This is not fun. I am the person who loves to write. I've never built a website before.
I decided instead of doing what we usually do on January first, (going shopping for stuff we don't really need) I wasn't going to waste more time, and we would build a website in one day.
Good luck with that!! I've never built a website before. My husband has and knew more about this building website stuff than I could ever know.
It was not a fun experience. It was more like a learning experience. I learned that a husband and wife who have different opinions should not be in the same room together for five hours building a website.
I wanted it one way, and he who shall not be named wanted it another way. I had to remind my hubby that the website is for my business, not his, and off we went to the fighting ring.
He yelled at me, I swore at him and our 14 year old, put on her headphones, went downstairs saying, "You people are crazy."
I know I have to do things I have been avoiding for years, but building a website? UGH---it's like climbing MT Everest to me. I don't know anything about HTML code, and guess what I don't care about it either.
But we did make progress today. I made some major decisions days ago and we worked on getting the basic template together, the main categories up, a basic brand, name, and other major fixtures in place.
This website building stuff is hard work.
My hubby turned to me at one point in time, saying, "I thought you knew how to use Wordpress, why don't you know how to put a website on here?" I told him, "It's not the same thing, Google blogger and Wordpress make it seriously easy for a person to start basic blogs on their sites."
We still have another website to build, and I'm thinking of all of the things I want to write about.
I guess I'm learning all about patience and working together by building a website with my hubby!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Think I'm going blind. Figure out these funny writing notes.
Bored beyond belief one Sunday(today), due to the unseasonably awful summer we are having, I started looking over my writing notes looking for something to write about. What's so interesting about that?
How's this; it keeps me from complaining to my family and on Facebook about the cold, dreary, fall like weather we have been having during July and August. While looking over my notes, I noticed that I couldn't read what the heck I wrote, or is that scribbled in my notebook?
I couldn't see the writing due to it being dark outside, my lack of decent lighting---I'm not climbing a chair to fix that overhead light!
So I started laughing out loud with my family all doing what we always do when we are home together---ignore each other by going online to write stuff and talk to total strangers.
My notes were what I could read in a darkened room, with the curtains pulled back allowing the dismal outside light into the room. Here are my notes on writing ideas:
" Don't tell birds something wrong with them."
"Blog entry; listen to nature early mornings listening to birds."
"Why older women should not wear skinny jeans at the fair." I really don't know what this one means, because I haven't been to a fair in years.
"APRIL SHOWERS."
"YAHOO password= Oops, can't tell you this one."
"Think about business PLAN. "
"article or book idea." After that was a blank space.
There were tons more writing notes, but I have to say I couldn't read them in the darkened room where I believe I am going slowly blind. You know it's bad when you have to hold your glasses up to your eyes to see any of the print which looks too small to your eyes. Still my kids say, "Mom, I can read what you are writing across the room. Blind much?"
So I'm ending this blog entry with this last writing note for you to figure out:
"George was Queen's father's name." This was written on the side of the page. "freshmen orientation blog about new baby and tourism."
Okay, obviously my copious notes were written together to save time , space and money.
Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns a professional writer.
How's this; it keeps me from complaining to my family and on Facebook about the cold, dreary, fall like weather we have been having during July and August. While looking over my notes, I noticed that I couldn't read what the heck I wrote, or is that scribbled in my notebook?
I couldn't see the writing due to it being dark outside, my lack of decent lighting---I'm not climbing a chair to fix that overhead light!
So I started laughing out loud with my family all doing what we always do when we are home together---ignore each other by going online to write stuff and talk to total strangers.
My notes were what I could read in a darkened room, with the curtains pulled back allowing the dismal outside light into the room. Here are my notes on writing ideas:
" Don't tell birds something wrong with them."
"Blog entry; listen to nature early mornings listening to birds."
"Why older women should not wear skinny jeans at the fair." I really don't know what this one means, because I haven't been to a fair in years.
"APRIL SHOWERS."
"YAHOO password= Oops, can't tell you this one."
"Think about business PLAN. "
"article or book idea." After that was a blank space.
There were tons more writing notes, but I have to say I couldn't read them in the darkened room where I believe I am going slowly blind. You know it's bad when you have to hold your glasses up to your eyes to see any of the print which looks too small to your eyes. Still my kids say, "Mom, I can read what you are writing across the room. Blind much?"
