OH MY GOODNESS I am in the same boat. In fact I'm trying to decide if I really am going to make a pet site on my own or find a friend to help me with it. It's extremely frustrating on trying to get started and even once you start you begin to run into obstacles that will cause you to just drop what you're doing and take a break for weeks before you go back on to deal with it.
Even doing this on my own is kind of disheartening since it's so...boring? I don't know, I just think collaborating with others and working on a project together would be more fun than working solo and doing all of the work yourself. (props to tabhikat who did the majority work on her site(s) mysgardia and beast summoners)
Just how???