You see that pair of skid-marked undies in my laundry hamper? Those are mine. I pooped myself quite a few times yesterday when I realized that kickyboots.com had been overtaken by some weird shoe company page. And then I pooped every time I got an email from one of my concerned readers asking, “Where is your blog?” As I pooped I screamed to deaf ears, “I DON’T KNOW!!”
Turns out, my domain had expired. Who knew? I assumed that when I switched hosts a few months back that they took care of the transfer of the domain as well. Apparently not.  Like I needed another reminder of just how ignorant I am about internet complexities.
I couldn’t sleep last night, thinking about how devastated I would be if I lost my blog. I was thinking that I’d have to come up with a new domain name, and would probably have to resort to “kickybootz.com” and I had to hold back tears when I considered how lame the “z” made things.  And then I was like, “How will I tell them (the throngs of readers lining up everyday for a sampling of my literary gems)? I’ll have to get some of the bloggers I link to to put a special Urgent Notice on their blogs, redirecting people to my new (and cheesy) domain. AUGH! I’ll lose half of my readers (which would be about 14)!”
Anyways, my domain has been renewed, I am back, and my blog has not been swallowed up by the Great White Internet Shark, like I had feared.
I hope the absence made your hearts grow fonder.
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Phew! Glad your back…I was getting concerned!
We missed you! Now that you’re back all is right with the world…the blogger world at least! :)
New reader here. Glad you are back!
Thank goodness you are back. Last night The Mrs. and I were looking for you and thought that you had gone into the shoe biz.
Yeah! I was worried!! Knew you’d figure it out.
You said skid mark….FANTASTIC. This is why I love you. I am so glad you did not have to resort to a rapper name blog address. I had a few alternates for you if KickyBootz was taken. KikeeBootz, Kykeyboots, KickyBoooooots, you know…I could go on and on..I am a wordsmith.
make that 15 readers. Just found you and bookmarked kickyboots site. Not kickybootz. (but that would have worked too)
Oh, my dear….we are lining up everyday for a sampling of my literary gems…seriously.
(and….I bought a pair of shoes off that site!!!)
Madelyn in Alabama
I can only imagine your panic. I’m glad it worked out. I’m sure you have a lot more than 30 readers.
Yay! I am generally a lurker but had to come out of hiding to let you now that I’m glad you are back!
Glad you’re back Amanda. I was wondering what had happened.
I was freaking out when I tried yesterday to get on. I thought maybe some crazed ass stalker had made you mad and you decided to shut your site down. Thank goodness that’s not the case.
Yeah…the shoe thing was freaky. I was wondering what happened. Anyway, glad your back and your blog is safe and sound!!
I’m the 14th reader to leave a comment! ;) Generally a lurker too, but I’m so glad you managed to save your cool name! I forwarded the picture of Avelyn on the bed with the sun behind her to several of my friends who have babies. I told them all they should try to recreate that picture! :)
Boy, that was close. I’m quite a closest (no commenter) fan of yours :) (Abbey Kehler’s little sister). Glad you got it all sorted out.
wanna hear something weird? i did a google search for “belladonna natural teething safety” to research some stuff my sister bought for Hudson…and KICKYBOOTS came up!!! i thought that was funny…
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME EVER AGAIN!!
PHEW!!! I am also generally a lurker, and I crapped myself too….I kept checking like is this the twilight zone or what??? So glad ur back, but I would have followed you no matter the name of the blog YOU ROCK GIRL!
OK, between your post and your reader’s comments, I have also developed a few choice skid marks. You really do make me laugh. And um, I’m sure that you have WAY more than 14 readers. I bet you could even add another zero to that number…
Anyways, glad you got it all squared away.
Phew! I thought I’d lost your site forevah! and I’ve just found it. Thanks for taking care of this so quickly.
(Note to self: check domain expiration date.)
Well mark me down as reader number 15. I was sincerely worried, especially since the shoes on your new site were NOT cute. Totally NOT something I could picture you in. Anyway, glad to see you back… Next time see if you can’t just buy this domain name outright. :)
Awe, I missed all the excitement. That’s what I get for I totally relying on bloglines to give me my updates.
When I saw what was in place of your site, I figured something happened to your domain. At least you got shoes! While I waited for my domain name to kick in I had porn ads. PORN! sheesh.
Welcome back!
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