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I was going to sell this site but changed my mind. I’m so glad I did too. I enjoy the mom content (new blogging here too) on this site and it’s been around for a while now (2004). I think all it needed was a new look. YeahMom! Can you say PINK?[/third]

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I just recently started creating custom designed wordpress themes. I’m rather happy with this custom design I did for LP&P. I updated the site with new posts too.. I know it was feeling very lonely there for a while. Yes, my website have feelings – don’t yours!?[/third]

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This site is easily my most posted on site.. mainly because I feel a little more liberal with it, posting more daily, life and fun stuff. It too got a new design and plenty of blogging. Also added a Good Reads widget here, great book/read tracking site.[/third]

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MomsRewards.com – my oldest site (2000) saw a little bit of a face-lift with a new main image on the front page, a new design on it’s rewards blog and some new quality freebies of course. I’m happy to report it’s been seeing a lot of new visitors lately too. [/third]

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I just get around to this site as often as I would really like to. Maybe this is something I can change for 2011. I did however, spend a good amount of quality time with this site just this morning, blogging about my favorite teachers blogs.[/third]

Also, worked on some custom graphic designs for a client and updated my design portfolio and paid some attention to AnotherBabyBoomer.com and Wahmiam.com with new blog posts.

It’s been a good couple of weeks at home on holiday vacation being able to get these updates done. I did manage to get up from my desk once in a while and eat, sleep, visit the gym, visit relatives and enjoy some quality family time playing many many rounds of Scene It too.

Wishing you a happy and fulfilling new year 2011 too!

I like that I can control so many design elements through CSS and then include my own graphic design choices in the background and header, as in the example above which I created for my FromKarlyn.com website. It’s about time really. I’ve been using WordPress software for most of my sites for years now. I have enjoyed using many wonderful themes offered by other talented designers and always thought: “Someday…” Well someday is now, and over the last few weeks, I jumped in and started creating.

I plan to overhaul the look of all my own domains over time, but for now, I have most of them converted to some of my first custom designs. I created a Themes page so that I would have a designated area for sharing new theme designs and then, after a while.. offer them to others for use on their own websites and blogs.

That’s the plan anyway. If you have a chance, let me know what you think. Thanks!

This one is the first blogger sites I set up and it’s all about amazing educational finds online.. from sites to free offers. I teach tech, so we use a lot of these resources and I never cease to be amazed at the plethora of wonderful free educational tools and services available on the wide world web. I found this wonderful blogger theme (see January’s “Best Blogger Themes and How-to“) and thought it perfect for the type of blog I wanted to do. I have many categories that help to organize the various posts.. from assorted grades, subjects to homeschooling and freebies. I also occasionally share a lesson or two that I’ve personally taught in class and saw great results with. Check out great-edu-sites.blogspot.coms

So, this is a newer one I call “Enter to win!” I like sweepstakes and enter to win contests. I mostly like to win, but you can’t win if you don’t enter. I find it handy to have a place to go for a fresh supply of contest sites to enter. There are many out there, but sometimes you have to become a member and log in for access or sift through miles of content to find the actual sweeps. I wanted to put something together that was easy to find and do, quickly, without any other gobblygook to slow things down. So, I found this blogger theme that was perfect for the type of entry listing format I had in mind. All the newer contest go directly to the top and basically everything new displays right there on the front page. No need to search. I can’t cover ALL the contests out there, but I do try to post some quality ones along with some personal favorites. Check out nter2win.blogspot.com

Blogger is the perfect platform for the beginner. As you can see, it’s still fun for the not-so-beginners too. Blogger sites are easy to set up. You can have your site and content ideas up and online in 15 minutes and there are tons of themes to choose from too. I have a total of 6 blogger blogs. You can see the list of them on my blogger profile. Two were featured above and below are thumbnails of a few more, but they offer less content or simply pull the rss feed from one of my larger domains. But maybe you’d like to take a look at them anyways.

Thanks for reading and checking them out. I love feedback, so feel free to let me know what you think. Blogger.com is the free blogging service referred to here and what I used to create these simple blog style sites. Haven’t started blogging yet? Why not give it a try?

