Move #1 completed

Friday, June 29, 2007

I signed up for the new domain shortly after this slightly whiny post and then for 3 months did nothing with it, exhausted from all the energy spent coming up with such a CLEVER name. That actually Duck invented. Not bad, huh?

It was quite the brainstorming session: domesticat.com was already taken, but I really wanted to continue using that moniker and build the brand, if it's not already established already (heh heh), in preparation for my ascension as a huge multimedia conglomerate. Anyway. domesticatknits.com was the next obvious choice, but then I didn't like the idea of limiting myself to just knitting, even though currently it is the craft of choice.

So here we are with DOMESTICRAFTS. The door is wide open for anything and everything under the crafting sun. And if you squint not too hard you'll notice that domesticat is still alive and kicking in there. Yay!

And I kept the subdirectory name clog - which aside from cat log, can now also stand for craftlog. Or cooking log. Or cocktail log. Or crazydrunk log. See? So versatile. Couldn't get rid of it!

As for Move #2, that is coming along. Two more weeks! The last couple of days have been the hottest of the year, and that was when I 1) chose to make risotto for dinner and 2) haul armful after armful of books for packing and donation.

I can't believe all the college books we'd been toting around from apartment to apartment to house. Bye bye forever you guys!

But that yarn stash has really come in handy.

Yarn stash coming in handy

How to pack a glass vase.

Tower of Stephen KingLook at the tower of Stephen King novels. Some of these are Duck's, but most of them are mine! From when I was in 6th to 8th grades.

Duck said he read Stephen King around the same age as well. What is it with pre-teens and gore? (Where were my parents?) Because though I'm keeping a few, like The Shining and It, I don't ever ever EVER want to see Pet Sematary again. Nor Cujo. Ever.

I guess the older I get, the more I like my pets cute and friendly and not undead. Sorry.

The house is in complete disarray, and it saddens me to think that when it gets put back together is when it is totally empty. So it is officially no longer lived in, at least not by us anyways, and I'm all sentimental and mushy sad about it.

But then maybe not so much will change. Did I tell you that the buyers of our house is the same, um, demographic as we are? Don't make me spell it out. OK I'll spell it out: the husband is lily-white Caucasian and the wife is dragon-red Asian. About the same age too.

I picture our neighbors going up to them saying, "I thought you guys moved."

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Friday, June 29, 2007 7:30:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Domesticrafts... oh, now THAT's clever!!!
Friday, June 29, 2007 8:08:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
The yarn stash does indeed make great packing material. In fact, you might need to get more stash in order to safely pack everything. That's what I did. :)
Friday, June 29, 2007 9:30:12 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Great move. Love the name and the new image. :)
Friday, June 29, 2007 9:49:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I iz yer furst subscrybr! (in bloglines, at least) Congrats on the new domain - and my regards to Duck on the clever name. Good luck with the pending other move. And, um, I don't think I want my pets dead or "undead" (vampire pets??? NOOOOOOO!) - I think I'll stick with alive. ;)
Friday, June 29, 2007 11:26:21 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Good luck with the moving! And I had that exact stack of books by Stephen King in, oh, junior high! I remember not being able to fall asleep after reading IT. The light coming through the trees, which were blowing in the wind and completely freaking me out!!!
Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:25:04 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Congratulations on Move #1! The site looks great. Hope Move #2 is just as successful!
Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:34:42 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Weee! A whole new domain! Puts my little template redesign to shame.

If I have to move within ten years of this date I will first take my yarn stash with me to a beach cabin just to hang out with it, before it gets lost in the chaos. Sigh. I love my yarn stash.

That's a little eerie about the demographic. I somehow doubt that the buyers of my home (whenever we sell it) will be an Englishman and a 6 ft Dutch woman. (We are not your average pair around these parts even if we are lily-ass white.)
Saturday, June 30, 2007 5:47:06 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Happy blogwarming! :) Very cute!

You had me laughing out loud with the last comment! I can already picture it in my head!
Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:15:04 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Congrats! Unfortunately, I'm gonna feel like a total creep from now on as I ogle at those adorable undulating red bricks wondering, "This one? No, I bet it's that one!"
Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:15:52 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I read lots of Stephen King in middle school as well. That age is so very questionable :)

Love the name!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:29:18 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
HAPPY MOVING ! Great packing skills too ! Hope you settled in soon - my Mum can't wait for your next post !
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:08:46 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
test test test
me
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:52:11 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
LOL. Too funny! I love the bit about the new owners. heh. ;-)

Good luck with the moving!!! I've always stayed away from SK (even as a pre-teen) because of the gore. I'm such a baby - it gives me nightmares!!!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:39:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Thank you for telling me that we are going to meet in Aix, I cannot wait to find you and wink ;)
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:06:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Well.

First: I just finished my brother's long overdue b'day RED SOX SOCKS! And I am posting this on your blog because ??? . . . it's YOUR IDEA of course. So thanks. I think he will like them.

Second: your mention of undead pets reminds me of this terrible mean horrible cat given to me by a student one birthday. And it was TERRIBLE (i have scars) and one day it got hit by a car (proof that God exists), and we buried it, and. . .

. . . its body kept getting dug up and it kept showing up. Like five times. So clearly King was on to something with that story.

Good luck with the move. And thanks for the sock inspiration!
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:43:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Nice move #1.

Good, effective thoughts for move #2.

The, um, demographics are too funny and the consequences too potentially true! (I keep doing it too myself - oh no! another couple that looks like us! Did that make any sense? I'm not sure, and I'm not exhausted by moving...
Monday, July 02, 2007 5:32:36 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
That's hilarious about the Stephen King. I got into it about 6th-8th grade as well!
Monday, July 02, 2007 2:04:05 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
happy blogwarming!! no one's rafts are more domestic than yours.... (sorry, i couldn't resist.)
Monday, July 02, 2007 2:08:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Happy new home!!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:01:56 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Happy moving all in all!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:04:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I second the best for your new domain! May you rule in crafty heaven until your domestic goodness reigns supreme!

Ok, so aside from being cheesy, I am moving soon as well (physically, not digitally) and I appreciate the thought about how to pack my stash! I was wondering about how I should pad the china!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:23:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Wow- lotsa moving around here!

Congrats!

So many awesome crafty bloggers in Boston- we should have a celebration once you are settled!

(oh and ravelry hat on- don't forget to update your profile with your new domain!)
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:06:29 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I'm suddently taken with the urge to dig out 'The Stand' and read it for the umpteenth time.

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