So how annoyed are you guys going to be if I talk about digi-scrapping for a little bit? (Right now every spare MOMENT is about my digiscrap blog, so you'll have to humor me!)
I broke down and bought my own domain -- which is the first domain I've ever bought. I threw a quick little something together and figured out (miraculously) how to make it work. It was TOTALLY exciting (umm, 'cause I'm a dork) the first time I typed in jenstrange.com and it worked. yay me! So this will be the uber-easy way to tell people about my Digiscrap blog.
The OTHER cool domain I've got goin' on is a joint effort between me and Shabby Princess. She is a darling and actually cares enough about my site to think about where I should go with it, and somehow her thought process got around to me having a cool domain that could be typed in. (This was a few days before JenStrange.com dawned on me.) "Digiscrapping101.com isn't taken!" she told me. I loved the idea of getting it -- but not just to be for my site. I thought a PORTAL site would be cool, an all-in-one, here's what you need to get started in digi-scrapping, with the 5 sites I love the most and am loyal to. I e-mailed her with a rough description of my idea and she designed this! And had it up in like 2 days! I am SO amazed at her. So now, folks, if there's only one site you remember (or if you are talking to someone in passing and want to tell them where to go), here it is: DigiScrapping101.com. (There will be blog stickers soon for linky-love . . . if you want one, e-mail me.)
OH, that's the other thing -- I now have gmail! With Juno I had 2MBs of e-mail storage. With gmail? Over TWO THOUSAND. Holy freaking crap. So I am WAY excited about this. My new e-mail addy? jenstrange AT gmail DOT com. I will still keep my Juno addresses, but the gmail will now be the best place to get a hold of me.
Love to you all.
May 4th, 2002 Our wedding
September 14th, 2002. Going home from the hospital with 2 day old baby Jake!
10 days old and we're ALL worn out!
1st Halloween (6 weeks)
1st Christmas (3.5 months)
January 2003 ~ 4 months old
July 2003 ~ 10 months old
December 2003 ~ 15 months old
June 2004 ~ 21 months old 
Lou's 28th birthday. 10-23-2004. 
Easter 2005 ~ 30 months old 
You know I'm ALL OVER a free download of a scrapbooking mag. I'll be there!!!
I wished I knew you wanted gmail. I have it and still have all my invites. It kicks ass - never have to delete! :)
Have a fab weekend!
PS. How much was it for you to purchase your own domain and how easy was it to set up?
Posted by: VJ | October 07, 2005 at 10:47 AM
VJen:
how much? for buying the domain plus a year of hosting, $54. (Totally worth it -- I just sold a 3 month ad spot [the "star supporter" at top right] on my DigiScrap blog for $90. heh.) I used nohasslehosting -- if you want to use them, let me know -- I get $$$ for referrals!!! Their customer service so far has been very quick and very friendly.
As for set-up ease -- had I not already KNOWN all about building webpages and been pretty good at figuring stuff out, I never would have gotten it. As it was, I barely figured it out. LOL.
jen
Posted by: Jen_Jake'smom | October 07, 2005 at 11:17 AM
Congratulations! This is so neat! I will be checking you out more since I am seeing I am really missing out with DigiScrapping.
I would love a sticker for my blog!
Way to Go!
Posted by: Shelly | October 07, 2005 at 12:06 PM
way to go!
Posted by: Tricia | October 07, 2005 at 04:14 PM
Very, very cool, Jen!! I'm so excited for you! Gotta say I've never heard of gmail, but it sounds amazing!! Okay, I'm going over to your new site now!! I'm so excited!!!!
Posted by: Andrea | October 08, 2005 at 01:51 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! GO JEN GO JEN GO JEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS! It is SO exciting to read about all your big changes! AMAZING!
Love you
Kelly
Posted by: Kelly | October 08, 2005 at 02:57 PM