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pins and needles

Waiting, sitting, sort of uncomfortable, not very fun, want to move on to something else, but I can't yet. Or I am unable to..... My sister, is about ready to have her baby. She could be having it right now, truthfully. she has bann having contractions since Saturday, her mucus plug is out, she is dilated at least to three (that was the last account I knew of), and effaced 50%, and she is still walking around with my niece/nephew in her!!!! I talked to her yesterday, and told her that the 12th was a good day to have a baby. "Well, I kind of thought that the 10th was a good day to have a baby," she responded. I am praying for her, anxious for her, excited for her, nervous for her, rooting for her, crying for her, cheering for her, laughing for her, and wishing that I could hug her. But, that will be another waiting. So for now, I sit, with phone in hand, jumping at every ring, on 'pins and needles'.

sassy shoe thursday

okay, I have had to many people tell me that they would like to take part in Sassy Shoe Thursday, but they don't have the shoes for it. now, they could be just saying that because they truly don't want to participate, and that is cool, but for the genuine excuse that you don't think you have cool enough shoes, I just can't accept it! 'Sassy' just went with 'shoe' and 'thursday' so well, but everyone has shoes ( I kind of wish it was more mode to go barefoot), and so everyone can participate. you can also feature shoes that you don't own (yet!), so for a little inspiration, and an answer to excuses, you can go and visit solestruck.com. If you don't get totally desirous of cool shoes from this site, you have way more willpower than me!

now, for my shoes. these are my newest pair of shoes, and I love them. they go with everything, and after the first painfully disastrous time of wearing them, they are fairly comfortable. but, they are brown, and I think I am getting too much brown in my wardrobe. but, I still love the shoes.

how to

I am going to try to explain how to change your blog banner. I still don't have the thing figured out since, as you can see, it is still small and not covering the entire length of the top of the page. But, if you are happy with a little box in the middle like mine, then listen in:
1. design your banner: I designed mine on the computer with Adobe photoshop. this program is amazing! There is no end to the fun things that you can make with it, but there are quite a few other photoediting programs that you can use. Another way to make a banner is on paper, and then scan it. On paper, you can virtually do whatever you want, stamp, doodle, lipstick kiss (ooh! good idea for later), have fun, and make it yours! Then, scan it into your computer, and save it as a JPEG file.
NOTE: I am giving instructions of how to load onto blogger. I think typepad is pretty explanatory itself, and myspace, well, I'll look up some helps on the internet, because that site confuses me as it is!
2. open up your blogger account, and start a creat page as though you were just making a daily blog entry
3. click the 'upload picture' button, and select the photo that you created or scanned. save the uploaded image as a 'draft'
4. open it back up and click on the 'Edit Html' button at the top. this will show you a lot of garbled letters that somehow represent the image that looks so pretty (I don't understand any of this, but I am trying to learn, and share with you, how to manipulate it): copy and paste the part that is your image onto a separate word document, just so you don't lose it. It should begin with the 'img style' bit, and don't forget the little <> arrows. They are important.
5. now go into the template part of your blog. If you have never visited this page, or have only visited it to change to an already pre-made page, it can be scary. What am I saying!??? I've been to it more than that, and it is still scary, but on this page, is the magical ability to change your blog's entire look, but I don't know how to do that, so I'll just tell the part that I know so far. IMPORTANT NOTE: save the entire script of your page as it is, so that if you mess up, you can just copy and paste it back as it was. scroll down to where it says:

body

begin content

div id =content

(or something similar)

6. paste your image's URL (all of the garble that supposedly represents your image) after the content part.
now go down and save changes. republish, and check out your new page.

7. yep, there's a problem, huh? There's still the old header, too! Go back into the template, and erase the part that represents the old header. it will be a group of garble right after your personal image, or before it. erase the whole section, but not your image's information. now save changes, and republish, you should be good.

I am still looking for information to make the banner bigger, and if there is anyone who reads this and knows how, please let me know.

I have just had so much fun with my blog, changing it, making it personal to me, and meeting or greeting friends, old and new, that I think everyone should be able to do it. if you try this and need some help, let me know.

running with weights

Please, somebody tell me, what type of suicidal moron would run with weights? What weird type of person would want to add extra weight to the amount they are already carrying around on top of two legs while they are pounding those legs into the pavement? the answer: ME. I sometimes wonder at myself

New Banner

As you have probably noticed, I have been playing with my blog sight a little bit. But, I have a small problem. I can't seem to make my banner (what do you think of this one?) and bigger. It likes to stay small. If anyone has pointers, I would be more than grateful.

Long Day

You know how some days feel like 5 days rolled into one. Well, today was one like that for me. Started off not feeling great anyhow, you know low energy, stay in bed, be a poop not feeling good. It's the first day of a doctor team which always means there are tons of little 'loose ends' that have to be tied up in the last 30 seconds before Dan and the doctors get out of the door. Of course, that all has to happen while Judah is finishing breakfast, yelling 'all dine' at me, and having to go potty (5 days with no accidents folks!). When I finally got them out the door, I just felt like crying because I had to go to Prishtina with Judah to get medicine. That sentence could have basically said, I had to go to Siberia to find a warm vacation spot, because it's about that impossible! After sitting for an hour at the agency where we get the import license, OH, wait! Judah puked in the car on the 90 minute car ride, then, I sat for an hour at the agency where we get the medicine import license, and they finally figured out who I was, what my license was, and that "no" I didn't have to pay for it because it is free medicine! Then I waited at the airport for the next four hours for a 'private' customs agent to get my boxes for me. I won't even try to explain the 'private' bit, because what I did understand of the situation basically told me that I was getting jipped somehow. Car ride home with Judah singing at the top of his lungs the entire way (not an exaggeration), get home to whip up taco salad with Judah running in circles in the kitchen (also, not an exaggeration), eat, Judah's in a bath, Dan still isn't home because he had to clear up something so that our building can be insulated, and blog a little bit. I have to finish the dishes, and I think there is something else that I need to do.....oh, well.