Thanks for stopping by my new blog!

I had been thinking about a blog switch for quite some time. My old blogger blog, The Card Yard, just didn’t feel like “me” anymore. A company with the same name opened a business buying and selling gift cards a couple of years ago, and it irked me that we had been sharing the same name. I also chose that blog name somewhat jokingly, since it was a play on words for “The Junk Yard” — I hope my cards are a little better than junk now. The new name also allows me more flexibility in the event that I would ever like to start blogging about other things (besides cards), and it releases me from Google/Blogger which had been charging me for photo storage even though I have been hosting my photos in Flickr for years (I know, don’t get me started). With the disappearance of Google Reader this July, the timing just seemed right to switch.

So we returned from Mexico the other day, and I’ve spent the better part of the last 24 hours figuring out how to transfer everything to WordPress. It’s nothing short of a miracle that this seems to be working! YAY! I am happy to share what I’ve learned if you’re ever curious.

In the meantime, I hope you’ll subscribe to my new blog feed and enjoy my new home with me. You’ll find a variety of icons for following in the sidebar, but please let me know if I missed any.

In honor of this fun occasion, I am going to host a giveaway here on my blog. I would love it if you could leave me a comment letting me know you’ve found me here by midnight EST on June 28, and I’d be most grateful if you could help spread the word too. I will choose a winner at random to receive a $25 gift certificate to the online store of their choice.

Thanks so much!

Suzanne