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Site Downtime, and a New Host

If you tried to visit this site yesterday or earlier today, you were probably met with a big fat error message. :-(  I thought that the problem had resolved itself by Saturday evening, when the site briefly came back online after my web host reset the server, but the reprieve only lasted a couple of hours. This was the second time in less than a month that this had happened. (Third, if you count the reset on Saturday.) Add this to the consistently sloooow loading time I had been experiencing in the past half year, and we had a problem on our hands. It wouldn't have been half as bad if my host's customer support: Hadn't taken seven hours to respond to my first email, then...

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12 Meme Days

Considering that the 12 Days of Christmas now costs over $100,000, this version is a more affordable — and certainly more humorous — option. Merry Rage-mas and Happy Meme-days! Via Rage Comics. P.S. — Geek in Heels is today's featured blog at BlogAd's gift-a-day holiday calender! For a limited time, get 30% off the purchase of an ad when you use the code HOLIDAY30!...

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Guest Post: On Writing

Writer's block. Lack of inspiration. They are the bane of any blogger's existence, and I must confess that they occasionally make me want to just throw in the towel too. Today, Katie writes about how she finds inspiration and even gives us a few choice quotes that may help other bloggers tackle writer's block as well. Even if you're not a blogger or writer, I'm sure that you will find this post helpful and inspirational. Enjoy! I'm excited to be guest posting for Jenny while she, J and Claire enjoy their first few weeks with little Aerin. I've known Jenny for three years now through her blog and really appreciate what she has to say on her blog about motherhood, her faith...

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