Archive Blog - April 2004
Okay... well, remember yesterdays news? lol. I've now decided I'm not going to be hosted.. lol. It's not that I don't want too, it's just the hassle of switching to it! Because I'd have to upload all my pages, images, photos and more! And I can't really be bothered! I'd rather just keep adding to the site I have!
However, I have changed my URL-re-direct... I'm no longer @ dot.tk because it's not reliable. My new link is... http://gold-illusions.zor.org so please update anywhere you may have me linked! I will set up a re-direct page aswell.
That's all I have to say really... except *YAY IT'S FRIDAY!*
Lataz
Plugs: Liz, Twinkle, Joanne and Emma.
posted by
Bronnie @ 1:27pm |
Great news everyone! I've got a host!!! A big thankyou to Gill from VegasBrite.org who has accepted me and my site! YAY! My new address will be... http://www.bronnie.vegasbrite.org. I'm not there quite yet! I still have to sort it all out. But I'll be sure to leave a re-directing page at this address, so you can all find me!
In other news, the weather here has turned to sh*te again! It's raining and I heard a bit of thunder before!
Hmmm also people, I need a bit of help with the whole "FTP" thing, if anyone has any helpful sites please contact me with them or leave a comment!
OMG I can't wait to travel!! My boss's son, who's about 23-25, is at the moment in London, he's been to New York, Miami, Las vegas, LA and some other places.. and he sent her an email.. which had a link to his online photo album he's keeping while he's away.. and OMG it looks so cool! I really can't wait to go see all that stuff! Better start saving... lol
Time for work, much love to all!
posted by
Bronnie @ 9:18am |
Latest news is that I've decided I'm going to look for a host! Because I'm sick of pop-up ads and dot.tk! It's just not reliable enough. I have had a bit of a look around, I have applied at one (haven't heard back yet) but there aren't many that appeal to me. Quite a few have depressing domains which aren't really appropriate for me. If anyone has any suggestions? Please leave me a comment.
I have started working on the 'just 4 the guyz' area, not alot done, but it's getting there. I just need more time! lol. Also, any guys who visit, please leave me a comment with any suggestions that you would like to see in the guys area! Much appreciated.
Plugs: Joanne and Me.
posted by
Bronnie @ 9:00am |
One word describes him.... *spunky* hehe! I just saw this photo of Justin and thought OMG it has to be my layout!!! So it's up! :)
Haven't blogged in awhile (tut tut)... but I had a great weekend!
Friday night was a girlie night for me.. hehe. Rob went out to some clubs and strip clubs with a group of his mates for his birthday and so I decided I'd rent a girlie movie that he would never let me rent! lol. "Love Actually"! It is the coolest movie!! I'm going to buy it on DVD now! haha. It made me laugh and cry and everything! lol. I truely recommend it!
On Saturday Rob came over and we went to his soccer game, another win! 5-2 to his team. Saturday night I took him out to dinner for his birthday (which by now was 4 days ago! lol) to Orbit, in Sky City. It was so FLASH! lol. The waiter even came up and put our napkins on our laps and you couldn't get your glass of water down passed half-way before they refilled it again! haha! I've never been to a flash restaurant like that before. And if you're not familiar with the Sky City in Auckland, New Zealand, it's called Orbit because it rotates round as you sit and eat! Takes like 60 minutes to do a full rotate I think.
On Sunday morning Rob went to his "Church" (golf) and I watched a real lame DVD that we rented for 0.83cents. Haha (6 movies for $5.00 deal). Then we did a bit of shopping in the afternoon and rented 'Mary-Kate & Ashley - Sweet 16' Playstation game. It's so bl00dy funny! lol.
And yeh, now I'm back at work for 5 days! =/
Cheerio!
Plugs: Liz, Rob and Me.
posted by
Bronnie @ 11:43am|
This is just a quick message to say Happy Birthday to my baby, he's 20 today!!
Enjoy your birthday babe! xoxoxo
Also, new affy added today, Julia.
Plugs: Liz & Mirka
posted by
Bronnie @ 9:15am |
As you can see I've got my new layout up! Yay! I'm sorry it has pop-ups, but they don't bother me! Feel free to tell me what you think!
