I love blogging. I don’t know why exactly. Maybe it is because I am a busy body and sometimes I can’t find time to chat with my friends. It’s so much easier to just blog everything that happens in my life, because all my friends can read that just at once. People can reply on my blog posts. This often results in some kind of online conversation between friends. The fun part about that is, that these ‘logs’ won’t get lost.

Although…

I’ve been a blogger ever since I’ve been making websites. And I’ve been making websites since 2001. Well I have made some websites before 2001, but I do not feel the desire to share these with any of you They’re also gone. The problem with me is that I have too many websites. Some of these have grown too big and therefore I had to get my own server in 2003. I shared this server with someone else. And this sometimes caused problems, like crackers (people who call themselves hackers but are not worth it). And crackers just love to destroy websites from amateurs like myself back on those days. It’s because of these crackers that I’ve lost so many blog posts in the past. Which is a shame really, because looking back, I do miss certain parts of my ‘blogging life’. And I can’t retrieve them. At least not all of them.

I found a few blog posts back today. I honestly doubt I will ever find any other old blog posts back. But never say never, right? The blog posts that I could retrieve, are from June, July and August 2005.

Right now, archives won’t show up. I can’t figure out why. I have a test blog on my pc where I run the same theme, and that one does show archives. Maybe it has something to do with the new Wordpress? I don’t know. But it’s quite frustrating.

Yes, I’ve joined Twitter. Don’t ask me why. I’m busy enough already. But Alex asked me whether I had a Twitter account a while ago. And if I find something appealing enough, I tend to join anyway, even if it is just to try it out. So now I did. Have a Twitter? Add me here (You will need to be logged in on Twitter to do that though)

In the spring of 2006, I designed a new layout for my blog/portfolio. I used to have my (personal) blog separate from my portfolio. I also had a fonts website, an art website (pixel art/vector) and even my cats had their own website. To save effort and time, I decided to merge everything into one bigger website. I will host my creations like fonts and artwork on my portfolio.

People who frequently visit my blog, might think, spring 2006? There was no new layout online during that period. That’s true, I never uploaded my new website. I didn’t think it was finished just yet when I left for Los Angeles in May 2006. The layout was almost done. It just didn’t feel complete. I didn’t know why, but it needed more work. I will add screenshots later, to show you the difference between then and now.

After I came back from Los Angeles, I had fallen in love with someone and my life turned literally upside down. I was forced to neglect some projects, at least for a while. My websites were taken down due to something my ex did and that was problematic enough for me to stop working on my portfolio for a while. I lost clients, I lost websites and I lost spare time. During a trip to San Francisco in July, my websites were down, when I needed them the most.

After having everything back up again, I could start working on my portfolio again. Only this time, I didn’t have time to do so. I had a lot of websites that needed attention because of the downtime. In between I traveled to Leipzig (Germany) and after I returned, I got enrolled in a new study and that was reason enough not to work on my portfolio.

My study was all about design and also required a portfolio. Since I already had a portfolio, I ‘only’ needed to change it a little to suit my needs. I changed it a little and it was one of the best websites I had ever made. But even though the layout was ready, the content was not. I needed to prepare everything I had ever made for my portfolio and that takes a lot of time. Time was something that I did not have. And if I did have some spare time, I would spend it on SNW.

As you may have read in my previous blog post (or on the about me page), I’ve been suffering from health issues for the past couple of months. Well actually, for 6 months now. And I also discovered that I’m pregnant now. So me being sick at home gives me some free time to catch up on some of my neglected projects, like my portfolio.

I’ve almost finished the layout. I only need to add a few more (small) things. I’m planning to add a navigation bar on top of the header, with sub items when you hover an item. I’m also adding more photographs in the header. My sweetie ChEeTaH made the random image script. He will probably release the script once I finish his portfolio FYI: All of the photographs are taken by me, and sometimes they’re taken for me.

The content will follow soon. On your left there’s the *Blog* section. On this side, most of the (menu) items and links work. I am still working on the *Personal* and *Portfolio* sections. So please be patient for those sections to show up. I might add even more features on this website. But you’ll just have to wait and see what’s next

For old and new members: I took most of the old blog and turned it into a nice “new” blog, meaning, the existing member accounts from both www.rosana.nu and www.rosana.co.uk are still present. If you have any doubts whether you are in fact already a member or not, please do not hesitate and contact me. I mainly have members who know me personally, so most of the members have my personal mail address