Phew! My whirlwind weekend of bloggiesta is coming to an end, and I put in roughly 15 hours of blog work this weekend. Many of the changes you can see: new tabs on top, a more organized label system, and better color matching on the blog.

Some of the changes you’ll see soon, including a host of new posts and topics to be rolled out over the next couple of weeks.

And some of the changes you won’t see: you probably won’t notice the new matter of subscribing to the blog, the necessary emails that needed to be sent out, the spreadsheets for reviewing purposes, and more.

Thanks to the support of the wonderful blogging community for keeping me going. A lot of these were little things that piled up in my mind to do, but I’ve never had the opportunity to do it. A crummy weekend of hot, sticky, wet weather allowed me more than my goal of 10 hours, for which I am grateful.

I’m excited to have discovered tons of new blogs and bloggers, many of which have been added to my now-cleaned-out Google Reader. And now that the bulk of my work here is done for a while, you can find me spending the evening reading on the couch (I’m currently falling totally in love with Jenna Blum’s new The Stormchasers) and encouraging the other bloggers still chugging on.

I’ll be participating in Bloggiesta this weekend. You can check out what that celebration is right here. I’m committing to 10 hours of blog work this weekend, but I hope to get a little more accomplished total (aim low, right?).

What are my goals? Most are going to be behind-the-scenes things, but my list of goals includes:

• Updating my blogging business cards
• Set up FeedBurner for better subscription information
  
• Writing a number of posts for future dates
• Developing a couple of series posts (a la the “Guys Read” and “Audio books”)
• Adding a favicon
• Creating a gravitar
• Add sitemeter in addition to Google Analytics
• Create tabs for AudioSynced, Reviews, and Review Policy
• Update AudioSynced
  
• Maintain AudioSynced Archive
  
• Updating my review spreadsheet and adding missing titles
• Cleaning my bookshelves back to their original beauty and reorganizing my to-review shelf
• Editing our tagging system and making it more user-friendly
• Creating a page for our review policies and updating the policies regarding third party contests
• Making a facebook fan page for STACKED to reach a wider audience Tabled for now.
• Connecting via blogrolls to other book bloggers and updating our blog roll
• Working on some of the cool post ideas we saved from our initial brainstorming sessions well over a year ago (you’re in for some treats!)
• Implementing form letters for blogging purposes
• Follow up with starred items in Google Reader and fix my tagging system to help with future blogging
• Brainstorming new features and post ideas (One counts, right?)
• Adding one of those nifty post footers to share posts via twitter, facebook, and other social media
• Contacting Important People about Audiosynced and organizing future AudioSynced posts
• Reading a ton! I didn’t get to participate in last weekend’s 48 hour reading challenge, so I’d like to be able to do some catching up. I’ve been making headway in my BEA pile, but I’d like to dive further in.
• Adding my reviews to Amazon, Goodreads, and other bookish networks

Over the course of my participation, I will return to this post to cross off/add to my list. I won’t inundate your readers with posts, but I will recap everything Sunday night.

Are you participating or participating via reading other participants’ blogs?
What would YOU like to see here? Share your thoughts!