Greetings. I’m having some trouble figuring out how to use Wordpress while writing - my main beef, and this is probably a really simple solution, is that I cannot manually do line breaks within an entry, which is how I prefer to do paragraphs. When I do, they’re either miniscule or non-existent - especially after I post photos. The boards have basically been of no help - I don’t think this is a code question. It’s a formatting question. Anyone?

After much lamenting this morning about the loss of my dear old Sony Cybershot 2.1 Megapixel camera (yes - it was 4 years old, which is an eternity for a digital camera that endured the abuse it endured), Jim confessed to knowing about a Super Sale happening at a large store in the area. At first I refused to go - the sale had begun at 6, which to me meant all cameras would be gone by 6:30 - but in the end I decided to head out, just in case. Besides, Jim had been a little stumped regarding at least part of a holiday gift for me, so I figured I could help him out. Meet my Kodak EasyShare:    Not bad. And at the price I got it for, I should have purchased two… … but I’m not going back to Hell (what we call the Big Box Store area of town) today. Here’s a list, for you listy types:

1. Fill bird feeders
2. Kids’ rooms need cleaning
3. Clean kitchen
4. Vaccuum every room in the house thanks to the 4 cats
5. Another batch of cinnamon rolls
6. Cookies - cinnamon sugar cutouts (I have a thing for cinnamon right now) and some freezer dough
7. Unearth something for dinner from the chest freezer
8. Play with my new toy
9. Wrap a couple presents
10. Do more stuff to this website

Stay tuned for more photos. I suspect #8 will get more play than just about anything.

I seem to be at least on the road toward figuring things out. Many thanks to Steph for hanging tough with me on the Gee-Talk or whatever it’s called. More soon!

And I can’t find them. That’ll teach me to go fooling around with style sheets. The thing is, I’ve recopied the original CSS into the template space and nothing is changing. Clearly, something is amiss. Somewhere. Off to exercise!

Yeah, this looks like the theme I used on my last blog. That’s because it is. It’s called Journalized and is the most recent version - while it looks a lot like the version I was using before, it’s much more complex underneath. I like it, mostly. Mostly. Yeah, not exactly original, going back to my old design. Sue me! I love the three-column layout, and the version I worked with for MizUntitled was fully customizable. This one? Not so much. At least, as far as I can tell. It won’t let me edit the CSS or anything - it just lets me browse. I have discovered, whilst prowling around in the Theme Editor portion of my dashboard, that this “skin” I have chosen can be modified inseveral ways from the dash - I can add an image header, I can add more link categories - but that’s not what I want. I’d like to change things like colors and font sizes and upload my own banner. I’ve checked the forums and posters there keep talking about paying for customizable CSS… is that what I have to do? After switching to Wordpress because of its famed easy customizability? Well, while I wait for advice (snerk), I’m going to: a) begin cleaning in advance of my mother’s arrival here next weekend; b) check out my Pilates videos (and possibly attempt some exercises); c) do some prep for work tomorrow. This wasn’t multiple choice; I’m going to try and do all of it while The Teenager ™ is at drama club and The Daughter and Jim are at a U of I women’s basketball game. [Oh - that reminds me - the U of I women’s soccer team (actually, they’re the only soccer team the U of I has; the men don’t field a team) is playing in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament in St. Louis today. I’d love to see them play postseason here, but until we get rid of our racist mascot, that ain’t happening. Women are up 2-0 at the half.]