So I'm ending this blog entry with this last writing note for you to figure out:
"George was Queen's father's name." This was written on the side of the page. "freshmen orientation blog about new baby and tourism."
Okay, obviously my copious notes were written together to save time , space and money.
Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns a professional writer.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Deeply touched by Facebook friends acts of kindness
So, you think Facebook is a waste of time, right? You think Facebook is not the real world, and you are too busy dealing with "real people", in the "real world," to make Facebook friends and talk to them right?
Well, guess what, Facebook is a worthwhile venture, and it's like everything else in life; if you put the time in to make friends, you will make them. It's kind of like the movie, "Field of Dreams", when Kevin Costner's character heard the voice telling him, "If you build it, they will come." Well, it's the same thing with making friends, and having a good time. You can make friends in "real life", and you can utilize a social network like Facebook to make new friends, contact old friends, keep up with friends, or play games like Farmville, or just view what everyone else says. Or you could do what my husband does saying, "I don't have time for stupid Facebook, I've got too much to do." You could even do what a relative of mine said her husband does, by avoiding Facebook altogether by saying, "I don't need Facebook, I have enough friends."
I've always been the kind of person who always wanted to have more friends. I never was the kind of outgoing, vivacious, charismatic type, but with facebook I can talk to all of my friends, complain, make statements, and guess what people actually listen, except for my son, who is too busy to call his mother!
By joining Facebook, I have done just what I set out to do. I made more friends. And along the way lost a few, and de-friended a few too. But, even though I complain, (way too much for my family members), and I complain about Facebook too, I've been deeply touched by two different things that happened on Facebook. One was the more regular members of Facebook wishing me happy birthday, (by the way----February 11). Having moved to a new town and staying home to write, it made me feel extraoridinailly awesome that day when about, oh I don't know about 100 of my almost 200 Facebook friends wished me happy birthday all day long. I felt kind of like a rock star must feel for one dreary winter day.
Then, just the other day, I asked my Facebook friends to wish my mom a happy birthday. She turned 84, and I couldn't be there to wish her a happy birthday in person due to living 200 miles away, and my husband having bronchitis. Sure, I guess I could have driven for four hours, spent the night, and driven home the next day, but after having a stroke, it is a scary thought for me to drive for longer than an hour.
Well, the most amazing thing happened, about nine all too unselfish people wished my mom a happy birthday. It was awesome. This made my mom feel really good, and made me feel like there are decent people out there in the real world.
I am deeply touched, and just wanted to thank all nine of you, for saying Happy Birthday to my mom. (All except for my 20 year old son, who is too busy to say Happy birthday to his relatives.)
So, thank you Facebook friends for extending your best wishes to my mom on her birthday!Copyright(c) 2012, written by Kate Johns a freelance author since 2004.
Well, guess what, Facebook is a worthwhile venture, and it's like everything else in life; if you put the time in to make friends, you will make them. It's kind of like the movie, "Field of Dreams", when Kevin Costner's character heard the voice telling him, "If you build it, they will come." Well, it's the same thing with making friends, and having a good time. You can make friends in "real life", and you can utilize a social network like Facebook to make new friends, contact old friends, keep up with friends, or play games like Farmville, or just view what everyone else says. Or you could do what my husband does saying, "I don't have time for stupid Facebook, I've got too much to do." You could even do what a relative of mine said her husband does, by avoiding Facebook altogether by saying, "I don't need Facebook, I have enough friends."
I've always been the kind of person who always wanted to have more friends. I never was the kind of outgoing, vivacious, charismatic type, but with facebook I can talk to all of my friends, complain, make statements, and guess what people actually listen, except for my son, who is too busy to call his mother!
By joining Facebook, I have done just what I set out to do. I made more friends. And along the way lost a few, and de-friended a few too. But, even though I complain, (way too much for my family members), and I complain about Facebook too, I've been deeply touched by two different things that happened on Facebook. One was the more regular members of Facebook wishing me happy birthday, (by the way----February 11). Having moved to a new town and staying home to write, it made me feel extraoridinailly awesome that day when about, oh I don't know about 100 of my almost 200 Facebook friends wished me happy birthday all day long. I felt kind of like a rock star must feel for one dreary winter day.
