First DW Post!

I'm really excited to try this out and see where DW goes!  The NKOTB-addict in me is highly amused that I'm going to be referring to Donnie Whalber'gs intials a lot around here  ;)

I'm also trying & failing to come up with a meaningful & momentous of a first post as I think this occasion deserves.  Of course, this likely won't remain a 'first' post, as I'm going to import all my LJ posts.


So I'll turn this first post into a little projects-update.  I enjoy sewing (a lot) and wish I could just take a full week off work and stay home and do nothing but sew!

I have a short sleeved shirt that's been adjusted & cut out & I just need to sit down and sew it together.  Though I did the adjusting when I thought I was a cup size smaller than I really am.  I only have three bras that are in the new correct size, so I'm curious to see how my unsewn shirt will fit in the new bras compared to the old ones. I should pin-fit &/or baste the shirt together wearing one of the new bras... that way I'll be able to (hopefully) fine tune some adjustments before doing the final sewing.

I'm also taking a class on quilting (well, actually four classes, I've got three down & 1 to go), just because I thought it would be something fun to learn.  I like learning things!

The quilting is actually a bit more frustrating for me than I thought it'd be.  I'm very much a perfectionist, so the fact that my blocks aren't all exactly the same size & don't have all their bits & pieces lined up correctly is difficult for me.  The blocks look really good from a distance of 2-3 feet, so I'm trying to remember that I still have gorgeous fabrics, put together in an interesting and beautiful way, and it's going to be a great quilt!  To finish it I have to make 16 more blocks (I'm hoping to do that this weekend), then go shopping for batting, and go shopping for a fabric for the outer border. I have a nice white fabric that will work just fine for the inner border.  I also have to sew all my rows together before the final class (but first I have to finish the rest of the blocks so my rows are complete)!

I have this weekend and next weekend to accomplish these things, because I have my final quilt class on the 28th where I'm going to learn how to put it all together!

I've got to decorate around here!  I want to play with colors, layouts, & mood themes!

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This is me, making this a non-blank entry!

In other news, the same Semagic client I've been using for LJ works just fine here!! For those that are curious, on the log-on window, click on the File menu, choose Server settings, where it says www.livejournal.com, make it says dreamwdith.org. Put in your dreamwidth username & password.
Now the bottom of the log-on window, just above the "Log In" button, should say dreamwidth.org!


Now, to figure out cross-posting!

WooHoo!! Cross-posting has been achieved!!

Tips found at this InsaneJournal post:

File>Server Settings - this is where you put dreamwidth.org or www.livejournal.com (both use port 80), then your actual username & password that the client will log you in as.

In the main window where it says 'username' this MUST be two different things in order to cross-post to two different journals.

Here's my setup:

Livejournal:
ServerSettings= www.livejournal.com, port 80, my username & password (the same as what I use at the website)
The logon window I have "rosebee-lj" then my real password

Dreamwidth
Serversettings = dreamwidth.org, port 80, my real username & password (again same as at website)
The logon window I have "rosebee" then my real password.

In the login box in the main window, this is where you can put a username for whatever. LJ was happier about accepting a different username here than DW was.

Then when the client is open, go to the Journal menu, then "Post to Multiple Journals". After doing the above steps I now see "rosebee-lj" and "rosebee". I've checked the box, and if I was successful this post should go to both places!

::crosses fingers::

Before I hit the magic button: Something I've noticed - if I have the LJ journal selected in the drop-down menu of the client, I get options for entering tags & my locations. Once I switch my 'current journal' to the DW name (they show up in the list as rosebee-lj and rosebee), I don't get these two fields. Strangeness.