Lick My Sticks

UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS AND BLOGROLL'S!! HTTP://LICKMYSTICKS.COM has OFFICIALLY launched!!

The site is up and running with a nice long new post about sleeping with ghosts. GO, go now!!

IF YOU CAME HERE VIA A LINK PLEASE EMAIL ME AT: PAMHELME@LICKMYSTICKS.COM AND LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FIX IT!! HEAD OVER TO THE NEW SITE AT HTTP://LICKMYSTICKS.COM!!

I have nearly perfected my template. I got my own header image up on that biatch like nothing! (If my dad taught me nothing else, he taught me to never read directions, get mad, bitch, secretly read them, and figure everything out yourself.) I'm pretty proud of myself, screwing around until it worked did the trick on mostly everything. I'm struggling with the link side bar set up now. I'm unsure of how to transfer all my buttons and webrings so that everything works...but once that's done...oh, baby. I'm there.

The new website is coming along, it's almost ready for official unveiling. (although melissa snuck there already!! sneaky!!) I think I've got the template buisness mostly figured out, so hopefully by the end of the week! I know you're all just on the edge of your seats.

I finished my moms eyelash scarf, which I knit on 9's so it was thick and heavy. She was totally thrilled and fascinated, she's easy to please. I'm probably casting on for jaywalkers soon, but I'm going to try the easy sock pattern with my cheap sock yarn before I dive into jaywalkers, which look somewhat difficult for a first time sock knitter.

I have a TON of blogging to do about this past weekend (my 1st anniversary). It's a pretty cool story but I'm going to save it for the new blog. For now I'm off to the gym!

xoxo 

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! I'm not religious, but I am Irish, and man do I love beer. Today is my Christmas. Everyone get drunk, be merry, and be safe!!

That's right ladies, I am the proud owner of lickmysticks.com, I've got hosting, I've transferred my blogroll. And now? I'm a little lost. I HATE every blog theme I've seen. I want to do my own but I'm not even close to that smart. I just want it to look KNITTING RELATED, not like a peaceful spring fucking day. So that's my major complaint thus far. I don't know anyone that would design me one for free....which sucks.

Overall I'm pretty terrified I'm going to hate this very quickly. But I WILL figure it out! I'm pretty computer literate, so all hope not yet abandoned here.

If any of you are doing the WordPress thing and have any helpful tips or tricks, please pass them along. I'm sure I'll eat up a good month or so trying to move everything over to the new blog. I found rockin' hosting for 5 bucks a month (and they let you pay month-to-month!) at POEhosting.com. Thus far it's been really user-friendly. I set up The Accursed's website and it was a nightmare, this has been tit easy. They have a "blog plan" that has WordPress built right in, it set most everything up for me!

In knitting news I finished the Steek Vest last night, it's pretty bulky and frumpy on me right now, I'm going to block it to death probably tomorrow (I used Wool-Ease for those who asked) and see what happens. I certainly wish it was longer, so I'm going to try and stretch some inches out of it. To celebrate this FO, I dove into my moms simple black eyelash scarf. I'm using size 9 straights so it's going to take a while, but it's thick and heavy...very nice. You know, say what you will about eyelash, sometimes a thin, black, fuzzy scarf is just the right touch! And as my mom pointed out, they don't snag your earrings! Anyway it's a nice interim project I don't have to think about. I got about a foot and a half done watching Grey's Anatomy (playing catch-up on season two, only 3 episodes in!), The Shield, Lost (Working on season one...what a cool show!) and the newest Family Guy. (I download TV shows like it's my job, I have no cable.) All in all a nice evening of R&R, I've been sick as a dog for 3 days now. :(

Well, I'm going back to wandering around WordPress lost and confused.