The hubs has requested that I start a blog devoted to just our house. I wasn't sure but have agreed. If he doesn’t think that crazy couple adventures should include our home reno then I suppose I’ll go along with it in hopes that he’ll blog too. Maybe? Yeah right. I dream.
Now I am stuck with what to name the new blog and should it still be on blogspot or wordpress or some other unknown [to me at this time] hosting website. A few friends use wordpress and I definitely like the ability they have to personalize their blogs. I’m certainly too cheap to be buying a domain .. that is unless they are cheaper than I imagine. Who knows. But really, my free blog currently does the job of recording our stories and really you may be surprised to hear how many times I ask Joe “Can we reuse that?” Really I’m just thrifty, cheap, whatever you want to call it I’m a girl trying to make it happen on ONE INCOME.
Renovating our house should give me more blog material and I am hopeful that I will blog more than I have in the past year. I am even considering bringing the laptop with me to work to blog on my lunch break since our internet is less than friendly at home. I cannot load ANY pictures at home, I’ve tried many times. Still thinking that one through.
Any suggestions from the few people still out there? We have gone from Our Adventures Overseas to Crazy Couple Adventures. Would the next logical blog be Crazy Couple House? Or just Crazy House? Doesn’t that sound a bit too much like an insane asylum? Should I go in a different direction entirely? Ugly House? Cute little old run down house? Gosh that’s boring. I’m just not sure. I know from reading younghouselove.com that we can’t go with anything resembling “This Old House” which um, hello is so appropriate for our little place.
I follow quite a few blogs through my Google reader; perhaps I need to go to each actual website to view the different options out there and to get some ideas. Ugh, but that sounds time consuming. Especially with uber-slow internet.
After a quick Google search, these are the top 31 (oh my gosh, there are 31!)
1. WordPress (http://wordpress.com) - this one is number one for one main reason, it does not have ads on your blog
2. Blogger/BlogSpot (http://blogger.com) – this is one of the most commonly used blogs, it is user friendly.
3. LiveJournal (http://livejournal.com) - this is a great tool for writers.
4. Vox (http://vox.com) - a personal blogging service.
5. BlogSome (blogsome.com) - fastest growing blog host.
6. Xanga (www.xanga.com) – community centric.
7. Facebook (www.myspace.com) - community centric, many options
8. Myspace (www.myspace.com) - community centric, many options
9. Insane Journal (InsaneJournal.com) –same software as LiveJournal
10. Journal Fen (JournalFen.net) – same platform as LiveJournal
11. BlogABond (Blogabond.com) – A site dedicated to travel blogs with map integration and more.
12. Blog Cheese (BlogCheese.com) – A video blogging website. Nothing to do with cheese.
13. Busy Thumbs (BusyThumbs.com)- A blog site specifically for your text messages and camera phone images.
14. FreeVlog (Freevlog) – Designed for video blogging and completely free.
15. Trippert (Trippert.com) – Create and share blogs of your travels.
16. Word Count Journal (http://www.wordcountjournal.com) – A new blogging format that is also part challenge.
17. Blogetery (Blogetery.com) – Offers multiple templates, anti-spam, free sub-domain and more.
18. EduBlogs (Edublogs.com) – WordPress powered blogging for educators and students alike.
19. Blog (Blog.com) – Offers free blog hosting with unlimited bandwidth for their free package, more benefits for paid members.
20. Blogr (Blogr.com) – Allows you to blog, host photos & videos, and podcasts.
21. Blogster (Blogster.com) – Offers free image hosting in addition to free blogs.
22. Bravenet (Bravenet.com) – Free blog hosting with RSS feeds and more.
23. ClearBlogs (ClearBlogs.com) – Free blog hosting and offers templates, friends only posts, IP-Banning and more.
24. Multiply (Multiply.com) – Mixes blogging and social networking, with photo galleries and more.
25. Netcipia (Netcipia.com) – Free blog and wiki for private or public display with 2GB of storage.
26. Open Diary (Open Diary.com) – Offers unlimited storage and posts.
27. ShoutPost (ShoutPost.com) – A platform for creating blogs with a focus on generating traffic.
28. Soul Cast (SoulCast.com) – Anonymous blogging.
29. Tumblr (Tumblr.com) – A blog platform with a focus on allowing media-rich posts.
30. Weebly (Weebly.com) – Allows you to create a site and blog, free hosting and change designs on the fly.
31. ZoomShare (Zoomshare.com) – Free blog hosting with 250MB of free storage
I can’t say knowing the top 31 helps me any, I might actually be more confused.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
My Birthday = Bathroom Time
As we get older, we change. It’s inevitable.
Birthdays used to be so exciting, I couldn’t wait for them and the anticipation was almost too much. Now when I have a birthday coming, I don’t dread it but I’m not nearly as thrilled as I was when I was a kid.
My birthday was in September.
As my friends and co-workers were asking me what exciting birthday events happened over the weekend I replied completely serious and quite excitedly “we tiled our bathroom”. My god how my priorities have changed. As a kid I focused on toys, games and play time; as a teenager it was still games but the athletic type, boys, clothes, makeup and hair and now I’m getting all excited about tiling my master bathroom. Hmm.