Mind you........ alot of you might not be seeing my website... because bl**dy dot.tk has broken or something, so my forward url link doesn't work and neither does their actual site!! I mite look at getting hosted by someone. Any suggestions?? Because I can't really afford to pay for my own link at the moment!
Woohoo! Another review done!! This one is by Truely Dreaming Reviews. A big thankyou to them!
Total score this time was: 83/105
So if you want to see what they said please visit my 'reviews' page under 'about the site'.
Not alot to say... it's Monday, I'm back at work =/ o0o0o but it's my boyfriend's 20th birthday tomorrow!! Woohoo! hehe. I'm going out to dinner with his family tomorrow night, then on Friday he's going out on a boys night with some friends, clubbing and to strip bars.. lmao.. And on Saturday night, I'm taking him out to dinner! Spoilt boy! lol.
Oh, Rob had his first soccer game on Saturday, they won 2-0! Yay, good start to the season!!
I suppose I had better do some work now! Catch ya's later!
posted by
Bronnie @ 9:50am |
Yay! I've received a gift from Sophie. Here it is...
It's so pretty!! hehe!! Thankyou lots Sophie!
Also, I've had a review done on my site! My total score was 81/100! Thankyou to Fanatic Reviews for doing it for me!
>>>>>>Here's what they had to say:
Reviewed:: Gold Illusions
Reviewer:: Jodie
Webmaster:: Bronnie
Date:: 14/04/04
Splash: 2/5
The arrangement of your splash image, �awards� and �reviews� buttons are odd. Overall, the splash page does not look very neat, and the image itself is not that attractive.
Layout: 11/15
I like the arrangement of your tables, and this part of your site is alot neater than the splash page. I also like the colours used. This said, I think maybe you could change the picture more, and make your own graphic, rather than just putting the picture onto a background. This way, the layout would look more professional, and more individual too.
Content: 21/25
Wow, you have alot of content! I especially like the �www� section; there are alot of links for your visitors to visit. However, I am not sure what has happened to the �you� section, as you cannot link to anything from this page.
Originality: 14/15
I think overall your site is original, and you have alot more for your visitors to do than most personal sites I have seen. Well done!
Loading Time: 10/10
Your site loaded fast for me!
Webmaster: 4/5
You seem to interact with your visitors on the tagboard, and you update quite often. But it would be better to update every day or even every two days, to keep your visitors interested.
Errors: 4/5
I deducted one point because none of the links work in the �You� section.
Overall: 15/20
This site has potential, and is already very close to becoming a great site!
Total 81/100
Tips:I suggest that you try to make your splash page look tidier, and you experiment more with your next layout. Also, you should sort out the �You� section, or at least have it down until it is usable.
It is also on my reviews page if you want to read it over & over... lol.
You may have noticed I've re-named some of my sub-pages, ie. "me", "you"... etc.. I did this because so many personal sites are set out like that, so now mine are, "about me", "for you" etc etc.. haha. Not really different at all (and I'm aware quite a few people have those titles too) but I feel special so it doesn't matter! *grin*. Of course, all the same sites and reads and everything are still there. I did remove "www" becuase I don't really understand the difference between "www" and "site". lol. So I've combined the two as "about the site". Hope you all like!
Well, now about me... geeeeeez has it been a slow week!!!! I know it's been a 4-day-work-week, but OMG it's gone so slowely! But Yay! TGIF (Thank God It's Friday - if someone doesn't know). Rob (my b/f) said he'd take me to 'Along came Polly' this weekend!! YAY! I can't wait.. and I'll make sure I update my movie reviews page for you all! hehe.
Ciao for now!
posted by
Bronnie @ 11:25am |
Last day of my long weekend =( it's actually gone pretty quickly! On Friday I didn't do alot, infact I can't really remember.lol.
On Saturday Rob and I went to the Easter Show, the circus was definatley the best attraction there!! We also saw the Tweenies, for about 10 minutes, then it got boring.. haha. Rob paid $5.00 for a dart game and won back .20c haha. So all in all it was an okay day, we ended up getting home about 7:00pm. Then we went out to dinner at a restaurant in Takapuna (North Shore) which was yum.
