Showing posts with label Blog How-To. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog How-To. Show all posts

Is It Too Early For A Drink?

I am feeling so frustrated. It all started yesterday when I made yet another attempt to add a cute font for my post titles and sidebar. I've followed Amanda's tutorial many times, only to give up the same number of times. Yesterday I found this awesome video tutorial at The Blog Designer Network that walked me through each step. When I was done with all the steps it even sort of worked. The cute font was there but my old title was also still there. I followed Amanda's troubleshooting tips and instead of fixing it, I made it disappear and after many more hours and attempts I gave up again. Nash tried to make me feel better, but at that point it was that I just needed to accomplish it for the sake of accomplishing it. I have done pretty much everything on my blog by myself, and I just can't bring myself to have someone else do this for me. It's the stubborn principle of it all.

On top of that mess, I was in workout clothes all day yesterday and never worked out, I cooked two different things that didn't turn out to my satisfaction and I'm trying to make a life changing decision for my family. Being a grown-up can be hard. When I was little, all I wanted to be was a grown-up. My imaginary play was usually me taking my kids to a fro school and going to the grocery store. I have to say my imaginary world was not a stretch from my current reality. But in my childhood play I never had to deal with dilemmas. I was never faced with decisions that would impact my family. As a mother and wife, that's all I do. Every decision I make will effect my family and that can weigh heavily. I wish I could see into the future. I wish I knew what the best place for Nash will be for his high school life. I wish hubby wasn't so indecisive.

So, I'm frustrated because time is getting the best of me and there are too many loose ends. I think it is too early for a drink, even if it were a mimosa. I think instead I will clean out my closet and rid myself of excess material baggage. At least I will feel some sense of accomplishment. Making decisions about what tops and sundresses to giveaway should be a lot easier than tackling CSS codes and life changing decisions.
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Add A Cute Post Divider Like I did!


I've been working on changing up the blog a bit, and today I added this cute post divider. You will have to change your HTML code a bit, but it's really not hard. If I can do it you can too! The only problem I ran into, is that I use Flickr to store my photos. The code and direct link they give just never seems to work. So I finally caved and signed up for a Photobucket account. It took all of three minutes to set up the account, upload the image, get the code, and have it work the first time! Woo Hoo!


I have been forever trying to add a custom font for my post titles. I have the perfect tutorial, it just looks like a lot of work and I just don't think I can do it. I will try (again) though.

The other thing I saw once on someone's blog I loved was in her comments section. Everytime someone left a comment on her post, it showed the title and link for their last blog post. Has anyone seen this or know anything about how to do it?

Stay tuned, tomorrow I'm doing a review on a new oatmeal I found. Oatmeal seems to be all the rage right now, and I am definitely on the oatmeal bandwagon, so I want to share some of my favorites with you.

Next week, I will be posting a detailed tutorial on how to make a lamp from your favorite wine bottle! I promise they are so easy and you will love it!

Finally, also next week I will show you how I organize my recipes and plan my meals.
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My Custom Blog Signature

It is so fun learning all these new things about creating a unique blog.
There are certain things I'm willing to tackle, at the moment, there are other things that are just too overwhelming for me at this point in my journey.

Today, thanks to The Cutest Blog on the Block, I was able to create a personal signature. It is a simple design because I have no idea how to use photo shop and that is where I created it.

For this fun tutorial, please visit my favorite go-to blog source at:

Have fun and good luck!