Double Milestones Post

Ok……here we are……at the finish line of my blogging goal for today, June 20, 2009. Its my 51st birthday, which is no big deal. More importantly…..this is my 1000th blogpost! The photo above shows me as hostess at my first birthday party, ready to launch the festivities by yanking that cake onto my highchair tray. All right! Bring it on! Actually, my eyes have that glazed-over, ready-for-a-nap look……and, that’s been the theme of my entire life!

I began blogging on February 12, 2007……here’s the first post. Haha, at that time I knew precious little about blogging…..I didn’t even know how to add a link to a blogpost. I’m indebted to kind-hearted fellow bloggers who offered instructions for that and other blogging tricks. I started with Blogger's Mojo Green template, I believe, and didn't post photos for a year, until we switched our internet connection from dial-up to DSL.

Bear with me, please……I enjoy these old photo scenes mainly for the glimpse they give of old linoleum, curtains, wallpaper, furniture……decor from a past era. In this next photo, it appears I’m getting an early start on learning to sort laundry……definitely a necessary life skill.

One change in my blog’s look came when I learned about using Windows Live Writer a few months ago. Lots of handy options in there. When uploading a video from my own camera, I still use Blogger, though.

Ah, yes…….next we see one-year-old me busily absorbing knowledge from our set of Collier’s Encyclopedias. Please don’t be shocked by my attire……the white towel placed on top of the head helped to hold information in place until it could be fully soaked up by the mind’s memory bank. I’m not sure what that tail-piece towel was for. (As I recall, my mom placed these small towels on armrests of the sofa and easy chairs---to provide protection from dirt and wear. My great-grandma crocheted doily-like pieces to be used for that purpose, too.)

Another blogging improvement happened when I learned how to increase the size of the blog “wrappers”. Other bloggers directed me to this Norwegian blog which gives instructions for going into the blog’s HTML and increasing the measurements for the wrappers. It allows the blog to use more of the computer screen area and photos can be uploaded in a larger size. If you visit the Norwegian blog, there is a translator widget in the sidebar so you can convert the post to English or whatever language you need.

This last photo is a bit blurry, but I enjoy the scene. I still have that white teddy bear that's lying there on the sofa in the photo, but I've no recollection of the monkey. I attempted to zoom in to see the item in my hands……it looks for all the world like the cell phone I currently use!! (Wow.....dig those well-matched linoleum and wallpaper designs!)

Sorry for all this focus on ME, but I had a blast arranging this 51st birthday post to also be the 1000th post on my blog!

Have a pleasant weekend……and a wonderful Father’s Day (which is my son’s birthday……and he was born right on Father’s Day in 1992.)!

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