First things first
It needs to be made known that gum poppers?
Like the little tiny pops that they pop every 5 seconds?
They grate on my nerves.
Like nothing else.
I'm not saying that I'll hate you if you do it
But just know...it drives me crazy
Anyway, moving on to more important matters
Test is done
I think I did pretty good
I was comfortable with all of the topics we had to address, so that's always a good sign (in my book anyway, I have yet to see if that's a good sign in the teacher's book)
And, even better, I finally caught up on all of the blogs that have been pestering me in my reader since my Disneyland trip
Because I'm obsessive compulsive...slightly
So for some reason my brain is of the opinion that I can't write a blog until the ugly black number by "Blogs I'm following" goes away
Sometimes when I'm desperate I'll break down and do it
But on a good day, I prefer to wait
So pictures of Disneyland are coming, I promise...but today, I thought I would introduce my new blog look
New blog look, meet my friends. Friends, meet my new blog look
Say hi and shake hands
Very well done
I asked Boyfriend ages ago if he would redesign my blog
But we had so many ideas of where to take it that it took forever to choose one idea
Finally we picked out this layout, and the work began
I loved my last layout, but I kind of felt like it was the "little kid" layout, and my blog wanted to grow up a little
There were still aspects I wanted to keep
ie the stars, purple, yellow...but I wanted them toned down a little bit and I wanted to incorporate reading because it's something I love to do
I felt like the purple background and yellow font were sometimes hard to read, no matter how much I loved it
That's when Boyfriend came up blank pages from a book
We liked that because it made it feel like a journal, and as I update this more than my journal (I didn't think that would be possible right now), it feels like my journal...the same reason we kept the same font
The header? I've always, always wanted a window seat in my house
Whenever I picture my "chosen reading spot" in my head, that is where I picture myself
And one day when I have my own house built, it will probably have 4 or 5 window seats
Anyway, that's where the header idea came from
The star, purple, and yellow...well, because that's me
In the right hand column, we have my button
I insisted that I have a button
Grown up blogs have buttons
Boyfriend came up with the idea
He's the artistically creative one, not me!!
The sticker idea went along with the journal idea
Posting sticker, pictures, notes in a journal to remind you of things
Plus, this way, you grab my button, and I will never leave you alone
Muah ha ha
;)
(that's supposed to be a winky smiley face...fyi)
The three stars?
One leads to my RSS feed
Another leads to my facebook page
And the last leads to my email in case you want to email me :)
Grown up blogs have those too
I don't have a twitter, because, while I have a twitter account, I rarely use it
Maybe one day...but that day is not today
I love how they turned out :)
And then, the last thing, is a follow by email feature thing
Because, well, most grown up blogs have that feature as well
Plus I know there are people out there that like the whole follow by email thing
All in all? I love my new design
Are there more things I would love to incorporate?? Heck yes
But, for now, I am happy with it :)
ANYWAY...
Now that I've bored you all to tears (if you've made it this long, I'm impressed)
I'll let you go
I just thought I'd explain a little bit behind the design
Okay, I'm off now to do some homework
Thanks for being patient with my lack of posting
The class is really high maintenance with LOTS of reading
And then there's work
There could be some big changes happening in my life in the next month or so
We shall see
(and no, it doesn't have anything to do with Boyfriend becoming Fiance)
When (if) I get a ring, I promise I'll find a cute way to let you know
Boyfriend, the pressure is on
Finally we picked out this layout, and the work began
I loved my last layout, but I kind of felt like it was the "little kid" layout, and my blog wanted to grow up a little
There were still aspects I wanted to keep
ie the stars, purple, yellow...but I wanted them toned down a little bit and I wanted to incorporate reading because it's something I love to do
I felt like the purple background and yellow font were sometimes hard to read, no matter how much I loved it
That's when Boyfriend came up blank pages from a book
We liked that because it made it feel like a journal, and as I update this more than my journal (I didn't think that would be possible right now), it feels like my journal...the same reason we kept the same font
The header? I've always, always wanted a window seat in my house
Whenever I picture my "chosen reading spot" in my head, that is where I picture myself
And one day when I have my own house built, it will probably have 4 or 5 window seats
Anyway, that's where the header idea came from
The star, purple, and yellow...well, because that's me
In the right hand column, we have my button
I insisted that I have a button
Grown up blogs have buttons
Boyfriend came up with the idea
He's the artistically creative one, not me!!
The sticker idea went along with the journal idea
Posting sticker, pictures, notes in a journal to remind you of things
Plus, this way, you grab my button, and I will never leave you alone
Muah ha ha
;)
(that's supposed to be a winky smiley face...fyi)
The three stars?
One leads to my RSS feed
Another leads to my facebook page
And the last leads to my email in case you want to email me :)
Grown up blogs have those too
I don't have a twitter, because, while I have a twitter account, I rarely use it
Maybe one day...but that day is not today
I love how they turned out :)
And then, the last thing, is a follow by email feature thing
Because, well, most grown up blogs have that feature as well
Plus I know there are people out there that like the whole follow by email thing
All in all? I love my new design
Are there more things I would love to incorporate?? Heck yes
But, for now, I am happy with it :)
ANYWAY...
Now that I've bored you all to tears (if you've made it this long, I'm impressed)
I'll let you go
I just thought I'd explain a little bit behind the design
Okay, I'm off now to do some homework
Thanks for being patient with my lack of posting
The class is really high maintenance with LOTS of reading
And then there's work
There could be some big changes happening in my life in the next month or so
We shall see
(and no, it doesn't have anything to do with Boyfriend becoming Fiance)
When (if) I get a ring, I promise I'll find a cute way to let you know
Boyfriend, the pressure is on
8 comments:
No pressure, or anything, boyfriend!
Like the new layout.
Oh, and the gum poppers get on my nerves too!
dang girl. I got all excited about engagement. boyfriend..............
I love the new look. And I might just have to stalk you on fb. :)
You and boyfriend did great. It's a great, user-friendly, readable look. Very nice!
Be well.
xoRobyn
love the new blog layout! so cute!
I thought the explanation was very cute. :) Engagement happening?? I am getting all excited and giggly. Boyfriend! Propose!
Love,
Viju.
I'm so glad you said the new layout is NEW, or I would feel like I missed everything. Well, I did. but apparently not an engagement, huh? huh? LOL
Cool look and love you explaining it. That makes it so much more yours.
One day boyfriend will, just be patient. :)
Can't wait to hear what the news is though...upper management maybe?
Take care my friend and God Bless!!
No pressure at all. Your blog looks really good! Can't wait to hear what the news is...
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