So I'm trying to figure out this blogging thing and the thing is... It's harder than I thought. Before I was like "YEAH! Just throw some stuff around and move some stuff here and upload a whole bunch of photos and all done!" No one I talked to about this mentioned that I would need a degree in graphic design or perhaps 1-2 years in photoshop school. I always sort of figured I was half computer savvy. Not a complete idiot but not near genius either. Give me a few minutes I could prod around and generally figure things out. Turns out that I could have been wrong about this my entire life. It seems that the entire world and their dog has been blogging with ease and here I am struggling to figure out where the header is in my page. That bad. I didn't even think about the technical side of this already daunting venture. I was just worried about the writing part. But here I am... an hour in of "prodding around" and I am stuck with "wallpaper" on my page that is just unacceptable. That isn't even the worst part. The worst part is the big obnoxious advertisements on the top of my page now... HOT BLIGGITY BLOG!!! Did you catch that? How could anyone miss it? I feel like that little emblem is going to explode into little tiny square dancers and take over my page. No free wallpaper download is worth that humiliation. I don't know how to get rid of it. Sinking my face into my hands in despair hasn't helped so if anyone out there has suggestions I would appreciate it. There are only so many desperate phone calls I can make to little sisters, in the middle of the night, to ask mundane questions about blogging. The last time I had to ask my little sister such a question she told me to first go to my "dashboard page" and I had to google it. I HAD TO GOOGLE IT! Now come on. I once had a pair of underpants drop out of my jacket at early morning RELIGION CLASS when I was 15...there on the floor for everyone to see, and the shame of this is still on par with that. What will your little siblings ever look up to you for when you have to ask them something like that? So the point is... I'm struggling with this.
I'm also struggling with regularity in case you haven't noticed. The blogging kind. 3 weeks between posts is not a good sign me thinks. I am fighting this with everything I've got. I can find a million things to do to not write for my blog. Cleaning AND working out have both suddenly taken priority in life. That would be a good thing if they weren't used for an avoidance technique. I do think it's getting better though... Now I look at things and occasionally I think "hey that would be good to post on my blog". And then I don't post it. But the point is I'm thinking of posting it.
Ugh. Pray for me.
Tee-hee, I was laughing out loud reading this. You are funny. And how did I never hear about the mortification of your underpants being on display in seminary?!? Seriously, I'm dyeing! But I have every faith that you'll get the hang of this blogging thing, in the mean time I'm praying. :)
ReplyDeleteI never told you that story...?? Oh man. Sadly it's true. That deserves a blog post unto itself. Thanks for reading Leah! You are half my readers right now... that's huge! And how do I get rid of the big ad on top of the page??
ReplyDeletehahaha. Oh heavens thats funny. I remember that story. You really should do blog posts of experiences/memories. Dad stories would be greatly appreciated.
ReplyDelete