Lexington Comic Book & Toy Convention, aka Lexington Comic-Con, is coming up next month.  The dates are March 7-10, and will be held at the Central Bank Center in Lexington, Kentucky.  I've had my tickets and hotel reservations for several months now and am looking forward to attending.  So far, my son and I have not missed a single day of the convention since it began in 2012.

Besides artists and writers of all types of comic books, there will be several guests from movies, tv shows and wrestling.  These guests include Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie), Shannen Daugherty (90210), and Sgt. Slaughter and Rick Foley (wrestlers).

For a list of all the guests and other information, you can check out their site at http://www.lexingtoncomiccon.com/.

I'm so sorry that I haven't been on here for quite a while.  Things have been rather jumbled over the last few months in in my family life which has caused me to neglect my blog.  Covid didn't help matters either, with having to pretty much stick close to home for the past couple of years.   Things are beginning to get back to normal and I'm hoping to get back in the swing of things.  With that being said, here's a few things I can update you on.

1.  Lexington ComicCon 2021 was finally held in September.  There was a really good crowd and everyone seemed to be glad to finally get out and enjoy things.  I hope to post pictures on my website soon. 

2.  ScareFest 2021 was held in October and was the best year yet for them.  They were very pleased with the turnout and they are already planning a big lineup for this year.  Pictures to come soon.

3.  Lexington ComicCon 2022 was held this past March.  I got to meet Ron Perlman of Hellboy and the original Beauty and the Beast tv show.  Also got to meet Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox of television's Chips.  Pictures will be posted as soon as possible.  

4.  ScareFest 2022 will be held October 21-23 at the Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington, Kentucky.  This is the former Lexington Civic Center next to Rupp Arena.  So far, there will be a Nightmare on Elm Street 4 reunion (including Freddy himself, Robert Englund), Friday the 13th 3 reunion, and a Return of the Living Dead reunion.  For more information about this year's ScareFest, visit their website at scarefestweekend.com.  If you're interested in being a volunteer at this year's convention, you can apply here. 

Hopefully I can add more to my Etsy shops soon.  When I do, I will definitely let you know.  Please feel free to come back and visit soon.

 

We have uploaded 40+ photos to our website www.sharrysplace.com.  Included in the photos are some that were taken June 12 at the Kentucky Renaissance Festival in Eminence, Kentucky.  Other photos include animals, birds, bugs, flowers, scenic and skyline. 

On our sister site, www.afamilyaffairboutique.com, we are now offering sublimated mugs.  These make great gifts for moms, dads, spouses, birthdays, Christmas, co-workers, sports fans, retirement gifts, etc.  We hope you will check them out.

New hosting setup finally finished...

I recently transferred my website hosting from GoDaddy to SiteGround.  For some reason, however, the servers with the new host had problems reading the html/css coding I had written for my site.  The GoDaddy servers had no such problems.  Due to this, I had to redo the site, which took me several days to do because of the number of pages my site has.    The site is finally finished and I must say I think I like the looks better than what the original was.  If you're interested in visiting, you can click on this link...Sharry's Place Photography. 

Moving my site...

For years, I used GoDaddy as host for my website, Sharry's Place.  Over the last few months I realized that I was getting unwanted links/coding added to my site, which I found out one day by simply googling my site.  I then paid GoDaddy a steep price for a 2-month package for web security in order to prevent the unwanted items.  The hosting price itself I had no complaints with; it was the fact that after figuring the monthly hosting cost with the website security package added, I was paying over $30 a month just for hosting & security.  Plus, I didn't have a SSL certificate, which was considered an extra charge.

After much thought and research, I decided to switch host providers.  Don't get me wrong, I really do like GoDaddy, they are my go-to for purchasing domains.  A lady I took graphic design classes from has her site hosted with SiteGround and she highly recommended them.  I was very pleased to learn that a SSL certificate was included in the package and the price was a lot less than what I was currently paying.  So, I took the plunge and moved my hosting package and paid for the first full year.  That wasn't much above what I was paying for a 2-month web security package at GoDaddy and that didn't include the hosting package.

The only thing that bothered me after I switched hosts was my site menu wouldn't work.  The coding I was using would enable a dropdown list when you hovered your mouse over the links, but it wouldn't work with SiteGround.  When I contacted them, I was told it had something to do with the javascript used.  I was surprised by this since I had had no problem with it before.  I've spent the last few days redoing my site...I wanted it to look very similar to what I had been using but just redoing the menu.  I am very much a novice when it comes to html and css coding, but I did quite a bit of playing around and googling codes until I was able to get a menu that would work without using javascript.  

Both GoDaddy and SiteGround are great and easy to use.  I do recommend that if you are looking for a place to host your site and/or blog...do your research.  I'm sure there are other host providers out there that are just as good; you just need to find the one that provides what you personally need.

Grand Opening...

For those of you who are looking for graphic tees, why not visit The Purple Gnome Studio.  They offer apparel with sublimation designs, which is a special type of ink that is heat pressed at a high temperature onto a shirt.  

The Purple Gnome Studio will be uploading new designs as often as possible, so feel free to visit them often to see what they have to offer.

Update...

I haven't kept this blog up-to-date for awhile, but that is going to change.  I will no longer be using Word Press for my Sharry's Place, so if you come across that blog, it will not be used any more.   I have 2 other blogs on Blogger.com and I find it more convenient if all 3 are together.

This particular blog will be dedicated mainly to my photography hobby and everything connected to that.  Nanny's Chaos (which is my newest blog) will be focused my home based businesses...A Family Affair Boutique and The Purple Gnome Studio (which hasn't gone live yet).  

Please bear with me as I switch things up a bit and I hope you will visit us often.