I’ve been sitting on this bit of news for a little while now, but my life has been a whirlwind for the past couple of months. (Plus, I’ve learned that I’m just bad about making these sorts of announcements.)

In any event, I’ve sold two more of my web properties: The OptiNiche and WordPress Diva websites and content. It was a smooth sale, but I won’t be disclosing the details since I haven’t yet discussed it with the new owners.

Since the OptiNiche website did have commercial content which wasn’t included in the sale, I archived it and will be providing access to the original OptiNiche customers. When things settle down for me in the next couple of weeks, I will send out an email with specific details.

And since the WordPress Diva property was sold without the themes, I’ll begin working on updating a few of my favorites and making them available for download from the Teli Design website.

To finish up, I’ll say that I’m happy with the new owners. I’ve checked out some of their other web properties and feel confident that they’ll take care of these websites.

Now I just have a few more web properties to sell and my web portfolio will be down to where I want it.

It’s long overdue, but I’m finally redesigning the Teli Design Studio. Right now there’s just a placeholder up while I work behind the scenes, but I’m tempted to take it down so that people can watch a design in its various iterations. Since I’m too tired right now, it’s a decision which needs to wait ’til morning.

I’m feeling rather inspired this week. I actually just finished printing off an updated list of my domains. (I’m so proud of myself for paring it down as much as I have, but I still have about 30 sites I need to let lapse or sell.) And looking at that list, I’ve decided which sites I will be focusing my time and energy on developing.

First up? CSS Goddess. Yes, the site that has been languishing in my account for nearly six years. I never knew exactly what I wanted to do with it–I had some foreign idea floating around, but nothing clear–but last night before I went to sleep, I began plotting all the things I’d like to do with it.

Foremost I want it to be a design gallery showcasing some of the most beautiful web designs to ever pop out of a woman’s head. But I want it to be more than that, too. I want it to be a community. I want it to be a place for education. And I want it to be open to all. Sure there are other sites out there that do this already, but many of those sites have…what’s the word?…hostile participants. This site I want to feel welcoming.

Gah, I’m getting ahead of myself. Now I just need to focus on drafting up a proper plan and mapping out the necessary action steps to get the ball rolling.

I can’t believe I haven’t updated this site in over a year. *sigh*

Oh well.

A lot has happened and I can’t believe how much life can change in that time. This got me reading through the archives (feeling all nostalgic and whatnot) and I’ve realized how out of date this site actually is.

I need to create a new design. For now, I’m switching back to the very first design I ever put up. Hooray for nostalgia!

My photos are woefully incomplete…I didn’t even finish posting up the Australia/Fiji pics from four years ago and I don’t even have a page for the Germany/Prague/Italy or Hong Kong trips. I’ll get right on that eventually.

The about page could use a little sprucing too. Surprisingly my interests have changed quite a bit. (Interesting fun fact: I no longer watch TV and haven’t for just over a year. I still have Netflix though.)

And I have an entire category for posting of my artwork, but I’ve been posting the majority of my artwork on my FB page. I need to start moving some of that over here.

Right now, though, I’m going to eat lunch.

• Been “out of the office” for a while. Feels odd getting back into the saddle again. Going to spend the weekend getting all caught up. #
• Also just finished the new blog design for a site called Today I Read http://todayiread.com/ - and have two more client projects in queue. #
• @JJParsons thanks good to be back. #
• @jeanniebeannie hope it’s a fun game. #
• @JJParsons Time off was good/lukewarm :). New ventures off line include a lot more writing and getting involved with the arts. #
• @reginabaker thank you. hope the other two designs will be just as nice. LOL #
• @belleenchanted LOL I feel your pain. I need to clean my kitchen and get groceries. Too bad I never had the luxury of a husband. #
• Have decided to change my primary email address since it is now inundated with spam beyond all reason. (PM if you’d like my new one.) #
• @sugarrae now I’m curious…what *exactly* are you trying to do to the theme? #
• @belleenchanted You can count on it Belle. I saw that link in your blog post and I couldn’t stop laughing. Porn for Women. ROFL #
• BTW, Porn for Women does not actually involve any nudity (I don’t think): http://tinyurl.com/3gs2tb #

