posted by: Broad at October 21, 2004 12:33 AM

So glad I found you! :)

Great new digs!

Posted by: BJ at October 21, 2004 03:22 AM

You have no idea how much time I wasted poring over the little e.e. cummings fragments hoping for a clue, googling any combination I could come up with that had "Yvonne" and "blog" in it, or hunting through all of the blogs I could think of that associated with you, hoping to figure out where the hell you went.

Glad I found you again via someone's comments, and I'm currently feeling very proud of my detective skills. I missed you like crazy. Cue cheese music.

Posted by: Caitlin at October 21, 2004 05:16 AM

Nothin' wrong with cheese!

Except maybe... nope, can't bring myself to say it.

:o)

Posted by: Mellissa at October 21, 2004 07:36 AM

Whoohoo Cheese!!!!
Glad you are back!

Posted by: Canadian Lauren at October 21, 2004 01:50 PM

Dude, I am so glad to see you back online and posting again. We missed you!

Posted by: missy at October 21, 2004 03:12 PM

Hi Yvonne :)

Thanks for replying my email right back and I love your new url. Yes a good change for the better, I am happy for you and happy to be able to get to go to this new blog. Oh man I went to your "old place' a 100 times and always dissappointed I wasn't able to read yr blog. Thanks again.

Posted by: Mona at October 21, 2004 07:13 PM

Hey, it's like all G-rated in here! Love the look and glad you're back!!

Posted by: Harmony at October 21, 2004 08:50 PM

I really love the new name and seeing your beautiful little girl always brightens my days!

Posted by: Sueellen at October 22, 2004 01:39 AM

Thank goodness, you didn't go too far! And I love the new name!

Posted by: Jaime at October 22, 2004 12:39 PM

Stumbled upon your new site by accident - glad to have found you again. Very nice layout!

Posted by: Deborah at October 22, 2004 06:20 PM

Woot! So glad you're back online - I missed my daily visit here. I love the new URL. And CHEESE?? Bring on the cheese, girl. It's all gouda! (sorry)

Posted by: karmajenn at October 22, 2004 07:36 PM

I was starting to wonder... thankfully I read Melly's blog too, so I picked up your new addy from there! Glad to see you're back online, and no longer aged and confused! Welcome back, Yvonne!

Posted by: Rae at October 22, 2004 09:48 PM

I missed you!
I love cheese!

So glad to know you are joyful!
Ain't life grand!?!

Posted by: Chelle at October 23, 2004 05:14 AM

Hiya Yvonne!

Thanks for emailing the new web addy to me! I was going through withdrawals right along with every one else! Glad you're back! :o)

Posted by: MsInterpreted at October 23, 2004 05:51 AM

I made it!

Posted by: Jessy at October 24, 2004 05:16 AM

Hugs.

Welcome to your new home. Sorry to be a latecomer, I didn't get an answer to my email (let's blame the internet for that hiccup, shall we?)

Posted by: Andy at October 24, 2004 09:47 AM

OMG, I found you purely accidentally. Here I was twisting in the wind for a whole week, wondering if you would show up again. Sigh. The world is right now. I can stop twisting in the wind, my back is starting to hurt. Welcome back Y. I knew you couldn't leave.

Posted by: stepinside at October 24, 2004 08:15 PM

Oh, thank gawd I found you via moody mama! For some reason I couldn't get the email to send! I was going threw the DT's! Love the new site and name!

Posted by: justme at October 25, 2004 06:17 PM

Found ya! =)

Posted by: Tre at October 25, 2004 07:57 PM

Ok it took me a while but I finally found you. I have very few addictions in life and the handful of blogs I read on a daily basis is one. I stumbled upon your site a few months ago and it is one of my first stops every morning. Then one day poof you were gone. I have since stumbled upon your site again by mere chance I think not! Thank you for making me laugh out loud rousing curious that girl is crazy looks at work on a daily basis!

Posted by: Justagirli at October 28, 2004 04:40 AM

Is this blog taken?
It took me a second to click in that the little girl on the sidebar looked awfully familier. Good to have you back!

Posted by: guruvious at October 30, 2004 07:15 PM

Yeah - found you - i was getting worried!

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