tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45200185398566120212024-03-07T20:15:58.475-08:00Just for GigglesStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03731187622872776567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520018539856612021.post-63148799550083486652009-02-18T12:49:00.001-08:002009-02-18T12:56:47.986-08:00Frost Heaves<span style="font-family: verdana;">Just in case you didn't know, I'm not from around here. I am still learning the New England language. One of the terms that I am not use to seeing on a sign is "Frost Heaves". The first time I saw it I could only picture a snow bank throwing-up. Some how I knew that wasn't what it meant and yet I can't stop picturing it. After all of the crazy temps and snow up here the roads are amazingly bumpy and just about every road has the sign. Right now I think the roads up here may rival the bad roads in PA...and that is saying something. So the next time you see "Frost Heaves" a think you might giggle too :)</span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03731187622872776567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520018539856612021.post-88097660509215631302009-02-10T18:23:00.000-08:002009-02-10T18:49:40.334-08:00The Blog Goes OnIn the past couple of days I have had the curse of a beginning knitter and the curse of a web developer. What do you ask is that? Well as a knitter I am a bit of a perfectionist. So if I make a mistake I have to fix it or rip it out. I have spent the past couple of weeks working diligently on a sock. (For the non-knitters out there, knitting with sock yarn is some of the thinnest yarn out there.) I had knitted 8 inches of cuff and I was half way through the heel when I picked up a stitch somewhere. Noooooo!!!! But wait I had just worked on fingerless gloves for my friend Cathy and I was able to rip out multiple rows and pick up the stitches. That bravado made me think I could do it again. WRONG. So I ripped out all of that work. I tried to just jump back in and cast on, but those needles have been sitting there all week taunting me. Maybe tomorrow. Then again I kept saying that. I will let you know. Maybe tomorrow.<br /><br />Now on to the curse of a web developer.... So I finally had it in my head to redesign the website. So how and where to start? Well for me I dreamt of all the things I wanted to do. So first thing Sunday I start working on the website. I start using the software our hosting service gives us free. (My first mistake) I spent all morning working on the template and tweaking the graphics. I mapped out each page. Then I started to add the content and realized it wouldn't let me add all the things I wanted. Noooo! So scrap the design and start over. Ugh. But I am obsessed so I find a progam that will let me do all the work I want to do. Most of all it lets me code instead of just drag and drop. Yes!!! But now I have to find a template. (mistake number two.) I find a template and I start to change the page. But since it isn't something I made I have to figure it out first. So I spend hours trying to tweak and change the template. I hit another wall. Throw that one out. Ugh. Then I notice it is 6:30pm. I spent an entire day with the computer...for nothing. The up side to all of this is that I just started from scratch on the website and I hope to have it launched by the end of the week. So the blog goes on...ughStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03731187622872776567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520018539856612021.post-29176691377532280072009-02-08T07:37:00.000-08:002009-02-08T07:54:28.367-08:00So It Begins<span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in 2007 Jason (my Partner) and I took an amazing trip around the world. We set up a website to communicate with our friends and family. That site has been up and running since 2006, but I haven't updated it since the end of the trip in October 2007. Well the time has come to once again start the regular updates, so it begins...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's start with an update:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jason and I settled in New Hampshire. I am currently one of the many unemployed in the US. I am looking and hopeful about finding my next position. I am a member of the Seacoast Knitters (a fantastic knitting group) and I started a small book club (we don't have a name for that one yet). I plan to add posts about knitting, books I am reading, pictures of our outings, and just general rants about live in general. Here is to new beginnings as the Adventure continues.....</span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03731187622872776567noreply@blogger.com0