• @JonSymons Actually, WP 2.5 never had the problem; could just 2.0 to 2.5–think it’s something 2.6 specific. But, meh, I had a backup. #
• Wasn’t difficult to find the categories and update them from phpMyAdmin manually (luckily it was very few categories). #
• So, in case anyone missed it: When upgrading WordPress 2.0, jump to 2.5 first (for your categories’ sake) and then move up to 2.6 #
• Hello Twittervillians. Have you been kind today? #
• @daver LOL - Mondays have a way of doing that to people. That’s why I try to start my day off with all the pleasant stuff first. #
• Just finished reading, emails, and now it’s time for writing. (Gonna save the coding for tomorrow.) #
• BTW, if anyone knows of any good word processing software designed specifically for authors, I’d be much obliged. #

• Trying to finish my webhosting review, but hot damn, Media Temple apparently doesn’t like blog entries past a certain length. #
• Guess that means I’ll have to do some *heavy* revising of the blog entry and the hosts I’ve listed as recommended. #
• The WordPress hosting review is finally as published as it’s going to get. Not entirely happy, but, eh. http://tinyurl.com/5u42xy #
• Why is it always so hard to design for your own site, especially one you care deeply about? *sigh* #
• @DearYvette - LOL. Wiser words were never spoken. #
• @retta719 vague is an understatement. I’d like to see some terms, rules, and a clear outline of who is eligible. #
• My old Sony laptop is jealous of my new Sony laptop because I secretly enjoy drawing graphics on it more. #

• After having forsaken Twitter for a week, I’m coming back to say hello twitterverse. #
• The thunderstorms are rolling in, have nice calming music in the background, answering questions, plus brainstorming a new design. #
• OMG, MySpace *did* redesign. I must really have been out of the loop. (Shows how often I actually check my MySpace account.) #
• Hmm, wonder what’s up with the burning building in the background. Is it an ad for something? #
• *sigh* My MySpace profile page is now borked to high heaven, but I don’t have the time (nor really the caring) to fix it right now. #
• Helping Firefox set a world record: http://tinyurl.com/5vcx53 #
• @robinlemon - I had to click on the My Account button and then click on Home after logging in just to get to my inbox LOL #
• @KReschke - yes, borked! LOL Completely abolished: http://www.myspace.com/telisms #
• I used to get compliments on the design, but now…I don’t think I’ll be getting very many, plus have to learn their new design “system”. #
• @DearYvette - that sounds like so much fun! #
• I’m such a dunce. Was wondering about burning building on MySpace, turns out had adblock enabled and it was an ad (for the Dark Knight). #
• @DearYvette - who needs an actual *shower*; you have a garden hose, right? #
• @DearYvette - perfect — now, get a bracket and tack that bad boy the wall — insta-shower. #
• Finished solving a plugin puzzle and now it’s back to prepping a site for sale. (Yes folks, I’m cleaning out my domain/blog portfolio.) #
• @learninggeek aw, thank you hun. I am definitely in need of some big hugs. Lot o’ changes happening ’round here. #
• @daver You can just kiss my ‘Cane lovin’ behind, thankyouverymuch. #
• @jodyg - yes. yes it does. #
• Hmmm, @daver has got me thinking that I want to go back to school. Maybe I’ll sign up for a couple courses next semester. #
• Just finished playing around with Firefox 3. So far, 40% of my fav add-ons aren’t compat., but 50% of them still work (forced installs). #
• And so ends my brief break. Back to site preparations and updating my to-do list for tomorrow. #

• Am days behind schedule. Today is not much better, still only able to move at a snail’s pace, but I *must* get this theme done. #
• Quick reminder for blog theme designers–add back the white space!
  http://tinyurl.com/6jwazf #
• OMG. I feel like I just sneezed out a lung. 0_o #

• Just finished revising my contact form’s confirmation message adding a note that not all email addresses work 100% of the time. #
• Rather than contact me again in a tizzy since I didn’t respond–try checking the spam folder or using a *different* email address. #
• Now, I can get back to organizing my blogs and revising my editorial schedule since it’s been on my to-do list for too long now. #
• @cflinnds I’m on PC and I generally use a piece of paper and a pen for my to-do lists. (My daily ones, anyway.) #
• Lately, I’ve been using my new Tilt, which does a nice job of keeping things in order for me. #
• @techlady - a bit late, but I actually do like the Tilt. The keyboard could have been designed better, but all in all, a good buy. #
• *sigh* I have a lot more blogs and websites than I remember having. One day I will have them all reigned in. At least, that’s the plan. #
• @AndyBeard - LOL and I’ve done that, too. #
• My tummy’s upset. Just finished brewing some fresh mint tea. Hope that will settle it. #