I know I’ve missed blogging the last few weeks. Right now, things here are a little hectic. I’ve been dealing with doctors this week in addition to trying to get the last of our things packed up so they will be ready in just a few short weeks when Hubby leaves to drive them out West. We’ve rented a storage unit for now. Once we have property we’re planning to build a shed to store everything until the house is built.

We’re hoping to be out of here by June at the latest. Ideally we’ll be able to leave sometime in April, but definitely by June. Between now and then, however, blog posts will probably be mostly nonexistent. I’ve got so much going on right now that worrying about getting a bog post up every week is the least of them. As was the case before, when something has to give it’s usually going to be blogging first.

But in the good news department, I’ve been getting a lot of writing done lately. I’m hoping to be able to finish the latest book by the end of the month or shortly there after. It was meant to be a standalone, just something to work on in a different world since I got stuck on my main work in progress, but it has series potential so there could possibly end up being more than one. We’ll just have to wait and see how I’m feeling once I finish this book.

I will also be redesigning my website in the near future. My website is currently hosted on Squarespace, which I absolutely love. Squarespace is a great platform and very user friendly. I highly recommend it to any DIY author who wants to have control of their site without having to worry about learning how to code. I’ve been a Squarespace member for ten years now and have built countless sites using the platform.

But later this year I will be switching from squarespace.com to a self-hosted wordpress.org website. This wasn’t an easy choice for me to make since, as I mentioned, I love Squarespace and the ease of use.

The honest truth is that Hubby and I are at a point in our lives where we’re transitioning from the life we’ve had to the one we really want. It’s not been easy and it’s gone a lot slower than I would like but it’s happening nonetheless. We have plans to become more independent and finally be able to work for ourselves full-time. Part of that is the move that’s been in progress for the last two years. We have ideas for online businesses that will need websites and of course my author website. We also plan on having a website to document our homesteading experience. While Squarespace is great for a single website, having multiple websites with them can get rather pricy.

Which is why Hubby and I have decided to do the self-hosted WordPress websites. And by Hubby and I, I mean I decided and he nodded since he’s never had a website before and therefore doesn’t really know anything about it. It’s cheaper for use to get a VPS hosting package through Dreamhost (which is the company I have my domain names with) where we can have unlimited websites. I love Dreamhost because they are a privately own company and have excellent customer service. Not to mention they have some really great packages available, from shared hosting all the way up to dedicated servers.

While I’ve built numerous websites on Squarespace, I’ve only built one or two on WordPress and it’s been several years since the last one. For the next few months I’ll be putting in a lot of time trying to learn everything I’ll need. That includes familiarizing myself with the WordPress platform again. Which means watching a lot of videos and reading a lot of blog posts. There’s always a learning curve whenever learning anything new but I’m hoping it isn’t too steep.

But that also means less time to write blog posts. Hopefully soon I’ll be posting about how we’ve finally left our old life behind and are embarking on our new one.

Here’s to changes and building the life you really want.