I'm going to overhaul this blog and change a lot of things..
mostly the scope of what I blog about here, but also the look and feel. I've let my typepad blog sit completely idle (while still paying for it!) for far too long, as I more "seriously" blogged about the things I'm passionate about over at MLT. Unfortunately letting all the webby capital I had going here (rankings and so on) go down the toilet.
Time to resurrect this puppy and put it to use!
I'm moved in, but still tweaking. Please update your feeds and bookmarks to http://www.mylittletribe.com
No, not our family,.. my blog.
I finally was able to install WordPress on my hosted domain (I was up until 4AM, but hey.. its working) I have tons of work left to do though, and I'm not particularly happy with typepad at the moment. Importing all of my posts over the last few years was an easy task (after I played with some scripting, and got the import to work.. that only took 2 hours to figure out.) But there is no method by which to import the massive amount of images I have stored in my typepad file folders (not just photo albums, but images used in posts over.the.last.two.years)
Typepad tells you to "back up" your images by right clicking each image individually, and saving to file since they do not allow ftp access. Can you say time sucking tedium? Really, I've been at it for a few hours now and I'm not even halfway through.
Currently they do show up on the new blog, but they are all linked to the typepad file system. Each file must be moved. Each link must be edited to the new path. More time sucking tedium.
Anyway, I will be closing my typepad account probably sometime in October, but will start blogging immediately at My Little Tribe via my existing hosted domain, so please update your bookmarks and feed links. If you've been visiting me via the redirect from mylittletribe.com nothing will change except that you will no longer be redirected to my typepad blog.
Pardon the dust over there since I only installed a temporary theme. Once I get my images and file structures worked out over the next few days, I can get busy with customizing the look and feel, which was my major gripe with typepad to begin with (little customization and coding allowed unless you upgraded to the pro version) My cost for my domain hosting is half the price of typepad but with email, a whole lot more space, and freedom to be more creative. All these months I've been paying for both, time to get rid of the more expensive choice with less features and freedoms!
So with that said. If anyone who currently blogs on typepad, has ever entertained the idea of moving, start backing up your images now.. Typepad doesn't make it easy for you to move.
I wanted to be sure I got a post in today since I sit here waiting for Time Warner to come and switch us from DSL to cable (and cable telephone and tv.. yay!) I busted my butt this summer. I made a deal with myself.. pay off huuuge credit card debt, reward self with cable tv, and not a moment before that bill was paid off. Bill paid off.. cable guy arrives somewhere between noon and five.
But last time Time Warner hooked us up in Homer, we had connectivity issues for a few days. So, post today, just in case I'm not around for a few days.
Now on to the rambling..
In a nutshell, our country's health care system, including insurance companies, are fucked up. Call it socialism if you want, but everyone deserves quality care.
Pictures later, tomorrow, or whenever I'm able to get online again.
I've been meaning to join the Saturday Sky blogring for a very long time. Many a Saturday has gone by where I've gazed up and meant to go to the computer and join.. but I'm bad like that. Call it short term memory loss if you will.
But here is my Saturday Sky, taken from my front steps looking straight up. Cloudy, overcast, damp humid, blech. The kind of day that makes your hair go boing!
Speaking of hair, I got mine cut this morning. Its a drastic change. DRASTIC. My hair has been one length, typically to my shoulders, for a very long time. I was sick of it. I will not post pictures today however, maybe tomorrow. As I said, its a boing sort of day as far as hair goes.
This is a horrid picture, but the natural lighting today sucks. Its the Tamarack & Spruce merino/alpaca/silk from yesterday. Once I got my wheel working right, I couldn't stop. I'm nearly done, with maybe another ounce or a hair less left to spin up (today) I'm hoping to ply and end up with a lace weight. This is some seriously slippery stuff, but I'm so enjoying the process. Its like buttah.
..We've just been extremely busy. Car shopping, a Bluegrass festival, Knitstock, nearly finishing my Chickami. Very good reasons that kept me from blogging.
The big news however, is that the Dell was not dead. I had a feeling it wasn't. It was the hard drive instead of the motherboard (odd that all of the symptoms signaled the motherboard) We still have a lot of work to do, transferring files and stuff, but the important thing is that we do not need to buy a new computer just yet and that makes me very happy.
My iBook on the other hand, remains dead. I'm certain its also a hard drive problem since the hardware test doesn't even recognize that there IS a hard drive (and everything else checks out fine) So that still needs to go to a specialist to recover the data.
More later when I have time to unload some pictures from the camera. Maybe an update shot on my nearly done Chickami too!
Hey ladies.. when my iBook died, it took its contents too. I don't have your email addresses and phone numbers! Need directions for Friday night. Diana..need to talk to you too. Drop me an email!
Real post later.. if it cools down *whew*!
I meant to do this earlier in the day, but the heat got to me.
Happy Birthday Jerry. I think I'll start my Fire On The Mountain socks this week
No pictures. There's the warning. I'm too lazy in this heat to dismantle the usb hub and set it up on the kid's computer. With that said, we've done as much as we can to try to fix my mac. So its probably dead. Our last option is to take it to a data recovery specialist, and pay a small fortune to retrieve the pictures.
Hopefully in the next week we'll be buying another computer.
I spent the weekend swatching for a design idea I have. I'm repeatedly inspired by a garment on one of Cassidy's favorite DVDs, so I'm making a go of it. I've swatched Dale Stork, a Rowan cotton (and its name escapes me at the moment), Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, Laines Du Nord Giunco, and Dale Baby Ull. I'm having great luck with all of the wools, especially the Laines Du Nord, however I originally envisioned this item as summer wear, so cotton is pretty necessary. I have a winter version in my head too, but I want to do the summer version first.
I think once I pick the right yarn, the rest of the process should go smoothly, and I'll be rounding up some test knitters.
Today our tribe grew by three (at least for the day, and possibly a few hours every day sometime in the future) as I help out a neighbor in need of some emergency childcare. Three more little boys.. 6, 2 and 6 months. I'm only taking the time to post this right now since the infant is blissfully snoozing in the pack and play, the toddlers are amused by Connor's ball popper, and the older boys are mesmerized (for the time being) by a Tonka game on the kid's computer (Cassidy is notably absent since she received a real treat today.. going in to Daddy's office for the day!)
The, how do I put it, sheer chaotic motion.. of an additional three children, only drives home my complete admiration for incredible (and patient) mommies like Fee and Cass (we may passionately disagree on politics..but when it comes to momming, they are tops!)
Last night I finished all chart repeats on the second Embossed Leaves sock. I had planned on finishing up the toe today during Connor's naptime, but with our little visitors here.. its impossible. Tonight I'll be able to finish it up.
Then a quick wash and block, wrapped, packaged, and on its way to... somewhere in Delaware!
