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Posted: March 13th, 2008 | Blogging

Hello and thank you to all who have come through the Ultimate Blog Party! I’m so glad to hear we have some favorite shows in common! I enjoy chatting about them, so comment away!

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Blog Partying!

Posted: March 8th, 2008 | Blogging

I’m excited to join the Ultimate Blog Party going on at 5 Minutes for Mom! I’ve been reading their site for over a year and enjoy all their tips and blog contests!

I hope to meet more people who enjoy chatting about their favorite TV shows. Especially now that the writer’s strike is over! Currently, I watch and blog about LOST and American Idol, but there are a ton of other shows that occupy my time.

What are your favorite TV Shows?? Leave a comment to tell me what shows you watch! If you like to blog about your favorite shows, leave me a link to your recap or review

Hope to see you again soon! Thanks for stopping in

p.s. Here’s more about me from my About Me page!

About Me

I’m a California-native, wife and mom of 3 kids (aged 6, 3, 1) who keep me on my toes!

At the end of the day when the kids are finally in bed, I like to unwind by watching a little TV with Mr. TV Junkie. I have a wide interest in TV shows (some I’m too embarrassed to admit ~~like The Hills~~!).

Mr. TV Junkie likes Sci-Fi channel and I have come to enjoy his shows (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG1 & Atlantis) and he now enjoys mine (24, American Idol, LOST, etc.).

Since we added the DVR to our family, we watch more TV shows and fewer commercials. We can also watch at our leisure.

TV Shows that have story lines deep in anthology or mysteries or great writing are my favorites to blog about and I always wonder what others are thinking. I started this blog to keep track of my favorite shows and to share and chat with others of the same interest. I enjoy sharing moments or quotes that make me laugh or think.

It has also been a fun experiment to learn how blog traffic works. (I was a marketing analyst in my former life BC - Before Children.)

If you’re here for the first time, introduce yourself. Leave a link if you’re also blogging about an episode.

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New Blog Design!

Posted: January 28th, 2008 | Blogging

I’m very excited about my new blog design!!!

Thanks to WPDesigner.com, CSS Tab Designer, PS Elements 6, and a bit of elbow grease, I was able to get it up in less than a day. I’m still working out some bugs and adding some of the original elements, but I am happy thus far.

I hope to also be blogging more. I enjoyed the fall season’s episodes to their full extent. Which, at the time, did not include watching with my dinosaur laptop. I’ve since upgraded my laptop. Now I just have to remember to take some notes

p.s. I also updated my widget to match!

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog…

Posted: May 22nd, 2007 | Blogging

Holy rotten plug-ins, Batman!

So sorry to my weekend visitors who might have received a 404 error on my blog. Apparently, one of my plug-ins was causing my individual posts to “disappear”. But, with the help of BlueHost customer support, I was pointed in the right direction. (I enjoyed talking TV with him too!)

If you are looking for a bloghost or webhost, I highly recommend BlueHost!

(Note: BlueHost doesn’t provide technical support for WordPress, but their customer service still is fantastic.)

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Help Choosing a Webhost!

Posted: May 12th, 2007 | Blogging

I’m very excited! For Mother’s Day this year, I’m getting the perfect geek gift - web hosting! We’ve narrowed it down to two services - 1and1
and BlueHost. We’ve gone back and forth on which one we like better.

I’m familiar (and comfortable) with these two services because I’ve used or seen them on other projects and heard very positive reviews. Now that I’m picking one for my personal and business sites, I’m taking a closer look at features, pricing, and overall usability. We’re looking to spend $10 or less per month. Here’s a run down on what I’ve like so far:

1and1

(from their webpage)

Included domains, private registration
Blog, chat
250GB Webspace
PHP & MySQL
2500 email accounts
Website Builder
Photo Gallery
Starter Software package
FrontPage extensions
Marketing package
Blog (Wordpress based)
Security features
90-day money back guarantee

BlueHost

(from their front page)

300GB Hosting Space
Host Unlimited Domains
Blog, Chat, Boards
2,500 email accounts
PHP & MySQL
FrontPage Extensions
Free Domain
Site Builder Included
Security features and backups
Site promotion

Whoohoo - an included domain too! I’ve been looking up different domains.

They each offer almost the same package for the price. I have friends who could help me get started with 1and1, so they were our first choice but we decided to shop around. That is when I found BlueHost and realized they powered some of the sites I frequent and adore.

On the BlueHost site, they provide a demo of the user interface so I can see what I’m working with before purchasing. (As a marketing-type person, this was a very smart move on their part.) I haven’t seen the 1and1 interface, so I can’t compare. I was told it was easy to use though.

I think the most useful review (wish I still had the link to re-read) pointed out that BlueHost has the better potential for growth, if you are looking to build a business website. Eventually, that is where we’re headed, so we’re interested in BlueHost.

1and1 is excellent for a first-time web builder or for a personal site. It is still at the top of my list. I believe their business packages are also excellent, but I got the impression that BlueHost was a tiny bit better.

We’ll be deciding soon, so we’ll have one or the other! I don’t think we could go wrong with either provider.

This also means I may have a change in blog format somewhere in my future and may explain any absences! I’m not sure if I’ll be working in switching now or after the season finales. No matter what, I’ll be sure to leave a link!

Update: I picked a host: BlueHost! The new URL for this blog is http://tvshowsilike.com!

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