After months of pondering and contemplating the pros and cons of buying my own domain name and hosting my own site, I decided to quit dithering and JUST DID IT.
Yes, I now own my name and won’t be hosted by WordPress any longer. SO, please update your rss feeds and sidebar links (which I really appreciate) to reflect that my blog is now located at http://www.gudrunstights.com.
I have a site up and running with all of your lovely comments preserved on the new site.
I’m going to see about getting a re-direct from this site to my new one soon, but I won’t be blogging here any longer.
Why did I make the change? I really wanted more control over what I can implement on the blog, how I can design it and I wanted to be able to use javascript widgets. I’m also interested in learning html and css and my blog will be my own personal playground for it.
Thank you all my wonderful friends for making this space such a happy place for me – please visit me at my new digs so we can continue the conversation!
Gudrun's Tights 
will do ,all the best stu