It’s been a while since I did an update on all my sites and I’ve actually been pretty busy with too! So without further ado…

I’ve added several new baby boomer related article posts to my BabyBoomerDivas.com site. I’m attempting to choose content that I think is relevant to the baby boomers of the world, both working and retired. I figure, if it interest me, it may interest others! Hope I’m on the right track there. Check out the blog and let me know.

At my MomsRewards.com site, I’m updated a lot of content on the main page, but have also added some of the BEST freebies I’ve come across lately, to the rewards area. I hope you’ve been able to stop by and pick up some of those freebies for yourself. You know, they never last long.

Probably my most time consuming project of late, but also the most fun I have to say, was going through many of my grand-aunt’s photos and collections and scanning them for eventual inclusion at my Irene-lentz.com site. I have already posted several new photos of Irene, some designs and photos with her brother – my grandfather, Kline Lentz. It’s great fun. I hope you get the chance to browse them.

Still getting things aligned and set up right at Wahmbuds.com, but have also gotten several more pages added to the site. Everything is work at home mom related here. That’s the focus and I’m sticking to it! I added a page of work at home jobs I’m real happy with too!

I don’t know, but at FromKarlyn.com, I went from writing about my wonderful copper dog and the shelter we adopted him from, to how much I love coffee.. but that’s one of the fun things about having your own site. You can do that. :) I don’t know who wants to know, beyond myself, but there are some really great things about coffee. I love coffee. Hmm..

I felt inspired and wrote about finding your passion, for my LivePeaceandPassion.com site. Letting your passion guide you in life is something I feel pretty strongly about and write about in different ways here and there. I plan to have a step 2 and 3 eventually, but step 1 is posted for now.

I also added content for Moms at YeahMom.com and Work at home info at Wahmiam.com. See? I told you I’ve been busy.

Site Re-Designs..

I spent some time this last week on a couple of re-designs. If you click on the images here, you will be brought to the website, where you can see the new design as it is meant to be seen.

First up, was WahmBuds.com. This old site of mine has been around since 2005.. not my oldest site, but still.. over the last few years, it’s seen it’s share of design changes. This most recent decision to re-design was actually forced upon me as the site had some database casualties in my recent web-hosting move. But no tears shed here. I like the occasional challenge.. especially when it involves design. I went out there this time and had the idea of going nostalgic. I just went with the idea and kept an open mind to see where it brought me. I ended up being quite happy with the final design and felt that it represents women of all ages and background in their quest to find quality work at home, quality time with family and a good balance between the two.

Next up, was my BabyBoomerDivas.com site. I was simply tired of the old design.. two years with the same colors is one year too many in my opinion. So, I indulged myself and re-designed this site based on my mood of the day, which was fun, light and full of bold purples and burgundies. Some times, you just have to see where things take you, you know? Most often than not, I’m happy with the results when I give myself time to do just that. I like the bold colors and fun feel. Do you?

You know what would be great? If you could visit these sites and then come back here and let me know what you think. I truly do appreciate feedback. I think these sites feel pretty, what do you say? :)
Hope to hear from you..

Happy Holiday! I hope you have a most excellent All Hallows’ Evening!

If you are looking for a few holiday related reads, check out these:

Fun Halloween Quotes and More

From All Hallows’ Eve to Halloween

Easy Halloween Party Mix

More Freebies were posted at MomsRewards.com, so hope you head over there and grab a few while they are still active.. Visit here.

A couple of new peace and passion related posts were added to my LivePeaceandPassion.com site over the last two weeks. I especially enjoyed learning about and passing along news of young Mr. Bonner’s Little Red Wagon Foundation. What a neat guy. You can see more about that when you visit here.

Lastly, I probably spent most of my time on updates over at my FromKarlyn.com site.. Sometimes it’s easier to post here because I feel I can be a bit more random. The site, after all, is casual and I tend to add some personal updates there. So, if you can make your way over there, you’ll read about my arm, hehe.. Anyway, you can visit here and see what I mean.

Oh gosh, one more! Take a look at the new stuff over at my BabyBoomerDivas.com site! I’ve added links to some new stuff, a couple of new blog posts too. Visit here. Thanks!