I think I’ve settled on this new theme, called Amazing Grace (I’m not sure why, exactly). I loved another one, but it was really buggy and I have too much content now to deal with issues like drop-downs that don’t work and such. I have 368 posts, 1 page, 17 drafts contained with 16 categories and 1 tag (can you tell I just started tagging?). At least that’s what my new-and-improved version of WordPress tells me now when I log in. The most painstaking part of this process, other than calling Marti repeatedly and saying, “I broke it. Again.” was replacing the pictures in the upper right-hand corner. There were many cool sunset pics, but really, why else do Marti and I fight for our now-repaired-with-duct-tape digital camera, other than to put cool photos on our websites (Marti always steals mine)? So I used Paint.net, a somewhat more sophisticated program than usual (still learning Photoshop here; yes, I am a noob) to grind these photos down to fit in the little graphics envelope you can see around them. Does my back hurt? Yes. Am I grouchy? A little. More to do with PMS than with Paint.net, but there you go.
The best part of this is that I had to concentrate so hard on this that I could forget about my homework, or my friend who has a 2-month-old and didn’t even tell me she was pregnant. Yes, people! If you are having a baby, let me know, I really do send gifts. Good ones. Anyway, I love the photos, if I do say so myself. Most were taken on a hiking trip we did this spring, which was awesome and wonderful because Ben walked all by himself, we did not have to carry him and, although we still have to carry Maya, the freedom of only carrying one child was pretty exhilarating. I mean, people do this every day! They go for hikes! Without 25 pounds of equipment! (Well, depends on the person, I suppose) We did get some great pictures, and I have to confess — these are all mine. Yes, the one with the frog — mine. The cool one of the lizard on the stacked rocks — mine.
Mine, allllll miiiine!!!! Bwahahahaha. Wait, are we talking about pictures? Oh, and by the way — I left 2 stock photos in. So they really aren’t all mine. The misty forest with a bridge? Not Tucson. Also the picture with the sunlight coming through the trees is not mine. But the rest are (I’ll be taking the stock photos out and adding more pics very soon).
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