Category: inspires me

Logo Update!

As you know, yesterday I was “PSYCHED” about the background color of my logo matching the background color of my theme.  I wanted to ride that wave of success but I also found another theme I liked better.  I literally almost decided not to change the theme so I could keep that background color on my logo.  That makes no sense, at least, no good sense.

The Paint program I used to make the logo can create a transparent background but won’t Save a transparent background. What?!

It’s okay, I’m over it. Listen to this, Google had a work around. Bring the logo into PowerPoint, make the background transparent there, save a PNG, and Viola!

That may sound easy to you, but it sounds Greek to me. I found and opened PowerPoint for the first time in my life. I created a transparent background for the first time in my life.  I created a PNG, whatever that is, for the first time in my life.  And here it is on my new theme!  Viola!

This isn’t rocket science, but to me, with my self-proclaimed technology phobia, it feels like kicking a$* and taking names!

The Horrible First Post

This is it.  The first post.  It’s got to be great.  It must at least be good.  This is too much pressure. I procrastinate under pressure.  That’s why I’ve had a blank blog for months now.  So, here’s what’s going to happen, I’m going to write a sh*% first post, akin to Anne Lamont’s classic first draft. If someone has shown up here to read this, I thank you and I apologize.

It is funny how things fall together when you commit to a path. I learned that in the blog world, having a logo is a thing.  I Googled it.  Of course I Googled it. I got some tips and then went at it blindly. Not hugely creative, but I used the blog name to create the acronym “S.O.” To jazz it up I added, “!”.  I did this in Paint.  I have never used Paint in my life but I sort of got into it. I ran into loads of problems.  It literally took me the better part of the afternoon to create this rotten little thing. Continue…