My New Blog Template.....

Well I am pretty excited about this new template that was created for me. It was well worth the investment ($85) for which I will get to write off on my taxes for next year. I hope one day that this blog will one day help buy me a farm for my Premarin rescue horses or a farm for my mom. Yes, big dreams!) I can't help but have them.

Now the banner at the top is very symbolic in that on the left is the Ovarian Cancer ribbon for which I hope in my lifetime we will one day find a cure for this deadly monster. On the right is the San Jose Sharks which symbolizes that I live in San Jose and that is my husbands very favorite hockey team. They are having a good year and have been so very exciting to watch! My husband and I are whole together and that's what this blog is all about. We take care good care of one another and teal is our color together!) His team and my monster!) A real power couple we are!)

What I really do like about the new design is the ease in being able to customize; adding banners, changing font, moving things around; instead of the usual one column on the side, I now have two in which to add things to either side of my blog. It's not screwed up anymore! I love it! I can now proudly bring it up on Internet Explorer once again! Wow! I just can't say enough about it!

Every once in a while I like to read other blogs (much more than the news). I've actually been avoiding the news lately because it's just too stressful. Sometimes I notice while watching; I get panic attacks when I hear about people being murdered, taking their lives because financial ruin, bad things for your health and so much more. It's just way too depressing and stressful so I've been avoiding it and feeling much better.

If it's bad news; I like to look for positive in it and just not just focus on the negative. There's much more to life that's going on than all the bad that is happening before us. Bad news may help sell things but I find that avoiding it has been very important to my own health.

To get back the blogs; they are a great way to escape those harsh realities; reading about others' lives and good things that are happening to them; their insight to the world. They may have their share of problems but many have unique ways of dealing with them.

I found Shauna's design banner on another blog that I was reading. The banner said enough so I clicked on it and I checked out her work; I was completely impressed enough that I ordered a good package price. I felt that my blog is worth it. Perhaps the troubles (errors in Internet Explorer) I have been having will finally stop. It finally did fix itself and it looks very cool!

Shauna Callagham worked with me and she took my idea and completely transformed my blog into exactly what I was picturing. I know that sounds kind of hard to believe but it really was amazing. She seems to be very creative and it took about a week turn around once I had placed the order and I know she's pretty busy. Well she's a mom and more power to her that she can stay at home with her kids and run her own business. I'm all for that!

Here is her contact information in case any of you are interested in a great blog design for your blog!)

Shauna Callaghan
214.683.3445 - Direct
burbmom.net - Website for North Texas Moms
seemydesignsbyshauna.com - Web & Blog Design
Blah Blah Blog - Personal Blog - Stuff you Never Wanted to Know

Well, as for me living on with this disease; I feel this photo should say it all. I am doing OK and it's not stopping me at all. I went ice skating today with my husband and a good friend from work who snapped this photo. Excuse the big man coat that I was wearing. It had been raining really hard that morning and this was the coat I had grabbed and it also seemed to keep me warm here.

So yes, I did mention rain. We are considering a trip to Kirkwood Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe for another snowboarding trip together. It's still tentative as if is expected to be exceptionally crowded this weekend. Valentine's Day and President's Day Weekend. We will see. No matter what; we always end up having a blast together no matter what we do!)

another Monday gone....

Well, we had so much fun for the rest of the 4th of July weekend that Monday just came and went just like that, like the first part of this year! I went to work today and have been pondering much to say the very least. Surviving Cancer, is just one those major things to ponder, but it just comes natural; however I do have a major life changing event that I am planning in the next 2 days of which I will be trying to film, photograph and write about. The arrival of the worms (composting)! I won't say another word. It will all be be featured in my August Newsletter and I plan to film some youtube videos which should follow as well.

Yes, a lot will be going on as I also plan a major overhaul of my ShoppingKharma website. I hope to simplify the website quite a bit and I will be moving some of the pages to some of my blogs (Blue Merle Sheltie, and PeacefulLiberal), writing summaries of articles written in past newsletters since many of newsletters make for good reading anytime with healthy recipes, nice things to do everyday, cute and very real animal stories, and people stories and not to mention lots of great photography in each issue. Everything dealing with Good Kharma; just good honest people bringing good to the world. We all need to be reminded of how good others can be as the media tends to only focus on the bad people in this world.

I'm not perfect either and sometimes I do sit and watch TV just to see what journalists actually write and report about, and 9 times out 10, you hear about killers, robbers, thieves, terrorists (our president?), sorry I had to add that since I don't have not 1 drop or molecule, of trust in. No, my Good Kharma Newsletter is all about Good Karma in our world and you won't ever read about any bad in the world, just good, good people and animals, and plenty to be thankful for!