Thanks to everyone who surprised me with blog awards. Sorry it took me so long to post this here!
From Kailani at An Island Life:

Kailani awarded me with the I’m Fabulous Award because she thinks I’m fab (wow, people rarely say that to me these days!) and also because I am one of the frequent commenters on [...]

I found a great wordpress plugin info at Leanne’s blog that allows you to respond to comments in the comment section and send an email notification to the comment author at the same time. Nothing can be cooler than this!
Since I strongly believe in the writer-reader interaction, this plugin is very helpful. My reply to a certain comment will [...]

Take the Mom Blogger quiz!
Ok, not that it isn’t obvious already but the quiz result has spoken: I am a full blown blogger. Just can’t get my hands off the keyboard and write whenever I can. Want to know if you are too? Take the Mom Blogger Quiz from Mamablogga.

To those of you wanting to earn some cash while blogging, check out the new online money making gig of the block. Get paid to blog with Smorty!
Smorty is an online service which connects advertisers with bloggers. Simply put, bloggers write their opinions and/or reviews on certain things or products and then paid when the [...]

I have just transferred to my own domain and having a lot of thoughts about my big leap. I say big because I have not done this before and although there are lots of forums and information available in the internet, whatever I’ll do with the resources I find is all up to me. If anything works and looks great, [...]

Web hosting is a service that allows you to put your website (domain name) on the internet so that people can see you. After taking the step of deciding a name for your website and registering the domain name, the next important step is to find a web hosting service from a web hosting provider.

Search, [...]

I started a website 7 months ago on a free host. Now the site has become quite substantial, with inbound links more than I expected and a decent visibility on search engines. I’ve been thinking it would be wise to get my own domain because I’ve decided that I’d like an extra layer of control over my own [...]

 This was originally called The Blog Crush Meme but since I think I am too old and too married for the word crush, I renamed it.
1. What was the first blog you read? The very first blog I ever read was Accidental Mother. She writes about single parenting with humor, as if it is a [...]

I am not in a hiatus after the long carnival post yesterday although I admit, I want to break free from blogging by at least a day. Oh well, I couldn’t do it so here’s a quick post.
As mentioned in my previous post, I am slowly migrating into my own domain. Contents moved, some bugs checked, [...]

Finally, I’m growing up (blogging-wise) and being brave - - I have decided that I would like my own domain name.
Here’s documenting what I’ve done these past few days.
THE BASIC FIRST STEPS

 Choosing a host - Wordpress has a few suggestions. I chose Bluehost because it’s on top of the list.

Signed up at Bluehost [...]