design

I’m thinking of doing a redesign.  Those of you who have read this blog for a while are rolling your eyes and going, “AGAIN?”  I can’t help it.  I’ve seen colors and fonts and designs lately that have inspired me.  And I can’t question the inspiration.  When it strikes, I must answer.  So if you see some dust here in the days ahead, that’s what it is.  Then again, you might not see any dust because I might not do anything at all.  See how up in the air that is?

I don’t mean to be so confusing, I just am.

My brain feels like mush this morning.  I blame a general lack of caffeine.  All I want to do is crawl back in bed and embrace the bliss.  Alas, there’s all these darned kids to take care of.  Pesky kids.

I do want to say that I did watch a bit of Sarah Palin’s speech and I don’t see what everyone’s all excited about.  I wanted to stab my eyes out.   I didn’t think her speech was that great, to be honest.   And then there’s that part of me that says, “What does it even matter?” because it’s not like McCain is even going to win in November.  So it’s all a moot point anyhow.  I changed the channel and watched the Daily Show and the Colbert Report and that felt MUCH BETTER.  No more stabby feelings.

So with all of that off my chest, I want to share some pictures.  I do love me some pictures.

I love that Liam is mugging for the camera these days.  Even if he does have cookie all over his face.

Aww, a moment of sibling love.  He loves to hug her when she’s in the saucer.  She is unimpressed.

Evie mostly just wants to grab the camera.

My little rock star.  I made this onesie from an iron-on I got on sale at Michael’s.  Go me!

So, dear readers, I’m going to make you work for it today.  Most days, I’m happy to just let you all sit back and just read without giving any sort of feedback or anything but NOT SO TODAY.  Oh no, I need you all to help me out with some things.  That’s going to mean clicking out of your feed reader and leaving a comment.  It’s a lot to ask, I know, because there are so many fabulous blogs to be reading and mine is just yet another drop in the bucket.  BUT… I don’t ask for much and this would make me happy.  You want to make me happy, don’t you?

I thought so.

First off, I’m thinking of doing a series of posts on various WordPress “How To’s”.  Things like getting started with WordPress including how to move off sites like Blogger and Wordpress.com, finding a theme and how to use it, what plugins are, where to find them and how to use them, etc and so forth.  But what I REALLY want to know is what YOU guys want to know.  Particularly those of you on Blogger or Wordpress.com.  What’s stopping you from switching to self-hosted Wordpress?  What are you nervous about when it comes to WordPress?  What do you want to know?  Tell me your burning questions and I’ll answer them in this series.  Sound good?

Edited to add: I guess my big question is: What is keeping you on Blogger and away from WordPress (as in, what do I need to do to convince you to move??)?

Okay, next order of business: Have you seen the new Savvy Source widget I have over there in the righthand sidebar?  Sure is purty, isn’t it?  Anyhow, if you have a moment or two, take the quiz because it’s for a good cause (not just putting $ in my pocket, which it does that, but also there’s the whole children’s eductation benefit).  You don’t have to tell me if you’ve taken the quiz or not, but I wanted to point it out either way.  Also, if you’re interested in running this widget on your own blog, I have some invites available to the first five people who want them.  So if that’s you, then you do have to tell me.  Otherwise, how would I know?  I don’t read minds, yo.

Here’s another question for you guys: What do you think of the blog, in general.  All criticisms about writing aside, how do you like it?  Is the design working for you all?  Are there any features to the design or the blog in general that you love or hate?  Anything that I don’t do that you’d like to see?  Would you like to see a different look?  Do you have any issues with the current design (doesn’t load correctly, etc)?  Sound off!  Give it to me with both barrels.  I WANT TO KNOW.  I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t want to know.

I think that’s all the questions I have for now.  If I think of anything else, I’ll be sure to let you know.  And I want to thank you ahead of time for your answers.  I’m continually amazed by the fabulous people who read this blog.  You guys, quite honestly, are the wind beneath my internet wings.