On Sunday morning Rob went to golf and I went to my mums for Easter breakfast and to hunt for my Easter eggs.. hehehe.. (Yes I'm 19!). After that, my little sister Madddie came back to my dad's with me and we watched a movie. Then when Rob got back all 3 of us went out and got some playstation games and pizza. The playstation games were hilarious! The funniest was 'So Little Time' which was based on Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen. There was heaps of little games on it, including tag!!! hahaha. We had trouble with our pizza though! =/ We got home to find they had given us 2 different pizza's to the ones we ordered!! So we called them up and had to go back. When we got there I hinted that we should get freebies for our hassles! Lol! So we ended up getting our 2 pizzas, a garlic bread, some chips, a cheesecake and a chocolate mousse!! Good score!! haha.
Today we didn't do alot, a nice relaxing day really (before having to go back to work!). Rob and I went to the driving range (TWICE)! Because inbetween he bought a new driver, so of course we had to go try it out! lol.
And I'm very close to being sick of chocolate! But not close enough ;)
Plugs: Liz // Twinkle
posted by
Bronnie @ 8:01pm |
Well yup, and AGAIN! I can't be bothered changing it again... I hope.. I'll try wait a few months! For most visitors, you must see a new layout everytime you come back!!! hahaha
I made all my loyal visitors a prezzie.. since there's a special holiday upon us!
You are most welcome to have it, aslong as you save it to your own server and maybe link me back *big grin*.
Well speaking of holiday... 4 DAY WEEKEND!!!! Yay! Finally! lol.. haven't had a long break since Christmas! I should be going to the Easter show tomorrow night with Rob, it's always a laugh. This year there's a circus!! So hopefully that's good. Other than that, this weekend all I'm expecting to do is eat choccie eggs and watch some DVDs, maybe go to the movies... I wanna see Along Came Polly and 50 First Dates. Anyone seen either of them? Please tell me your views...
Nothing left to say and my new Sims Unleashed Expansion Pack waiting beside me.... *hint hint*..which means I'm going to skidadle now!
Commenters: Twinkle
posted by
@ 6:19pm |
Yes I've done it again! haha. NEW LAYOUT!! Yay! I'll stick with this one for awhile (hopefully) because it's clear, easy to follow and I'm out of ideas at the moment for another one! lol. Hope you like it!
Other than designing my new layout I've just been working and getting over the end of Rob's cricket season!. Had prize giving on Friday (2nd of April) night, he got a certificate for his 63 & 56 runs. He also won a bottle of rum for being named 'Club Personality'. haha. Because his speeches about his team's results are so entertaining! He honestly has the whole clubroom in fits of laughter!
So of course, after the awards and after him and all his team mates had had quite a few beers we went back to one of his team members houses, had a few more drinks, learnt all the secrets about everyone and it finally got to 3:00am and we thought we should get home.lol. Of course I was the sober driver, because it was his night, and he had made the unfortunate mistake of drinking beer and spirits! So yes... you can guess... we had to pull over every 20 minutes so he could throw up! haha. We also said we would drop off two of his friends (so they could drink) and so the trip home was even longer than normal! After a looong car ride we arrived home at about 4:00am, he fell asleep almost instantly.
At 8:00am in the morning when we woke up (because he hadn't thrown up yet) he thought he was all better, but no. Everytime he ate or drink, it came back up. So he gave up.lol. By dinner time last night he was finally able to eat, which was a relief for him!! So of course the rest of the weekend has been pretty slow as I didn't have much sleep on Friday (4 hours).
However, we went to the gym this morning.. woohoo(!). haha. But I felt good after going, as you do!
I had entered some awards at a couple of sites.. but no luck =< I didn't win anything at either... oh well, I've nominated my site at a few more, so please vote for me it only takes a couple of minutes! Look I've made it easy, here's the link to my awards site where you'll find the buttons with direct links to their sites! --> Link Thankyou!!
Good news this week, my payrise will have kicked in! So my pay on Tuesday will be higher! Yay! Doesn't end up that much more a week, but hey! better than no payrise!
Starting to get tired now.. haha. Probably time for bed soon.
Commenters: Liz
posted by
@ 8:42pm |