Monday, July 12, 2010

In Which I Had An Anniversary

So July 1st was my 6 month blogging anniversary. Crazy how time flies, right?

I'm pleased that I was able to stick with it this far. It's certainly one of my more successful New Year's Resolutions.

In celebration you'll have noticed that I changed my blog template. I can't promise that this one will stay, but I do think I'm done with the other one. Not that I didn't like it. I loved it quite a bit, but so did, apparently, quite a few other bloggers and I felt like a change. I'm also planning on changing the title of the blog at some point in the future. I just need to do some research about that.

So far now we have this new template. I'll give it a week or so to see how I acclimate to it.

Also, I apologize for not having a Friday Fun Words post. I actually completely forgot about writing a post. I think it was due to the day job being super busy and then we went out to dinner on Thursday for a friend's B-day and it just never occurred to me that I hadn't written one.
My bad. If it makes you feel any better, Yvie pulled my hair really hard when we were wrestling.


Finally, Hole Ridden is officially out on submission. I made one more big change and ditched the scene Gary suggested. Coincidentally it didn't actually cut down the word count at all, so it's still 2600 words, but I think it reads much more smoothly. And by cutting that scene and working in the stuff I needed elsewhere I think I also successfully got rid of the "walking on the cliche line" issue. So cross your fingers for it.

Anyway, here's a fun comic and LOLCat for you to enjoy!





29 comments:

Anne Gallagher said...

Cognratulations on your blogoversary. I didn't realize it was only 6 months old, you're such a prolific blogger, it feels like you've been doing this for years.

It's a good thing you mentioned you didn't write a post for Friday because I was looking for it all weekend. I thought I was losing my mind and couldn't find it.

Congratulations on Hole Ridden. Go go go!!!

I like the new template, red is one of my favorite colors.

Lola Sharp said...

Hey girl,

I just got home from vacation, so I'm gonna be catching up on a few back posts that I missed.

Congrats on your 6 months! :)

Love,
Lola

Hannah said...

has it really been six months? That means mine is coming up too. Weird! I can't see your new template as I am on my phone and in google reader. I'll checks it out in 17.5 minutes.

Hannah said...

Aww, your blog looks so serious now. Why do you have to go and get professional?

Sarah Ahiers said...

Piedmont - yaeh 6 months seems both a long time ago, and also like yesterday

Lola - thanks! And glad you're back!

Palindrome - pshaa, it's not that serious. just different

JE said...

July 1st was my 6 month anniversary too!!!! :-) You're right ... it's doesn't seem that like long ago. Amazing how time flies when your procrastinating with shiney things. ;-)

~JD

sarahjayne smythe said...

Congrtas on your anniversary. Time sure flies, doesn't it? :)

Matthew MacNish said...

Love the new layout! Congrats on 6 months!

DEZMOND said...

congrats on the anniversary and the new blog design :))

And I see little Fluffy has taste in colours - HOLLYWOOD SPY's trade mark light green shade :)))))

Zoe C. Courtman said...

Congrats on your blogoversary! New template looks great!

Erica Mitchell said...

Happy 6 months :D And I'm so excited that Hole Ridden is on submission!!!!!! I think it's going to take me a week to get used to your new template lol, I'm such a creature of habit. It's a very relaxing background...until you remove that boulder!

DL Hammons said...

Happy Anniversary!! Like the new look. :)

Sarah Ahiers said...

Justine - yes. procrastination is awesome

sarahjayne - thanks! and yes it does...

Mathew - thanks!

Dezmond - could he be the official hollywood spy kitty...?

Zoe - thanks!

Erica - HA! Internet comment WIN!

DL - thanks!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Congratulations. And I did miss the Friday Fun Words. I'm sure Yvie won't let that happen again!

Unknown said...

Congrats on the blogoversary! Good luck with the submission process. I'm sending good vibes your way. :)

Austin Gorton said...

Yvie pulled my hair really hard when we were wrestling.

Serves you right...

Wow, six months and eleventy billion followers later. Time really does fly...

I like the new template. It seems...cleaner isn't the right word...sharper? Yeah, it's sharper.

Austin Gorton said...

These aren't the droids you're looking for...

Saumya said...

Congrats on your 6 month!!! I love the picture :)

Sarah Ahiers said...

Alex - yeah you and my dad, who emailed me on friday, but i was too busy at the day job to get it uploaded

Janel - Thanks! And i'll take any vibes you want to shove my way

Teebore - eleventy billion, 188, whatever...

Teebore - LMFAO

Saumya - thanks! and thanks for commenting

Southpaw said...

It looks nice around here. I understand the desire to have something a little more unique-ish. Wow, and Happy Blogiversary. I can’t believe you only been blogging 6 months! You’ve taken to it so naturally. I’m still feeling my oats.

Sarah Ahiers said...

Holly - i think i had some blog hiccups in the beginning. and yeah, there were at least 2 other bloggers that i knew about who had the same template. sadface

Shelley Sly said...

Happy Blogiversary! I like the new layout, and I LOVE the kitty pic!

Okie said...

Congrats on the milestone. Way to go. :)

Rebecca T. said...

Wow! Only 6 months?! It's hard to believe! Congratulations!

And I LOVE the new template. Though I feel like my eyes are out of focus, and then I'm like, no just the picture is. But then my head says, no it's my eyes. Then I remember that it's 12:30 and the lack of sleep MIGHT be affecting my brain. So I like it!

Where did you get it? I've been considering a little changeup on mine *gasps in horror*

Sarah Ahiers said...

Shelley and Okie - thanks!

Sonshine - i just found it messsing around on the new blogger template designer - there are tons of backgrounds you can pick

B. Miller said...

Congrats on your six-month mark! You've done so well over the last six months! Almost 200 followers... that's amazing! Gonna have a contest when you reach 200??

Talli Roland said...

Congrats! Happy six months. :)

And good luck woth 'Hole Ridden'. I love your new blog template, by the way!

RosieC said...

Congrats on your six months.

Sarah Ahiers said...

Tallie and Rosie - Thanks!

B. Miller - HECK yeah i'm having a giveaway when i reach 200

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