BLOG BUTTONS FOR DUMMIES ( blog face lift )

A new look for my blog!
As some of you have noticed I had a face lift - well my blog did anyway.
This is quite literally as good as it's ever going to get - because I cannot - absolutely cannot spend another 2 minutes on this endeavor - I'm exhausted - I'm frustrated - I have a huge headache - and I am
not going to admit to ANYONE how long it took me to update my blog - you wouldn't believe it even if
I did..........................( let's just say " what a difference a day makes - 24 little hours " ) almost!

That I was able to accomplish even the little I did is flabbergasting because I am a complete idiot when it
comes to these things ( these things being anything to do with a computer and html )
Picture if you will - a person walking into an operating room - and trying to remove kidneys with nothing more than a laptop to guide them through it or a person who's never seen the inside of a car - trying to
change the ignition - first of all it was terrifying ( don't judge - it doesn't take much to scare me )
secondly it was complicated - to the point of almost crying 15 times - and thirdly it just left me feeling incredibly stupid.

If at first you don't succeed - try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try try and
try try try try try try try try try try try try try again........................

I worked for hours on trying to create a button - it doesn't matter how many hours it took ( a lot ) because
I really should have been able to do it in a couple of minutes.
After searching all kind of sites - and doing what they swore would work, I'd keep coming back and trying it
and no button - over and over again.
Until I found this site  My Cool Realm and 5 minutes later I had a button -

After creating and uploading my button - I typed in 3 pieces of information - and presto - my code was generated which I simply copied and pasted onto html/ java in a new " gadget ".  This is one of the best help sites I've ever encountered in blogland - they should call it " buttons for dummies " really!
If you need a " button " and are as inept as I - PLEASE visit the site - instead of spending all day banging your head on to your desk.  Simply click on the below

http://www.mycoolrealm.com/sandbox/gbgen/

So.............any of you need a kidney removed?
I'm quite confident now that I could do it...............
( I don't own a laptop - so bring your own please )
First patient gets a HUGE discount.
And I'm contemplating giving myself a real facelift - how hard can it be?
Bet I could do it quicker than it took me to do this!
A little tuck here - a little clip there - a little lift everywhere - sew it all up and voila!!!
Have a good wknd everyone!
Hugs,

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The Crown Jewels

Some more smoke and mirrors for you ........................
When I was staging my Mother's house for sell - I went over budget - and was left with no choice but to accessorize here and there with items I found at the dollar store - some of which I decided I wanted to keep.

This was one of them

It's hanging high enough on the wall that you can't tell it's made of plastic ( hopefully not anyway )
And I placed it inside a simple white frame box.

John says - why are you dragging a dining room chair around?
Suzan says - I have to take a picture of my " bust "
John says - Pardon me?
Suzan says - I have to take a picture of my " bust "
John says - Oh God - please don't tell me you're posting about your breast reduction
Suzan says - WHY WOULD I NEED A DINING ROOM CHAIR TO TAKE A PICTURE
OF MY OWN BUST??????????????????
Suzan says - Sometime you act like a big " boob "
Suzan says - Sometimes you make no sense at all
Suzan says - Sometimes you drive me nuts, absolutely
John says - HAH - that's rich my dear - that's rich
John says - Why don't you turn that thing around and show everyone what happened when you dropped it?

and this is where I plan to hide my crown jewels ( when I acquire them that is )

Now looking at it I think it's a brilliant idea really - I should go stock up on them - drop them all on the floor
and sell them as the perfect hiding spaces for jewellery!

Suzan says - Can I have your TAG watches John for a couple of minutes?
John says - WHY?
Suzan says - I just want to put them in the back of this " bust " so I have a photo to show something valuable hiding in it.
John says - NO you cannot put my TAG watches in the back of a dollar store broken ornament.
John says - END of discussion period.......................

What do you think?  Good idea?  Am I on to something?
Much better than your typical " book " safe, I would say

From Michael's if anyone is interested - pretty isn't it?

My crown jewels would never fit inside that puny thing anyway
My crown jewels are life sized so I'd need something like this to accommodate them

 they'd have waterfront property at least!

Y'all have yourselves a wonderful first weekend of the year now, y'hear?
( I really hate posting photos of my kids - just because of all the creepy sites out there )
( probably for the same reasons I was terrified to let them out of my sight for 20 years )
( I was the most overbearing - stifling - neurotic - mother on the planet - and THAT's the truth )
( have to work on these issues I have )

P.S.
John says - well now that you've told everyone where you plan to hide things I would never consider
putting my watches in that head anyway - what's the point?

So if any of you were even considering hopping on a plane to Montreal - to break into our home - and go straight to the shattered head in hopes of finding John's watches - really - you'd just be wasting your time.
Except for Caroline from Piorra Maison - she's been here already - have you checked to make sure your
watches are still there John ?

Cost for this project?  $1.00
My crown jewels?  Priceless



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