Jun 18 2007
Time to Change
Well, those of you who are not reading this blog via email or a blog reader have probably already noticed that I have changed my blog theme. I was feeling the need for a change and decided to check this one out when Andrea posted about a new 3 column theme.
The picture in the header is one of my own…a picture off the back dock of our place in Ocean City (where we are headed in only 3 days!) I am not really thrilled about the way it was cropped (I would have liked to keep a little bit more of the chairs) but I think that it works. Here is the entire uncropped picture (yes, I am very lucky and can’t wait to get down there).
I took this picture back in January right after I had gotten my new camera. We were just getting ready to go home after spending New Years at the beach when I noticed the awesome light. It was cool, but not cold. Very crisp and clear. I took several pictures, experimenting with how to compose the picture. I like how this one turned out. I feel more relaxed just by looking at it.
I think that I am going to like this theme…It makes it easy to change the picture if I get bored…I can also play around with the colors as well. I do wish that it had a place for a tagline so I could have the Throwing Marshmallows quote a bit more prominent. But this seems to have a clean look to it (although the font seems a bit small). Let me know what you think.
I have been playing around with the sidebars a bit and realized that I really need to find time to update my blogroll. I did find a nice VT Ribbon that I like and Silvia had a link to a great countdown widget. So I now have a countdown going until the VaHomeschoolers Conference! (Which is also the same day as the release of the new Harry Potter book…) Ack! I can’t believe that it is this close.
I am also noticing that this theme does some weird things with the placement of my photos…all photos are right justified and the captions don’t line up with the pictures any more. I will have to look into that…
I hope to have time to post some pictures from the homeschool camp we just got back from…we had a blast but Jason and I seem to have picked up a cold which has been kicking my butt. So I have been trying to be good about getting enough sleep (obviously not tonight though!)
Better run and get some rest. Busy day tomorrow (today?) and only 3 more days until we head for the beach!
~Stephanie
PS If there are any spelling typos in this, I will blame it on Andrea since the spell check is still not working…(sorry Andrea…couldn’t resist giving you a hard time…like you don’t have tons of other stuff on your plate right now!)




I like it. And the cropped photo still gives that sense of peace.
I love the photo, too.
I love the new theme. Very relaxing to look at.
I love the picture, too. It looks like a place that I’d like to sit and read, and I’m always mentally collecting such spots. Thanks!
Wonderful new look… so serene…and the rest is so clean and crisp looking…
It looks all right but your main page doesn’t show up right for me. It could be the screen resolution I have it at. I have this problem with any three column blogs. The comments page looks right but your main page, I have to scroll down past the whole left column to get to your posts.
That is weird Callista! Wish that I had an answer for you…I actually thought about going back to a 2 col blog, but to be honest with you I have way to many things in my sidebars. I need both columns!
for what it’s worth, I like it better - your last theme never loaded properly for me (but I’m using Firefox, so I chalked it up to that). Great picture, and I’m sure you’re headed off for a fun summer! Yay for summer!