…I began writing a draft post to explain my prolonged abscence…and intention to get back to blogging on a regular basis. I didn’t post it in the end. Since then I’ve been working a lot and trying to figure out what direction I’m going to go in. We’ve gone from living an extremely stable, routine existence to having our stable income cut by 60 to 75% and an unreliable, slow to build income in it’s place. Blokey is now freelancing…he jumped before he was pushed (see previous post for context) and is currently considering whether to take legal action against his former employer. He’s enjoying the varying work he’s been getting so far, which is a far cry from the long term project he’d been working on for the last few years. He’s good at what he does (software) and I’m certain in the long term he can make a good living at this. I’ve asked him about making me a new blog. I’m finding I can’t get WordPress to do the things I want (more my lack of tech skills I think!)…and Blokey has been playing with SilverStripe on his website…I looked at some of the templates available and was quite impressed….so I want to use that as well. Plus it’s experience for him as he wants to use it more and learn as much about it as he can…push the limits. He’s using SilverStripe for one of the jobs he’s doing at the moment and it’s looking good.
I’m thinking also about what direction I want to go in with this blog…I’ve spent a lot of time looking over other blogs and seeing what works for each one. Currently I have two blogs…this one and the 101 in 1001 blog. I couldn’t figure out how to get WordPress to run both in one. Blokey suggested using the tags and such but I want a tab at the top of the page that clicks onto what is another set of blog posts only related to the 101 in 1001 stuff…I like the tabs…WordPress does them but you are limited in what you can put under each tab. For now though this shall suffice! It has to…Blokey is too busy to help me!!!
I was going to write more…but I shall save that for another time. No pressure…although, one great new thing…Blokey bought me a USB splitter! My one USB port laptop can now handle four USB devices..woohoo…so, let’s see…I have the mouse in one…the MP3 player cord in a second…and room for the camera cord of course! I need to find something to photograph first! Maybe I’ll put up one of my untidy lounge/dining area as I can see from where I sit here….
