“The RoseBouquet”

I’ve not had time to investigate all that’s available at AdlandPro yet as I said I would last week. Other projects took precedence. However, my email hours are eaten up in checking out and responding to a continuing flood of members at AdlandPro who are inviting me to be their friends. I’m really beginning to wonder whether I have time for such networking communities. But I WILL check it out soon.

One thing I did do last week was explore and set up my first Google approved sitemaps. I read that these help you to get your site listed in the search engines more quickly and thoroughly. (Although a couple of guys on a forum complained that it got them delisted in a hurry).

I decided to read up on the instructions for an xml sitemap, and I created one for the small site I built for a missionary friend. It worked. So the next day I built one for my sub-domain, Intimacy.Ruthes-SecretRoses.com.

Now those were small ones, so they were easy. My BouquetofEnterprises.biz site is about 100 pages, and the main Ruthes-SecretRoses.com site is 600 pages! For these I might have to go to sitemap generating software.

I did get that kids’ gift book written by Sunday night, but oh-no, my printer cartridges are not behaving! They print only in green! As soon as I can I have to order new ones; I’m afraid I’ll have to send the book as a belated birthday gift to Elise.

What is it about? Well she’s just turning two, and Jalise wants books to help herself and her kids learn Plaut Dietsch (Low German), so this one is about the names of colours and counting coloured chicks up to ten, in Plaut Dietsch of course. I call it “Tusch en Kjkikjel.” (English: Colours & Chicks).

You know, I’ve been slowly renovating my Media kit online, and came across an interview that an editor from Mind Like Water did with me back in 2003. In it she asks about my gift books for my nieces and nephew. I give a fairly detailed answer. I bet you’ve never seen that, so I’m going to put it below in Ruthe’s Roses.