One co-worker actually stated, well you sure are getting older when that’s what excites you. I suppose that’s true. Eight years ago I would have scoffed at the fun of tiling a bathroom, but now I can’t wait to show you my brag pictures! 
I will soon have a fully functioning master bathroom again, meaning I will NOT have to go down some fairly steep stairs to go to the restroom in the middle of the night. Which by the way wakes the dogs up, then they want to go to the restroom as well. It has become a whole event making those trips to the restroom terrible. What should be a quick, don’t wake up all the way ‘thing’ turns into an actual event of dodging stepping on dogs when opening bedroom door, attempting to not fall down steep stairs, remove two baby gates, open blinds, open slider door, rush dogs outside, then run back to the restroom and then do it all in reverse and plop in bed and try to fall back to sleep.
It’s a really good thing I adore my pets so much, because it hasn’t been very restful in this crazy couple’s house.
So yes, I am very excited that we will have two fully working bathrooms again. And hey the hubs got me flowers for our anniversary and my birthday so it wasn’t all about tiling.
Birthdays used to be so exciting, I couldn’t wait for them and the anticipation was almost too much. Now when I have a birthday coming, I don’t dread it but I’m not nearly as thrilled as I was when I was a kid.
My birthday was in September.
As my friends and co-workers were asking me what exciting birthday events happened over the weekend I replied completely serious and quite excitedly “we tiled our bathroom”. My god how my priorities have changed. As a kid I focused on toys, games and play time; as a teenager it was still games but the athletic type, boys, clothes, makeup and hair and now I’m getting all excited about tiling my master bathroom. Hmm.
One co-worker actually stated, well you sure are getting older when that’s what excites you. I suppose that’s true. Eight years ago I would have scoffed at the fun of tiling a bathroom, but now I can’t wait to show you my brag pictures!
I will soon have a fully functioning master bathroom again, meaning I will NOT have to go down some fairly steep stairs to go to the restroom in the middle of the night. Which by the way wakes the dogs up, then they want to go to the restroom as well. It has become a whole event making those trips to the restroom terrible. What should be a quick, don’t wake up all the way ‘thing’ turns into an actual event of dodging stepping on dogs when opening bedroom door, attempting to not fall down steep stairs, remove two baby gates, open blinds, open slider door, rush dogs outside, then run back to the restroom and then do it all in reverse and plop in bed and try to fall back to sleep.
It’s a really good thing I adore my pets so much, because it hasn’t been very restful in this crazy couple’s house.
So yes, I am very excited that we will have two fully working bathrooms again. And hey the hubs got me flowers for our anniversary and my birthday so it wasn’t all about tiling.
Spoiled Paint
Not to mean that I spoil my paint, although I did try to treat it fairly. Making sure it wasn’t too hot or cold. Much to my shock, the five gallon bucket of paint that I had been using for the past month or so, went bad. Can paint truly spoil? Oh let me tell you, it sure can. I made the mistake of painting a wall, okay it was actually three walls in my laundry room with this spoiled paint (thanks a lot face mask for masking the icky smell). Let me just say, it looked beautiful. I edged like a pro; the color was looking sharp against the crisp white trim. It was just SO stinky. My best comparison would be spoiled milk.
From the little I could find online, hello Google, there were mold spores in my paint. Wha?? That meant I just willingly put mold on my wall. Oh. No. Research telling me the only way to truly fix the problem, other than ripping out the walls, was to primer the walls with oil-based primer. Have you ever been around oil based paints? It’s not a pleasant experience, they are nearly toxic. I got another mask, hoping this one would be safer for my lungs and got to painting. My laundry room is a lovely shade of white and it doesn’t smell! Now I need to get some paint mixed up to paint the remainder of my walls. I have the laundry room and stairwell left in the tan color, then on to the master bedroom. The master will not be tan. I haven’t decided, but I’m thinking the same green I did in the spare bedroom. I am hoping to work on the spare bedroom soon. Turn it into an office/bedroom since it’s just me and the hubs and we only have two bedrooms, we need this room to do double duty!
From the little I could find online, hello Google, there were mold spores in my paint. Wha?? That meant I just willingly put mold on my wall. Oh. No. Research telling me the only way to truly fix the problem, other than ripping out the walls, was to primer the walls with oil-based primer. Have you ever been around oil based paints? It’s not a pleasant experience, they are nearly toxic. I got another mask, hoping this one would be safer for my lungs and got to painting. My laundry room is a lovely shade of white and it doesn’t smell! Now I need to get some paint mixed up to paint the remainder of my walls. I have the laundry room and stairwell left in the tan color, then on to the master bedroom. The master will not be tan. I haven’t decided, but I’m thinking the same green I did in the spare bedroom. I am hoping to work on the spare bedroom soon. Turn it into an office/bedroom since it’s just me and the hubs and we only have two bedrooms, we need this room to do double duty!
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