Saturday, January 19, 2013

Changes are Coming...

I'm working offline on my site and there are some special graphics that I want made for it so I'm going to have to get them done. In fact, I'm also expanding the site to include some more content and to include various other interests that I have developed over the years. I may have to expand this blog to cover some of those interests as well. I'm not sure how to do it yet, but when I do it will make things a lot easier to update.

Besides the design information and the writing section, which is one of those to be expanded; I'm also adding an artist area, a gaming area and I'm going to get that cooking area finally finished.  I'm going to be including some of my own recipes in the cooking area and offer some great free cookbooks too. I'm going to be including some great reviews and recommendations on a lot of stuff that I've found useful over the years too. I think my site and this journal are going to get fat with information. But that's what I love to do, share what I've discovered and offer others a chance to put it to good use.

If I do offer items on here, it will because I use them, liked them and think that they may be useful to someone else. I will also mention things that I do not like or that have disappointed me when I was excited about the claims that were made. I don't want anyone spending good money on something that doesn't deliver like it says either. If I link to a product it may or may not be an affiliate link, mostly I will put a link to either my son or daughter's account as it helps them to earn a bit of income and moves them closer to their goals.

(I don't really do affiliate marketing anymore, not for some time due to promises that never went anywhere and being banned by Google Adsense, back when it was young and I was a newbie. I think that a life ban is a bit extreme and harsh, especially when it was not done on purpose and I never was paid a dime. But that is why I don't participate. But I will help my kids out if I can by sending someone to one of their links.)

Anyway, I believe that things are steadily coming together even though this site may not appear to be doing much changing. The new background is a bit tricky to put together so I'm making sure that it's done right the first time... at least, I hope it is. I'll have to wait till it's done to see if it works and that the effect is the one I want. Yes, I'm dabbling in flash again... hopefully this time it will not disappoint me.

So, Till we meet again my friends,

Carpe Diem!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Rebooting for the New Year!

Well, it's been ages since I've come around here, but that's about to change...
It's a new year, 2013 and I'm going to be revamping not only this journal, but my website as well. Things are slowly getting better in some areas, while others are not going anywhere. So I'm about to do a little early Spring cleaning to start getting rid of the clutter and chaos in my life. Not only will that be a small boost to my energy level, but I should improve my daughter's income as well. I'm giving her the marketable items to put online to sell, so that should allow her to reach some of her own goals.

There's been so many things that have changed this year, some have been a lot of fun too. Like our mini-vacation to Savannah, Georgia at the end of Oct. It was a bit chilly and it was only a few days, but it was a really nice adventure for us. We definitely want to do it again this year, though when it's a bit warmer.

I'm thinking of finally putting that YouTube account of mine to use by posting some videos of our adventures, projects and plans as they come together. It will be a lot of fun to look back on all that we've accomplished later on.
In fact, I'm also going to be hitting a life milestone this Jan. so I'm going to be making some big changes to my website to reflect that fact. It's time for a bit more color and a lot more life to infuse my online presence. Although I'll keep my online avatar of course, I like the idea of being a work of art that doesn't age - a bit of ink and paint, so unlike the fate of my flesh and blood real body. Time can be cruel and unkind as easily as it can be kind and generous... unfortunately, I got the former treatment rather than the latter. But I've hope that technology will once again come to my rescue and defeat the inevitable!

So be prepared to see some amazing changes and a lot more activity on here in the coming months. I'm going to be wrapped in a whirlwind of creative energy as I revamp the entire theme of my pages!

Till we meet again...

Carpe Diem!