Archive for September, 2007

Go Pink for October! (Bullet Sunday #4)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Last year Dave from Blogography.com went Pink for October. That was the first I’ve heard of it and I thought this was a great idea. Since I wasn’t really keeping my blog up to date then, I did not participate.
This year I proudly sport a Pink for October [...]

My Family has been on the News Twice this Week

That’s right. My family is famous! Ok, maybe not, but two members of my family were shown briefly on the news this week. Last Sunday my mom was on the news when KATU did a segment on the record turnout for the Portland Race for the Cure. As I mentioned, my mom and sister participated. [...]

I Can Finally Shut Up About Wordpress Themes

Yes, that’s right. I’m going to shut the heck up! But… that’s because I finally found a theme I could work with and upload the little Halloween Theme I created all by myself. Well, I didn’t DRAW the images or anything. I’m not THAT talented. But I did manipulate the heck out of some [...]

Thursday Thirteen #7

Thirteen Things that Frustrated Me Today

The current headache I have
The person who won’t listen
Teenagers, nuff said
Creating my own header graphic for a Wordpress theme
Getting everything just so only to find out the theme I’m using doesn’t support all I need
Blogrush - the widget is way too wide making any 3 column themes I want to [...]

Who the heck is John Chow? And Why Would I Care?

I keep seeing this name pop up in my reader. People criticizing him, questioning his motives, or model after him. I’ve seen his name and blog show up on forums, too. Stuff like “well John Chow did ____” (fill in the blank) and people are all like “oooohhh”. The first time I read a blog [...]

New Diabetes Blog: AADE Side by Side

Amy over at Diabetes Mine mentioned a new blog started by The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). I immediately subscribed to their feed (love my reader!) and can’t wait to see what it’s all about.
Amy also mentions the first post is about “Knowing Your Numbers“. I chuckled when I read the first post. Especially [...]

What a Wonderful Day

My mom, sister, and I have gone to the Komen Survivor Celebration Luncheon for many years. As of this year, my mom is celebrating 22 years of survival after breast cancer and this month my sister is celebrating her 7th month as a survivor. Every year they have ended the celebration with a candle lighting [...]