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Questions

I’ve seen several other blogs doing this and decided it was a good idea…so if you have any questions you’d like to ask or topics you’d like to see me talk about here, send me an email at themrs[at]wifetalks.com, use the contact form or ask in the comments. I’ll try to answer your questions here on the blog as best as I can.

I had a comment about my site design in the previous post, that I think generated some negative feedback to the person who made it. I appreciate country girl’s honest opinion of my site. I am in total agreeance with her (I do feel that the site is somewhat impersonal) and told her so, so please don’t run over to her site and bash her or anything. I’ll be changing the design soon anyway. It’s time for the holidays.

I’ve found some tutorials online that I think will help me learn more in Photoshop. I found some tutorials that explain how to create collages. One even explained masks. Yes, I do not know how to use masks. I know that is a sin as I learned from the tutorial, they are very useful and once I figure out how to use them, I will probably be using them a lot more. As I’m sure I mentioned before, I am no graphic designer, so my use of PS is very limited. I can’t wait to start figuring it out and see what I can do. I haven’t had time yet. I only found the tutorials yesterday, but I bookmarked them. I also found an action to create a lomo effect. Plus I took a tutorial from Paint Shop Pro on how to create the soft focus effect. Maybe this weekend I’ll have a chance to go the bookstore and browse the shelves for good Photoshop books.

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Holidays

I’m slightly disappointed in myself. Why? I’ve already got my christmas template ready to go. Just waiting for December to get here. : Yep. I’m going to be changing the site again. I like this template cause it is more journal-like and it’s christmas-y. I did a holiday theme last year that my readers really liked. I hope everyone likes this one as well. After seeing my current template for a while, I’m beginning to think it is a little to professional for a blog. I really like the template but I’m not sure it’s right for a personal website. Or maybe I’m just weird. Who knows. Anyway, I’ll be changing my site again as soon as December arrives. Maybe it will help get me in the festive mood.

We’ve decided we’re going to spend Thanksgiving with my parents. I’m looking forward to it. I haven’t seen them since May so it will be nice. And my husband will get to see their new house. Since we are spending Christmas with his family he decided we should spend Thanksgiving with mine. What a nice husband I have.

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Changes

I’ll be doing some changes to the way the archives are set up. I’m going to do something similar to what Mark has done. I won’t be going totally cruft-free, but I want to organize my archives. So I will be going back to having individual archives again.

If you haven’t noticed already, I’ve redesigned my booklist section as well as the desktop screenshots section. I guess I like for each section to have its own look. Eventually all my sections will be unique. I also have plans on rearranging some of the content on the main site. Layout will stay mostly the same…as least for a while. Just a few minor tweaks. Thank you to Jennifer at muted.com for letting me use her smilies on my site.

This weekend was semi-productive. I got my computer all done. I now have a faster laptop. It boots up faster and loads everything faster. I’m using Adobe CS now. I really like it so far. I can’t wait to start playing with it some more. I also read a whole book in just a few hours yesterday. It felt great. I finished the Sandra Brown book Saturday, then spent yesterday reading another book and starting The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. And I’m already halfway through.

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Revolutions

We saw Matrix Revolutions last night. I thought it was pretty good, but I felt flat when it ended. That is the only way I can explain it. Just flat. The movie made sense, somewhat…it is a complex trilogy for sure, so I think it made as much sense as it could to me the first time around. My husband wants to have a marathon and watch all three so he can analyze them more in depth. I can say it was definitely an interesting movie.

It started at 8:45 so I only watched the first 15 minutes of CSI before we left. I did set the VCR to record it so I’ll be watching the rest tonight. I must say it was very gory. I was eating a KitKat when they started showing the head and I just had to put the candy bar down. It was really gross! But for some reason I want to say it was a rerun. That I’ve seen that episode before. Was it a rerun and I just don’t remember it that well? Or am I just thinking of some other episode?

I’ve been trying to become more active in the MT forums helping folk who are having issues with MT. I hope I can be of some help since I do have some knowledge and skills. I’m really looking forward to MT Pro and hope some of the features that are currently lacking in MT will be included in Pro.

Photoshop CS has arrived. Well actually I got the entire Creative Suite. I am looking forward to installing it and playing around with it some. I have partially completed 2 new linkware templates, so that will give me something to do with it. I’ve been wanting to play more with it and just make graphics and such with whatever tricks I learn. Who knows. If I ever have time to do something like that and I develop enough graphics, I may make a little gallery for them.

Why is it that anytime I try to go to the beginning of the line or the end of the line in Zempt it jumps me to the beginning or end of the whole paragraph. It is very frustrating. I have to get the mouse and move the cursor that way, because Home or End just doesn’t work like you’d think. Hmmm, maybe I’ll have to send the makers of Zempt a message about that.

I won’t be going camping this weekend. Camping will be taking place in a remote area with no water or facilities and there are certain times of the month, where that becomes more than I want to deal with, ya know. So I will be staying home, reformatting my computer (my husband got a laptop from work, so I’m taking his old one, which is better than mine) and playing with Photoshop. I also plan to read a lot this weekend.

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Camping

The plan is to go camping this weekend. The weather should be cool and dry. Let’s hope it stays that way. Which means I won’t be online all weekend. I’m thinking that will be okay. I will get a chance to read more, I hope. Maybe I’ll finish the book I’m currently reading (Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown) and can return it to the person who lent it to me on Monday. I just hope I don’t get too cold. I tend to get really cold, so I hope I can manage. Oh gosh, I also need to remember to take my meds with me. If not, I won’t be able to sleep.

Ever feel like you’ve been pinched from the inside? Yep. It is very painful. I’ve been getting that a lot lately. In my shoulder blades. I wonder if maybe I need new meds. I don’t actually take any for pain. Usually the sleeping aid is enough. When I’m really hurting I take a hot bath, then get a massage (either from my husband or my little massage machine) then take my meds and go to sleep. Maybe I do need to try something for pain. Also lately, I’ve been getting frequent cramps in my feet and legs. I haven’t been cramping up in a while and lately any little movement I make tenses up the muscles. My husband laughs at me because when I feel the muscle tensing I immediately jump up to stretch it out. So we could be sitting there watching a movie and I’ll just leap from the couch. It actually is kind of funny, but I hate getting cramps. Wow, two posts today. I’d better get some work done.

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Nemo

We found Nemo. LOL! It is a really good movie. I thought it was so cute. My husband kept saying the characters were retarded, but I know he liked it. Oh, I’ve decided to start recording Charmed every afternoon. TNT is showing the old episodes. I’ve missed some I know, but I will start watching it from now on. Yeah! I’ve got some pictures that I took a few weekends ago. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to put them up soon. They include a picture of my husband’s new truck.

If you’ve browsed my archives since I redid the site, I’ve removed a lot of entries. I tried to get it down to no more than 2 entries per day. I removed all the links to other places, and all the memes. I thought I was going to keep a blog just for memes, but doing them doesn’t really interest me that much. I like the way I have my blog set up now…more like a journal than a blog full of gibberish.

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