Added a new page today. I’m a big fan of SBI, and they’re just about to add a great new feature for those interested in e-commerce - shopping carts. They have a great deal planned for those who already are signed up with SBI, a sort of buy one get one free deal. Definitely the right time to sign up with SBI if you were even thinking about it. They have a great guarantee, so you really have nothing to lose.

OK, enough advertising.

I can’t believe my daughter will be 2 in just one week! Where did the time go? I’m sure I’ll be saying that for years to come. She’s learning so fast right now, we really have to watch what we expose her to. New words just come popping out of her mouth, she knows most of her alphabet, colors, shapes and several numbers in order (although she does those mostly randomly). How did I get such a bright kid?

Of course, I’d also like to figure out how the organized work at home moms do it. I have trouble keeping up with the dishes, never mind the laundry, vacuuming, etc. Lists don’t help me; I ignore them. I know some of the problem is in training my husband to help, after all, I’m working a job too, as well as running a business! I guess I really just need to get a better routine going, so I don’t waste so much time. Seems like I’ll sit down to do something for 10 minutes, then poof! an hour has gone by. I’m sure many of you understand what I mean.

I’ve been having lots of fun lately. I’m working on a new website, and I’m determined to do it as much as possible in CSS. I am really delighted with how CSS handles everything. I’m just hoping I can keep it compatible across enough browsers. I love the way my current layout is starting to look for the new site, kind of a three column look, but one column is nested, so when it runs out the other column will use the extra width available. It’s so much fun learning this technique.

I just can’t believe the mood Ariel woke up in today. Quite intensely NEEDING to play, and in ways she normally doesn’t. Just had to have me playing with her, or she wasn’t happy. This is one of the delights of working at home. DH and I took her to the Children’s Museum, and let her play there. She loved it. They didn’t have much that we don’t already have, but it was a chance for her to run around with other kids. She’s in such a curious, exploratory mood today. I really hope it lasts.

Finally got things going with Aweber, and I’m very happy I did. I’ve been getting some very supportive comments from people even as they unsubscribe, simply appreciating my efforts and understanding the situation. I’m just glad to have this done and over with… please? I just hope my resubscribe requests don’t generate anything bad. All in all, it’s a tough situation, and I can only hope people will continue to understand that I’m doing my best to do the right thing.

Well, I’ve made the transfer of my list. Still waiting for AWeber to send the resubscribe notices. Once that’s done, I should be in pretty good shape, I hope. It’s been a frustrating experience. Wish I could say it had been a learning experience, but I just don’t see how I could have prevented this from happening. Just call it a part of being online, I guess. I really want to figure out how to get the RSS feed going. I think I’m going to look at that for the discussion boards too. Be nice to be able to encourage more people to come on over, even if not many people use RSS yet. It strikes me as quite a promising technology.