Finally Started Working on My Website

Going to try to get this blog post done earlier today, so I can get to bed on time, and maybe get up early tomorrow. Maybe I will be more productive that way.

Time Log -
Midnight last night - to bed
2 am - Emma woke up, I put her binky in her mouth, back to bed
3:30 am - She woke up again, same thing, back to bed
4:00 am or so - She woke up, would not be comforted, so I picked her up, and we had a hard time on the couch, she fidgeted a lot, could not get comfortable, she has a hacking, wheezing noise going on now, if there's another night of this, we'll go to the doctor
5 am ? - I took her to my bed, and eventually we both fell asleep
9:15 am - we got up (yes, the older two children got themselves off to school), gave her a bottle & the boob tube, went downstairs to check email, and looked at Wilton products online, started blog post
9:50 am - do laundry, change Emma's diaper, dress her, sat down to make her a purple binky clip to match her outfit (sometimes you just want to be pretty, even at home), but I gave myself a mental slap and told myself to not get distracted, went downstairs to exercise
10:50 to 11:20 am - exercised on Gazelle, think I will try a higher resistance next time, it might be getting too easy
11:20 am - get Connor some food, wash dishes (this means I wash the big pans, Dani & Gil are the dishwasher loaders and undloaders), feed Emma, put some of the food away, make my breakfast
12:05 pm - sit down at the upstairs computer to file some of my email, and get started on my website, probably wasted 20 min on some British news website
12:50 pm - change Foofie's blow-out diaper, take the dirty laundry downstairs, this inspires me to do the whites, which makes me want to take a shower, so I can put those dirty whites in the laundry, I got showered & dressed, went back upstairs, put Emma down for a nap
1:30 pm - back on the computer
2:05 pm - can't keep my eyes open, ate some lunch, then laid down on the couch
3:15 pm - Emma woke up, so I tried to be productive again, got distracted by looking at more nostalgic teen flicks on Amazon, Dani & Gil are home, help Emma & Connor
3:55 pm - downstairs to my laptop to see if I can get some more done, help kids off & on, it was a hard fight to not go to my bed for a nap, but was able to start on figuring out my website. I'm starting from scratch this time, but using an online server called HostMonster, who provides a lot of support. The last time I had a website, and learned programming, was a shocking six to seven years ago, and of course, I've run into problems on eBay because my knowledge of website programming is so out of date. So, I wanted to get a website with someone who would give me support, and HostMonster is one of the highest-rated webhosting servers out there. But there's a learning curve, so it's going to take me some time to figure it out.

This is what I need a website to do:

1. Host picture files - Ebay can do this, but because I need a website for other issues, why pay eBay a separate fee to host my stuff?
2. Host files - Files that other people can dowload, mainly free cutting files for my Pazzles Inspiration (oooh! which I need to bring to Girls' Weekend!!). Blogspot won't host files for download, just pics and videos.
3. If I get to do what I want to do in the long run, have a branded product that I pay someone else to produce, then I want to reserve my brandname on the Internet - Becky's Craftroom, so my website is beckyscraftroom.com, but all you get so far is an underconstruction page.
4. Besides, the cost of HostMonster is only about $5 a month, you have to pay it all up front (I subscribed to three years), but my website is paid for three years now (yes, Sue, I paid real money for it, earned with my Pazzles profits), and the customer support is awesome.
5. Craft blog - yes, I already have a beckyscraftroom.blogspot.com, but again, I can't really do what I want to do - downloadable files such as Pazzles cutting files or Photoshop files to offer to customers. But with my own website blog, I can do this.

7:00 pm - went visiting teaching, Connor begged and puppy-dog-faced me, so I took him, and he was as much of a spaz as you'd expect.
8:30 pm - back home, talked to kids, hugged baby, then we read scriptures, and we all pitched in to pick up the tv room (Yeay!! the upstairs looks pretty clean!), I fed Emma, then bathed her, got Connor ready for bed, put Emma to bed, read story to Connor
9:45 pm - back downstairs to my computer, talked to Sue on the phone, worked on my blog post
10:30 pm - I'm going to bed, so I can get up early and exercise, maybe I will get some more work done.

End Post #30, 2009