New host, new design. Pink.
Many of you might recognize the banner.

That’s the invite that Jessi designed for my housewarming party. I’d been racking my brains trying to come up with a design for the page. Things were hopeless and I was thinking about just buying a template. I surprised myself, though. After getting permission from Jessi I threw the image in photoshop and started working.
Then I got all frustrated because I don’t actually know anything about making graphics or designing things. Then I got really frustrated because I didn’t even know how to move the graphic around.
Then I realized how retarded I was. I work at an art college. I work with people who know how to do these things. A few minutes with Emily and Levi and I got it all figured out. Building the template was another piece of frustration, but I think we got it all worked out.
at least for now.
I need to figure out how to get more padding at the bottom of the boxes to the right, change a couple background colors and set up the photoblog. Easy.
Thanks to everyone who helped me pound out the issues. I’m still not done. It gives me a headache.

I am testing the photoblog feature…

I adore my Aunt Sue. I really do.
My mom is the oldest of 6 siblings and her sister Sue is the youngest. There is a 17 year difference between them and a mere 4 year difference between Sue and I. As such, being so close in age I feel more like peers…more like friends.
But the reality is that my aunt Sue is light years ahead of me in the maturity department. 5 kids, a husband, college, working. All those grown up responsible things that I never managed to master completely. If I could work even 1/10 as hard as she does I might actually be able accomplish something with my life!
We talked this morning and it always cheers me to talk to her. She’s smart and funny, she has an incredible perspective on the world. An insight that i could do well to learn. When I say “It confuses me that this person would do this. It seems so out of character.” She counters with an insight I’d not previously considered. She gives me distance and clarity on the world and I appreciate that.
Sue and I used to party when we were college aged, she taught me how to make colorado bulldogs (jesus, how did I survive drinking those???) and I hoisted my kitchen experiments on her (which she ate without complaint). I’m sad she lives so far away now, my cooking has improved considerably and we don’t drink to excess anymore. We’d have great fun.
Anyway, not much else going on. Spending my weekend cleaning, doing laundry and eating to excess.

I’m in the process of moving to my new host. Things will look different soon.
The new site is ugly but functional. Hopefully we’ll get a re-design in there very soon.
Please do not panic. Check in periodically for painful gnashing of teeth as I complain about the process.

Every morning I sit on the sofa, catch up with the news and blogs and forums and whatever other online dicktitudes I waste my brain power on.
Every morning before work I sit here listening to NPR and the birds.
And every morning the dogs find a way to curl up near me and nap. It is the most peaceful part of my day. I love watching the dogs sleep.