Green Day
And I ain’t talking about the band!
I’m actually talking about our exterior. I know. I know. It’s totally not baby-related. But seriously folks…I gotta talk about something other than Will sometimes. He’s pretty awesome and all but too much baby talk can drive anyone a little bonkers….err…a little more bonkers.
So before we went into labor, our front yard looked a little like this…
BLEAK. and brown. and unbloomerific.
and when we got back from the hospital after our four-day stint, we were pleasantly surprised. Apparently God was in the mood for a little before & after action. It was completely painted green and pink and lovely.
My boyfriend was thrilled that the grass had greened up. And even though there were a few patches that had died before they were established, the smile on his face was completely worth the $400 water bill we had last year. (long story…here’s the short version…we laid sod, Eric the yard dude told us to make it swampy, we made it swampy, water company charged us for the swamp plus some, we argued with said water company, water company revised bill, we paid $400 for swamp). It was crazier than eyeliner on a Jerseylicious girl. Almost.
And because I am in a generous mood, here are the side by side before and afters. Yeah…because scrollin stinks, right? Or am I the only one that is THAT lazy around here?! Don’t answer that.
So that’s that. Now I have another totally unrelated question for ya. I think that I need a little spiffing up around here…as in the blog. I think I might be ready to get my own little web address and stuff like that. But I am kinda a doofus around computers…so does anyone out there know of a good way to cheaply go about spiffing? Maybe you can recommend some kinda book for dummies? Or know of some web designer person that can help out a gal? I have like $13 I can pay 
Whatever your recommendations, I’d love to hear em!
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Hey there! My hubby specializes in web design(he runs his own company) and more specifically he is amazing at wordpress. His site is http://www.catonthecouchproductions.com and his e-mail is Ryan@catonthecouchproductions.com
He would love to help and can send you to tons of web pages he’s done that were wordpress based.
If the custom URL is mostly what you’re after, you can do domain mapping with WordPress: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/ … so for $15 you’d drop the .wordpress from your name. But things are still quite limited in terms of custom design and add-ins.
If you want to go full-blown custom you should set up your hosting separately with bluehost or godaddy, as others have mentioned, and then install WordPress so you still have the same posting interface you’re used to. Plus, you’d have the flexibility to add advertising to your site, which I’m sure Will would appreciate for his Baby Gap wardrobe. Good luck!
It’s so pretty!! I live in north Atlanta (Roswell) and we are also on a massive hill; erosion and a nasty tree have killed our sod. Your lawn looks so great, would you send me the contact info for Eric the yard guy?? It would make my mom super happy!
I’m a software developer — and this sort of thing can be easy or hard, depending on the level of customization you want. If you just want your domain – it looks like wordpress.com has some help for you
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/domain-mapping-registration/