A New Online Look

As you can see, my website has had a make-over! I'm not a programmer by any stretch, so coming up with a new look has taken a lot of trial and error. This new layout is phase one of my redesign. I'm still playing around with adding new widgets, but so far I like the new look. (Hopefully it's all lining up and working properly on other browsers!)

There's a site I love for quickly designing tiled backgrounds: BGPatterns.com It's where I made this lovely blue background, and the darker background I had before. Even if you aren't working on a project that needs a background, it's just really fun to play around with this little tool!

Facebook: Questioning Connections

I admit I was leery of joining Facebook, for many reasons. The idea of potentially reconnecting with any random person I ever met in my entire life was not a selling point. Like many people, it took several friend requests before I gave in to curiosity and signed up- fully expecting to check it out once or twice and quietly walk away.

Here I am a year (or is it two? three?) later and I'm still on Facebook. In fact, I check in nearly everyday either on my computer or phone. Quick skim through my news feed; chuckle/comment/think about the witty/interesting/odd status updates; maybe look at some photos/links/videos; post my own random twitter-esque thought; maybe click-click-click through a mindless game; go back to real life.

Those little mini-breaks are good for clearing my head between writing/parenting/cleaning/cooking/etc., or so I tell myself. Plus, life is busy and it's a quick way to stay in touch with friends and family. But am I really staying in touch?