Welcome to my new spot on the blogosphere! I've spent the last two months with my @$$ glued to the computer chair, importing entries, updating links, and reloading pictures so that I can move on with my life free from the shackles that bound me to Blogger for two and a half years. (If you come across entries that still feature Blogspot links, please let me know so I can smack myself in the forehead.) (And then fix the link.) I've also wasted numerous hours on numerous crappy banners until finally settling on the half-crappy one you see now. But I made it with my own two little hands, so in your FACE, Photoshop Elements!
You can also see I got m'self a new URL. Janet of A Slice of Pink is the big name. my. BLOG! winner, so Janet, drop me an e-mail and we can discuss the fabulous prize package soon to come your way. A package that will probably include a copy of my cheesy love song CD because I am going to milk that puppy for all it's worth.
(Funny story about the e-mail: Three months ago I started to register for one of TypePad's thirty-day free trials but stopped the minute they asked for a credit card number; apparently, though, the site had already captured my information, because when I registered for real, msfrema was "already taken." Thus, mrsfrema was born. It was kind of a pain but not a horrible way to go, seeing as I'm now a married woman. What a difference an "r" makes!)
Overall, I'm really happy with the look of the new site (though I might've gone a tad overboard with the categorizing) and hope you continue to hang out with me as your schedule permits. I don't have a lot of friends, and you don't want to be the one responsible for me crying into my pillow at night, do you?
[Edited to add: I just noticed that the comments have been wiped out from all but one of my Tragic Love Friday posts. CRAP.]
[Edited to add again: Problem solved! Turns out the little dashes I inserted after each TLF excerpt threw something off in the importing process. All I had to do was remove the dashes and reimport the entries.]
Am I the first? Yay! I love the new look! I think you're very dedicated to transfer everything over. That's the thing that keeps me from moving my blog. Ugh.
I will update my stuff to reflect your move, Frema darlink.
Posted by: Nat | December 12, 2006 at 02:47 AM
Congratulations Frema,
The new look at "lookingatfrema" is beautiful.
Posted by: mjd | December 12, 2006 at 06:52 AM
congrats on moving into your new "home"!
Posted by: janet | December 12, 2006 at 08:12 AM
Way to go!!! I hope your new blog journey brings you joy and happiness.
Posted by: Brittany | December 12, 2006 at 08:35 AM
Awesome! I am proud of you and all of your hard work and extremely jealous that you did it all yourself! It looks great.
Posted by: Emily | December 12, 2006 at 09:36 AM
Congrats on your new "place"! Looks great!
Posted by: Jessi | December 12, 2006 at 09:49 AM
Congratulations on your new home!!
Posted by: Liz | December 12, 2006 at 10:21 AM
Dude! You did it!!! Congratulations! The new site rocks the casbah.
Posted by: Takin Chances | December 12, 2006 at 10:32 AM
I LOVE it! I especially love the photos of you in the heading.
Posted by: Marriage-101 | December 12, 2006 at 10:35 AM
How ambitious! I could never do this.
Posted by: Erika | December 12, 2006 at 11:01 AM
LOVE it! I wish I was smart enough to design something like this all by myself. Way to go!
Posted by: Audrey | December 12, 2006 at 11:59 AM
Congrats on getting the new site up and running. It looks great!
Posted by: dee | December 12, 2006 at 12:29 PM
Congrats dahling. I know how excited you are to finally get this thing going and out in the open. Looks good!
(And how awesome are your readers to keep the Wilson Phillips song going throughout the comments. Classic!)
Posted by: Silly Hily | December 12, 2006 at 12:58 PM
Ok I waited up another half hour last night to be the first to comment, but alas my eyelids failed me. And now I am number fourteen.
But still, congrats!! Love it!
Posted by: Molly | December 12, 2006 at 01:15 PM
Holla! Congrats on the new blog space!! It looks great (love the masthead:)
Posted by: Sant | December 12, 2006 at 02:12 PM
Congratulations my dear! Welcome to the rent-paying corner of the blogosphere. Initiation will only hurt for a second...
Posted by: PaintingChef | December 12, 2006 at 02:24 PM
It looks great! Congrats on switching everything over without losing your mind.
Posted by: Fraulein N | December 12, 2006 at 02:28 PM
I am so proud of you Frema! You did it girl and your template looks fantastic!!!!! I love you so much and hope to talk to you later tonight. :0)
Posted by: Your One and Only Nootch | December 12, 2006 at 05:54 PM
Holy crap...this is what happens when I'm super busy at work-I MISS NEW BLOGS.
Wow...it looks awesome. And I love the name. It's a good one.
(And you did all this yourself? Am sure impressed? I hope I get "blogging for dummies" from Santa so I can learn all this stuff.)
(Am I lame because I just imported all my stuff from blogger and didn't worry about fixing all my entries? Dude...so I need to go back and do all that?? I didn't even put them into catagories. CRAP!)
Posted by: Isabel | December 12, 2006 at 05:56 PM
Hey, congrats on all the work you've done ... the new site looks fantastic, and obviously reflects some mega-hours you've logged. :)
I'd love to hear more about the "why's" and "why not's" of staying with Blogger. I used another online service for almost three years before switching over to Blogger just two months ago. I'm curious why "everyone" winds up doing their own site. I'm so new to Blogger, I guess I don't understand all the drawbacks yet!
Anyway, I hope you're pleased .. it sure looks great!
Posted by: Kristie | December 12, 2006 at 06:52 PM
Wow! It looks fabulous! And I won! Yay! This is very exciting!
Posted by: Janet | December 13, 2006 at 01:21 AM
woohooo! congrats to you! the new place looks fabulous.
Posted by: Judy | December 13, 2006 at 10:13 AM
The new site looks awesome - it's all shiny and such! Makes me want to redo mine, even though I just did and it took me many, MANY "baby is sleeping, I have four minutes to do something I care about" sessions. Ahhh, yes, the joys of new motherhood.
I'm shutting up now, but congrats on the new site!
Posted by: Mrs. S | December 13, 2006 at 11:37 AM
Yay! Love the new digs; you did an awesome job!
Posted by: kelley | December 13, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Glad to see your new blog! Congrats!
Are you going for the Irish flag color scheme?
And I love the name of your domain.
Posted by: Jenabeeb | December 13, 2006 at 12:50 PM
Congrats!!!!
Posted by: butterflygirl | December 17, 2006 at 12:28 AM