Then, just the other day, I asked my Facebook friends to wish my mom a happy birthday. She turned 84, and I couldn't be there to wish her a happy birthday in person due to living 200 miles away, and my husband having bronchitis. Sure, I guess I could have driven for four hours, spent the night, and driven home the next day, but after having a stroke, it is a scary thought for me to drive for longer than an hour.
Well, the most amazing thing happened, about nine all too unselfish people wished my mom a happy birthday. It was awesome. This made my mom feel really good, and made me feel like there are decent people out there in the real world.
I am deeply touched, and just wanted to thank all nine of you, for saying Happy Birthday to my mom. (All except for my 20 year old son, who is too busy to say Happy birthday to his relatives.)
So, thank you Facebook friends for extending your best wishes to my mom on her birthday!Copyright(c) 2012, written by Kate Johns a freelance author since 2004.
Funny Look at Facebook Status Updates
Facebook needs to change it's status updates again to something more imaginative. I adored when Facebook asked everyone to talk about themselves in third person.
Ellen De Generes had a hilarious comment one day about how she misses Facebook's old way of people talking to each other in third person. Then she said, "Ellen De Generes misses that."
When I first logged onto Facebook a little over two years ago, I couldn't understand why people were talking to each other in third person. It sounded very impersonal and lofty to me.It made people sound like they were all talking like a highly paid, basketball player.
I would laugh my butt off, reading other people's comments on how they were talking to one another, like "Ellen is at a bar getting drunk." When Facebook was in the throes of a hormonal overload, admittedly having growing pains, Facebook would ask for your status.
Personally, I always thought that meant, Facebook was asking if you were single, married, in a relationship, or something like it's complicated.
Then like all good things coming to an end, Facebook changed status updates to I believe "comment here." I remember that as being rather confusing, because I thought what do you want me to comment on? That's when I started commenting on everything that I noticed, and did all day long. That was seriously dull, so Facebook changed their status updates to what they are currently of:"What's on your mind?"
What's on your mind is even worse, because I am the person who will tell you what is really on my mind. But from what I've noticed on Facebook, people hardly ever say what is really on their minds.
Maybe it is time for Facebook to change it's status updates again to something else like; perhaps a funnier message of "What you talking'bout Willis?"
Perhaps for all senior citizens Facebook could ask the question of: "What day is it?" How about a question for baby boomers like: "Having a senior moment?"
Or strictly just for women like :"Do these jeans make my butt look big?"
Maybe Facebook could change it's status updates to what Facebook really thinks about it's users like, "We don't really care, but leave a comment anyways."Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
Ellen De Generes had a hilarious comment one day about how she misses Facebook's old way of people talking to each other in third person. Then she said, "Ellen De Generes misses that."
When I first logged onto Facebook a little over two years ago, I couldn't understand why people were talking to each other in third person. It sounded very impersonal and lofty to me.It made people sound like they were all talking like a highly paid, basketball player.
I would laugh my butt off, reading other people's comments on how they were talking to one another, like "Ellen is at a bar getting drunk." When Facebook was in the throes of a hormonal overload, admittedly having growing pains, Facebook would ask for your status.
Personally, I always thought that meant, Facebook was asking if you were single, married, in a relationship, or something like it's complicated.
Then like all good things coming to an end, Facebook changed status updates to I believe "comment here." I remember that as being rather confusing, because I thought what do you want me to comment on? That's when I started commenting on everything that I noticed, and did all day long. That was seriously dull, so Facebook changed their status updates to what they are currently of:"What's on your mind?"
What's on your mind is even worse, because I am the person who will tell you what is really on my mind. But from what I've noticed on Facebook, people hardly ever say what is really on their minds.
Maybe it is time for Facebook to change it's status updates again to something else like; perhaps a funnier message of "What you talking'bout Willis?"
Perhaps for all senior citizens Facebook could ask the question of: "What day is it?" How about a question for baby boomers like: "Having a senior moment?"
Or strictly just for women like :"Do these jeans make my butt look big?"
Maybe Facebook could change it's status updates to what Facebook really thinks about it's users like, "We don't really care, but leave a comment anyways."Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
Facebook is manipulating you
At first you were probably not happy with the most recent, major changes at Facebook.
You noticed the new changes at Facebook adding a news scroll, which is either irritating or super helpful to you. You probably also noticed other changes where Facebook is saying "recent updates," which brings you to the most up to date comments made by your friends. Although, super helpful, I'm finding it annoying to see my own post still there hours later.
