It’s more than a pretty face

It’s like a lot of Botox injec­tions with­out all the pain…and scary cat face.

My eyes are bleed­ing and I’m still tweak­ing a few, behind the scenes things but all in all…I like her. My blog…she’s so beau­ti­ful. *squee*

For the record, I L.O.V.E. The­sis! It was so much fun to work with. I have a coders back­ground but it’s been quite a few years.  Learn­ing CSS and hooks was actu­ally fun and chal­leng­ing. For the past 4 days I’ve got­ten up any­where between 4:30–5:00 in the morn­ing because my brain kept hav­ing ah-ha moments on some­thing I was either stuck on or with a bet­ter idea. There were a cou­ple of places that my eyes kept cross­ing and Lisa was OH SO KIND to point me in the right direction.

Now to the most impor­tant part. My pas­sion for this blog. I believe so strongly in online and in real life connections/communities. It can forge rela­tion­ships for a life­time. I’m still very, very close to one of my first blog­ging friends and she doesn’t even blog any­more.  Com­mu­ni­ties also pro­motes sup­port and encour­age­ment. When you get a group of peo­ple together they can build a foun­da­tion of trust for each mem­ber that acts as a sta­bi­liz­ing force for every­one involved. I want 867‑5309 to be part of some­thing much big­ger than just ‘another blog’. I want it to be part of the foun­da­tion for a strong community.

I want it to be fun. So many of us get caught up in life and for­get how to laugh. We for­get to find humor in the lit­tle things. I want 867‑5309 to be a place where you go for a good time. Let’s remem­ber what it’s like to have fun and enjoy the life we have around us. Whether it’s the kids who keep wip­ing their booger’s under our couches or the spouse who couldn’t find the dirty clothes ham­per if we stuck them in it.

I’m so excited for the new focus that this blog is tak­ing and I hope you’ll join me each step of the way. Even if you’re a lurker…I get it. I lurk sites every day. It’s all good!

I’ve added a few extra pages in the Nav­i­ga­tion bar. Be sure to check them out — even the bor­ing look­ing ones. One of them talks about giv­ing peo­ple wed­gies if they do some­thing I don’t like. And on another page I tie in my con­tact infor­ma­tion with my brother stick­ing his foot into another kids mouth.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the changes…and since I’m PMS­ing this week, it can only be good thoughts. ;-)

 

If I for­get to tell you later, I had a really great time. — Pretty Woman

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24 Responses to “It’s more than a pretty face”

  1. Ahhh, girlieQ, I HEAR your pas­sion in this post! You’re so happy and sat­is­fied and that splashes all over the page :) . Well done.

    How much do I love see­ing your über-cool busi­ness card at the top? Your heart in what you want to accom­plish through your space is clear; I know that will invite many to return again and again.

    You’ve only just begun.…!

    :)

  2. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new blog-lift! Nicely done Jen, your efforts must be commended!

  3. Shanna says:

    Jenny! Looks fab­u­lous! You did such a great job. Fair warn­ing.. it’s addict­ing.. the tweak­ing, etc. :)

  4. Dedra says:

    GIRL!!! It looks MAHVELOUS!!! Well done! and def­i­nitely a sanc­tu­ary I will visit daily.. Just sayin…

    Love ya,
    D

  5. Awe­some job! Love the header and seri­ously don’t mind the ques­tions you send over :) Psy­ched that you have fol­lowed your pas­sion and that we get to work together on another site to be named in the future when we can :D Keep going girl!

  6. Jenny says:

    Thanks, Lisa! I’m so excited to be work­ing together too!! Talk to ya later this week!

  7. This place is, like, awesome!

  8. PensieveRobin says:

    @Jenny86753oh9 Well done, girlieQ! So proud of you :)

  9. site2shan says:

    @Jenny86753oh9 rock on sis­ter! Looks A M A Z I N G !!

  10. Prudence says:

    I love the new look. Great job.

  11. Mandy says:

    Hey, Roomie!! Look at you rockin’ the new design!! ;) I love it!! So glad you got thru the code and the redesign! ;) And Lisa is just the best. Period. Congrats!!

  12. mellenk says:

    @Jenny86753oh9 nice work!!

  13. Stephanie says:

    Great work, Jenny! I’m so impressed.
    My super-talented hus­band does most of the back-end work for my blog, for which I am exceed­ingly grate­ful. He starts say­ing “PHP” and “CSS” and “HTML” and what-have-you…and I smile and nod and…go write another blog post. :)

    P.S. I agree about the blog­ging com­mu­nity. It’s a won­der­ful, won­der­ful place and I’m happy to be a part of it.

    • Jenny says:

      …and I smile and nod and…go write another blog post.” ROFL!!! That’s awe­some! Sounds like you guys have a per­fect part­ner­ship. My hus­band just blinks and smiles. HA…poor guy!

  14. This looks FABULOUS! Nice job!!!

  15. I love your new site and I love your pas­sion!! I love the idea of hav­ing more fun! I have been try­ing to think of ways to incor­po­rate fun and play into my day since Bliss­dom. It sounds perfect!

    Sorry it took me a cou­ple days to respond. I have been think­ing about you and how proud I am to have such a tal­ented friend! You rock!!

    Amy

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