Blogitty Design & Shut Up About The House Already

This weekend, I finally figured out how to code this:

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I know many of you are regular contributors to and/or reader of T.O.P. so this will make it easier to tell everyone about it - especially for any of you who don’t code at all. Just right click in the box below the image you want and “select all.” Then copy and paste the code wherever you’d like it on your own site.

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(I also learned how to make a line. Silly, but I was quite proud of myself. No more periods across the middle of a post. Yay!)

I’m still struggling (read: going absolutely nowhere and begging for help) with

1. Turning this theme into a 3-column design (sidebar, posts, sidebar)
2. Getting the poster’s name and post time out of the posts. I’d just like the date to be there. I want to do this at T.O.P. as well so I’d like to do it myself with help as opposed to having someone do it for me.

If you can help, I’ll love you long time.

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It’s a long weekend in Canada (not in the US, right?) and we pretty much spent it packing, doing errands and getting stung by a wasp whose compatriots live under our front steps and are perpetually pissed off. I’ve been limping since I was stung and my ankle is swollen, but it’s getting better. The BG’s was better by last night because the little prick left most of it’s venom in me before jumping on to him to deposit the remainder. Thank God the boy was still inside. I can’t imagine him in this much pain.

Today we’re doing the walk-through on the new house and tomorrow at noon it’s officially ours! I’m going to start moving 2-3 van loads a day to try to get most of the small stuff out before the big move on Saturday.

Our new bed is being delivered to the new place on Thursday. NEW BED! Wheee! I’m SO excited! We bit the bullet and bought a top of the line king size monstrosity for my huge husband with sleep issues. Hopefully he’ll stop complaining about me hogging the bed now. (Kidding. He won’t stop.) I’ve got the new bedding all washed up & ready. Do you all know how expensive king size bedding is. The mattress cover alone is $150 (unless you get the kind that does nothing - we got the dust mite proof kind). We got a huge sale on the bed in a bag so it was cheap, and when I took it all out to wash it I realized why. It’s transparent.

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Just had to put another line in. Can’t help myself.

August 6th, 2007 in bloggin', design, opinionated, random crap |

11 Responses to “ Blogitty Design & Shut Up About The House Already ”

1. # 1 chelle Says:
   August 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pm

   arg! You are on my list of to do’s I swear! I am finding two children, new state, new town, being impossibly far from home a little taxing … I want to design so bad!!! Must make time!

2. # 2 Michelle Says:
   August 6th, 2007 at 10:24 pm

   Thanks for the codes! I’ll have to snag one next time I’m updating my sidebar! I do have the 3 columns on my blog, but I didn’t do it as someone else did my blog makeover. I can try and look at my template and see if that gives me any clues to how it is done, but not sure if I’ll really be of any help!

   sorry about the wasp sting - ouch! Hope it heals quickly! and I hope the move goes smoothly!

3. # 3 CPA Mom and Soccer Mom Angela Says:
   August 7th, 2007 at 8:36 am

   Thanks for the code, I put it up on both sites!

   Moving stinks. New house ROCKS though. Sorry about the wasp too.

   Can you tell me how you do lines like that? Pretty please?

4. # 4 Lainey-Paney Says:
   August 7th, 2007 at 10:53 am

   King Size Bedding is expensive!

   We recently downsized from our King Sized Bed to a Queen Size.
   I LOVE the new bed!
   …i just wish…it were bigger.
   Don’t tell my husband! he’ll be mad that we spent all the money on the new bed b/c I was soooo sure it wouldn’t be too small. After a king size, you’ll probably never want to go back down a size.

   

5. # 5 Kat Says:
   August 7th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

   ok dokey I am checking in with your blog every day as you probably know but just have not emailed for a while! Sorry things are so crazy around here with just having moved very recently! Yes we sold & bought!! Hope to talk to you soon, drop me an email ok???
   Many hugs K xxx

6. # 6 Mommy off the Record Says:
   August 7th, 2007 at 6:26 pm

   love the lines…very pretty

   I’d be happy to cross post over at the OP site - thanks for offering. Just let me know how it all works!

7. # 7 Stephanie Says:
   August 8th, 2007 at 8:27 pm

   I make my own layouts and here is the site I use… you can chose how you want it to look.. one column, two column, or three column..

   http://psyc.horm.org/#PsycHo

8. # 8 Stephanie Says:
   August 8th, 2007 at 8:28 pm

   Oh and could you show me how to make the line as welL?

9. # 9 Jenny Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 10:55 am

   T had a blast helping you take care of Ry! Thank you again for all the presents you gave her - when I walked in the house, she said “You won’t BELIEVE what I got!” She’s already making a necklace and bracelet for her friend’s birthday on Friday.

   See you this afternoon for one more truckload!

10. # 10 chelle Says:
    August 9th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    As a house warming present I started working on a new theme! Give me a few days to hammer some stuff and work out some kinks. It will be ready for the latest WP so you will be current

11. # 11 Damselfly Says:
    August 12th, 2007 at 9:05 am

    Looks like you’re just giving us a line.

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