I spent a good part of yesterday evening working on a blog redesign. I’ve never done a theme from scratch before – I’ve always adapted an existing WordPress theme. But, this time Paul said he’d turn my design into a theme, so I have started with a blank slate! (Or, rather, Photoshop file.) It’s much harder than I anticipated. My strength as a designer doesn’t lie in the start-from-scratch creative ideas… I’m more of a make-the-design-better type of designer. That’s…
It’s Friday! That’s good news in my book. Now that Paul has normal weekends off from work, Fridays are even more special. Of course, he’s probably going to have to work late tonight, sad. :-( (Big news events, like earthquakes in Japan, always make things a little crazy in the newsroom.) I decided to go to another consignment sale today. I didn’t like it as much as the one I went to on Wednesday – it was more expensive and…
One of the joys of having a blog is sifting through spam comments. Recently, spammers seem to have gotten more creative and even funny. Here are a few that I’ve gotten here on twentysixcats. Sometimes just the randomness makes me laugh! The last one is my favorite.
A few months ago, I purchased a Groupon for a month’s membership to Gymboree, a cool place here in Atlanta (and elsewhere) that has classes for toddlers and preschoolers. They have a soft play gym and you can have birthday parties there, etc. I decided to sign Savannah up for the weekly music class they offer, and today was our first day. It was a bit crazy! She seemed less overstimulated than me. :-) The more I’m around other kids,…
I have given up Facebook and Twitter for Lent. I wasn’t going to talk about it here, but all day I have been thinking of status messages and tweets that I’ve been wanting to post. One of my reasons for taking a break from that social media is to focus more on blogging, so I thought I’d do my microblogging over here instead. :-) Anyways, a few things on my mind this morning… …It’s a dreary, wet, and rainy day…