But I've discovered something about Facebook that you may have already figured out. Facebook is manipulating you.
I've been saying all along that being on Facebook is like being at a party. You wander around engaging in conversations, perhaps staying at one that is interesting, looking at other comments making a few comments, and then you see others that are uninteresting.
What you may have noticed is that Facebook has mixed things up. Your party has been mixed up. It's similar to a person in charge of the party suddenly making an announcement of, "Okay everyone, you have to walk over to the next group and start a conversation." Even though, you may be comfortable with your old group, finding interesting things to say, the party designer, this being Facebook, has suddenly changed the game plan.
You must have noticed by now, unless you don't go on Facebook very often, that your comfortable group of friends are suddenly gone. You have to search for them. People you don't talk to as often as others have been pushed to the forefront, and you are now seeing their comments more often. You are not seeing your comfortable group of friend's comments anymore.
You are being manipulated by Facebook.You are being forced to talk to people you didn't talk to much before. You are therefore searching for your older friends. Did you notice this one----you have been unintentionally making new friends?
You are being manipulated by Facebook.
Facebook is pushing people to make new friends, to mix it up. You are being led to change your lists of friends, relatives, and to making new friends. This leads this social network into eventually obtaining one of it's ultimate goals-----gaining one billion users. Then they can brag to potential clients that they are the biggest online social networking site.
Facebook is banking on you staying right where you are. Facebook is manipulating you into making many more new friends, reading the side news scroll thingee, and buying the products advertised on the side. Facebook has also added more ads. They look like regular posts , but are paid for ads, asking you to LIKE them. Facebook also wants you to pay to promote your posts. You will be asked to pay from a dollar to ten dollars to promote your posts. Don't hit that promote prompt that's all. Oh yeah, and you will be asked to buy your friends gifts when you try to say happy birthday.
With the irritating news scroll taking place on the side, you will find your eyes wandering over to the right side, reading what your friends are doing. Facebook wants you to stay on for as long as possible, using up your valuable daily time looking at what your friends say, and using Facebook more often, They are counting on you staying at the party. Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
You noticed the new changes at Facebook adding a news scroll, which is either irritating or super helpful to you. You probably also noticed other changes where Facebook is saying "recent updates," which brings you to the most up to date comments made by your friends. Although, super helpful, I'm finding it annoying to see my own post still there hours later.
But I've discovered something about Facebook that you may have already figured out. Facebook is manipulating you.
I've been saying all along that being on Facebook is like being at a party. You wander around engaging in conversations, perhaps staying at one that is interesting, looking at other comments making a few comments, and then you see others that are uninteresting.
What you may have noticed is that Facebook has mixed things up. Your party has been mixed up. It's similar to a person in charge of the party suddenly making an announcement of, "Okay everyone, you have to walk over to the next group and start a conversation." Even though, you may be comfortable with your old group, finding interesting things to say, the party designer, this being Facebook, has suddenly changed the game plan.
You must have noticed by now, unless you don't go on Facebook very often, that your comfortable group of friends are suddenly gone. You have to search for them. People you don't talk to as often as others have been pushed to the forefront, and you are now seeing their comments more often. You are not seeing your comfortable group of friend's comments anymore.
You are being manipulated by Facebook.You are being forced to talk to people you didn't talk to much before. You are therefore searching for your older friends. Did you notice this one----you have been unintentionally making new friends?
You are being manipulated by Facebook.
Facebook is pushing people to make new friends, to mix it up. You are being led to change your lists of friends, relatives, and to making new friends. This leads this social network into eventually obtaining one of it's ultimate goals-----gaining one billion users. Then they can brag to potential clients that they are the biggest online social networking site.
Facebook is banking on you staying right where you are. Facebook is manipulating you into making many more new friends, reading the side news scroll thingee, and buying the products advertised on the side. Facebook has also added more ads. They look like regular posts , but are paid for ads, asking you to LIKE them. Facebook also wants you to pay to promote your posts. You will be asked to pay from a dollar to ten dollars to promote your posts. Don't hit that promote prompt that's all. Oh yeah, and you will be asked to buy your friends gifts when you try to say happy birthday.
With the irritating news scroll taking place on the side, you will find your eyes wandering over to the right side, reading what your friends are doing. Facebook wants you to stay on for as long as possible, using up your valuable daily time looking at what your friends say, and using Facebook more often, They are counting on you staying at the party. Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
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