extreme makeover … blog edition

So I’ve been thinking about remodeling the blog for a little while now.  My old wordpress.com blog wouldn’t let me change fonts or load big photos and I felt a little confined.  So I thought I’d just upgrade to a wordpress.org blog and upload a new template … quickly, y’know?  I’ve switched templates before.  How hard could it be?

That was Friday morning.  By Friday night I had pulled out almost all my hair (or at least I wanted to), had more live chats with highly technical computer geeks than anyone should have to in one day, and had absolutely nothing to show for it except a blog that looked nothing like my own.   I realized I had  NO HTML CSS skillz whatsoever.  FTP was something I had never heard of before.

It’s now Monday afternoon. FTP and I know each other intimately.  The blog is finally dressed appropriately if not fully accessorized.  It can at least go out in public now.  Fortunately we encountered only one casualty during the switch.  July and August 2009 are missing somewhere out in the far reaches of the internet.  I’ve been told by one of those geeky internet geniuses that I can find them again if I venture back into my FTP.  I’m not sure if I’m ready for that again.  We’re taking a little time off from one another at the moment.  If you see them back here, you’ll know we’ve reconciled.

I hope your weekend consisted of more than wrestling with computer jargon whilst your household disintegrates into chaos. (Like mine)

Happy Labor Day!