A New Year
by FireMom ~ December 31st, 2007. Filed under: Techie Talk.Like what you're reading? Subscribe to our feed.
A new year and a fresh start.
It’s like the reasoning behind those New Year resolutions that some hate to make but others, like me, live for: you get a clean slate. Even if you didn’t finish all of your resolutions from last year, even if you failed miserably, you get that chance to start anew. You can make a new list of things to accomplish and you can get to work on them right away. It’s also one reason why I dig snow as much as I do: it makes everything all fresh and clean.
And here we are. Fresh and clean. We’re still us, of course. You’ll still see our faces. After all, I am a Pseudo-Photographer! But we’ll be referring to each other as FireMom, FireDad, BigBrother and LittleBrother. People will get nicknames along the way. If you know our names, I ask you to refer from using them in the comments. While I’m not totally anonymous on here as I have links to my other blogs, I’d just prefer to do it this way. As I said, it’s a new year. A new slate. A new way of doing things.
All that said, please leave a comment with your blog link if you would like to be linked. I’ve refrained from setting up my blogroll as of yet because I didn’t want to out our fabulous new blog name via pingbacks. (It is rather catchy, no?) We’ve got ourselves set up with a whole page dedicated to a blogroll, so I don’t care if we’ve never commented back and forth before! Let’s link up! That said, feel free to add us and/or update your blogrolls with our new address on the web.
Starting tomorrow, I’ve got a lot of stuff to start blogging about that I’ve been keeping to myself as we made this transition. I didn’t want to spout something amazing and then have it disappear when I got rid of our archives in the blog move. No reason to waste my genius! (Sarcasm. Heavy sarcasm.)
In short: Happy New Year from our family to yours. Welcome to our new home. We hope you’ll leave a comment with your blog so we can be Internet Neighbors. Because, really, you should want to have a Fire Fighter as a neighbor. It’s safer that way.
If you saw this in your feed reader, can you let me know. I think the switch worked but, ah, who knows!
December 31st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Hey, FireMama! I love the groovy new setup.
The feed is working fine.
Please linkety-link me in your new blogroll. Happy 2008!
December 31st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Ahh! Brilliant Name, FireMom!
December 31st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
The feed worked for me w/ google reader!
And you are one hot firemom. *wink wink*
December 31st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I’m coming out of lurkdom (if that’s even a word) I’ve been reading your stuff since TDKOL. It’s nice to see you again!
December 31st, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I saw this pop up in my feedreader and thought, “Who the heck is this and how did they get in my reader?” Because I have the memory of a goldfish. But now I’m here and it aaaallll makes sense..
I like the name.
December 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I have you in Google Reader and you showed up just fine! I’m having issues with my comment coming up right, so we’ll see how that works when I post. My typing goes off the side of the page, but I think it will be ok. I like the new look and name!
Jenny
http://www.bringbabyhome.blogspot.com
December 31st, 2007 at 10:58 pm
it made it to google reader just fine. love the new digs!
December 31st, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Link me! link me!
Nice Site, like the name.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:09 am
New site looks good!
Just wanted to let you know that I saw this in my Google Feed reader.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:22 am
LOVE the new site! And name, too cute;)
January 1st, 2008 at 12:23 am
Opps…My email was wrong! Sorry:0
January 1st, 2008 at 12:32 am
Hey fire mom!
yes, the new blog name showed up in my feed (bloglines.com)!
I scratched my head, cause I KNEW I would have
remembered adding such a great name to my feeds.
Happy New Year, and many more happy ones.
h.s. ema
January 1st, 2008 at 12:39 am
Your new name is awfully catchy. Congrats on the move.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:58 am
Firemama i love the new name and wish you and fire family a hapy new year.
sarah
January 1st, 2008 at 1:36 am
Congrats on the new site! Happy New Year! I also was confused
who it was when this showed up in bloglines, but then I remembered.
By the way, I love the dots.
January 1st, 2008 at 2:23 am
Love,Love,your new blog name!!!!
January 1st, 2008 at 2:40 am
Can’t wait to read your new brilliant posts FireMom!
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2008 at 3:25 am
Looks great, FireMom!!
And yes, it did show up in my Google reader!!
January 1st, 2008 at 3:35 am
Oooh, thanks for commenting (everyone!) and letting me know that things are working. Although something seems wrong with my comment window… no? Strange. I’ll work on that when I get som etim which should be next to never. Maybe later this week!
January 1st, 2008 at 4:09 am
Hey I’ve been reading for a little while now, just wanted to let you know that I subscribe via bloglines and it works perfectly for me there!
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2008 at 6:05 am
Love it! My reader picked it up just fine. Happy New Year
Sara
to you all! I’m happy to see you thriving and changing.
P.S. Do you have a twitter?
January 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Yep, got this just fine in my feed reader. And sure, link me up!
I hope to someday resurrect my blogroll when I move to my own domain.
January 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Also confused when I saw you in Bloglines…the feed worked great! Cool site and name!
January 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Oooohhhh love the funky new site.
January 1st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I’d love linkies to any of the main three blogs - monavoir, my2centsreviews and/or momentsbynikkijo
I’ll be updating my links to you with the new name - probably next week.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:57 pm
as soon as I saw this pop-up on my bloglines I knew it was you!
Cute theme and idea.
Happy New Year!
(linky link please)
January 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Great new name. I like it. The feed on google reader worked. You can add me to your blog roll as Pip and Squeak at http://adventuresofpipandsqueak.blogspot.com
January 1st, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Firemom
So glad that your new years has begun with a bang. Blessings to
you and yours
-Mary
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:15 am
Totally lurv the new name and look. Happy New Year on your new site! Can’t wait to read soem more of your funny posts….
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Like the new digs … although it’s very sad to see the other go. Ah, changes. Changes.
As for the name? Too friggin’ cute!
And, yes! Yes, of course, please do keep linking me — I’ll update you in my blogroll too!
musings:mamahood&more (as always, no spaces or caps)
http://www.mamagigi.wordpress.com
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Great new home, great name. Glad to be here!
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Whew, I made it over. Congrats on the new blog! Love it!
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
[...] A New Year [...]
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I love the new blog name! Perfect.
You are showing up great in my Google Reader, but I had to come over anyway to see the new site.
Thanks for opening your blogroll and your blog to us unknown internet citizens.
jess
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Happy New Year! Please put me on your blogroll: http://awrungsponge.blogspot.com and http://sandycovetrail.wordpress.com. Love the new look!
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Yah for unknown bloggers! Thanks for bestowing your kindness on us!
Love the new look - you are right - the name is PERFECT.
BethanyWD at http://www.thatsnotgreat.typepad.com
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I’m here to request my linky as well
Your old is on my blogroll, but since I got here through that feed, it’s fine.
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Happy New Year! Love the new look. Feel free to link me!
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Love the new look. I would be honored to be included in your blogroll. I am going to update mine now with your spanking new address.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Feel free to link me on your new links page!
January 5th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Another de-lurker (is that a word?) here. Love the new name and the new look. Feel free to link me.
Alexis’s last blog post..Where have all the socks gone?
January 6th, 2008 at 3:26 am
I love the new name
And even better that you took the new year to make new names for everyone.. lol,I’m a bit change happy myself so I will try my best to stick with the same names this year and not confuse anyone 
Looking forward to reading you this year!
Kelly’s last blog post..I would, would you?
January 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Wow, I likey the new diggies ;o)
Liz’s last blog post..In which I remember 2007, sort of.