I am giving a “shout out” to Tami, Courtney’s mom, because she is probably my most dedicated reader! Yay – somebody actually cares! It feels nice to know that someone is actually reading my silly babbling, because I actually do put a lot of effort into maintaining and updating this site.
So, I have a few business things to say. It has come to my attention that the chat box on this page is not the most intuitive thing to use. So I added some directions for you. In the first box, where it probably says name, you click in it to type in your name (first name, nickname, pretend name, it doesn’t matter). You don’t have to enter your name, but it helps me and everyone else who reads your entry know who you are. The next box, where it probably says e-mail/url, is a little space to do a self-promotion of your web site, or enter an email so people can contact you. You simply click in the box and type in your email or url, if you choose. When you do this, your name becomes red in the entry to cue people to click on it. You don’t have to use this feature unless you really want someone to contact you. As you can see, I am not using it when I post entries. The final box, that probably says message, is where you enter your post. You can type whatever you want up to 500 words, but I do have a profanity filter on it, and the ability to edit obscene posts. If you want to include a facial expression in your entry, you click on the box that says smiles, and a window will pop up. From there you can decide what expressions you want to use – all you have to do is click on them and they will appear in your post. When you are all done, all you have to do is press GO and voila, your post magically appears! I have not activated the login feature because most people’s computer settings will automatically save their name and email/url, so don’t worry about that button. If you have any more questions about this, please contact me.
Next business topic – I am getting pretty sick of this sloppy layout and thinking of changing it to an i-frame layout. This basically means you won’t have to do as much scrolling to read these entries and look at images. Here is a sloppy example, please let me know what you think. Also feel free to give any other suggestions, no matter how picky you think they may be. I appreciate everyone’s comments and critiques. I am very new to web design and would like to make the most user friendly web site possible (don’t worry Dad, I will use a lighter color on this next layout).
Ok, enough boring stuff. Tomorrow I am meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Stange, alumnus from South Dakota who awarded me the James H. and M. Suanne Stange Scholarship this year. I am usually not nervous about this type of thing, but I am afraid they will walk away thinking, “Why did we choose to give a scholarship to that girl?!” I guess I better try extra hard to look like a presentable human being tomorrow, rather than a typical college student!
And one more thing – I just couldn’t resist! I drove home tonight for my nephew’s first birthday party, and he had his own little cake to eat. They just let him use his hands to dig right in – and you can imagine what happened! I am going to miss my nephew so much when I am in Rome (yes, along with the rest of my family). He is going to be all grown up when I get back! Maybe he won’t even remember me! I guess I will just have to spend as much time as possible with him before I leave… wait! I leave in 3 months! How am I going to do that?!
