Oh, the website/email troubles and woes I had, let me tell you. Down for hours at a time, day after day. NOT GOOD. DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD.
So my brilliant web designer has begun the process of moving me off of Bluehost and into having my website and email hosted by Google–less than half the price AND I can keep my same email address (because I own this domain), yay! The email is moved (and seems totally stable!), and the website will be moved soon. Whew.
Interestingly, I know of two other people, with email hosted by two separate other non-Google services, who have been having exactly the same troubles. If I were cynical, I might think that Don’t Be Evil is somehow behind it. Good thing I’m not cynical.
In other news…busy-ness has gone on around here! I had a glut of freelance work for so many months running, I don’t even know how many–I tried to look back on my spreadsheet and couldn’t find the last gap. Until now. I’ve been over a week with no proofreading/copy editing work. Which would be freaking me out, except for the fact that Mark suddenly has more work than he can handle, and it’s well paying work, which is a super nice change for him. 🙂
So I am using the time to get caught up on All The Other Things. The rewrite of Queen & Tower is going very, very well. A lot of time has been spent in the garden (by both of us, as it happens, even though he really should be upstairs pushing pixels every day, all the time). Our wedding website domain is about to expire; I archived all the information I wanted to keep from there. I’ve taken care of a LOT of little chores and errands that got pushed aside, some for a very long time. I planned some upcoming travel. I’m getting caught up on my Per Aspera editing. We had several rounds of houseguests.
Oh and I am calling my mirror project finished:
That only took, what, four years? 🙂
Next week, construction begins on my Tiny Office/She-Shed/[insert cute name of your choice here]. I already told Facebook about finding the perfect doors and windows at the ReBuilding Center for super cheap. The work should only take a week…and then I don’t have to work in the dining room any more! I’m so excited I cannot even tell you.
Then we get to shop for a breakfront/hutch thing to fill the space where this cluttered desk is. Good thing Mark is making money. 🙂
I am sure there is more to report but that’s what I can think of for now….