Over the weekend, Arby, a fellow home schooling blogger, tagged me with a meme to repost your first blog entry. I cringed a little when I got this request. “Ewwww,” I thought. “I don’t want to post that.”
You see, when I first set up my blog, Hilltop Academy, I didn’t really know what a blog was. A few people had told me that I should blog, but I had never read any blogs and just wasn’t very clear on the concept of them. So, my first post, I thought, was probably pretty lame.
This morning I hopped over there and read it, and I was right. It was lame. But, for what it’s worth, I’m posting it here. Go ahead then. Read it. Laugh if you want. Snicker at my humble, pitiful beginnings. I did…not that I’ve risen on the tide of blogging greatness or anything in the past four years. No, my friends…just last week, if you’ll remember, I posted about my lack of a watch battery.
Clearly, I still don’t have a great handle on what blogging is or can be. Oh well. It’s my hobby, and I can be a loser with it if I want to.
Here ya’ go…July, 28, 2006…
“I Really Don’t Know How to Proficiently Use a Computer…”
I have just spent more than an hour trying to figure out how to make a custom blog page. I have googled everything from backgrounds to something called a ‘skin.’ (and let me just say I was not comfortable searching for that particular word….however paired with ‘blog’, it’s apparently harmless.) I right-clicked. I left-clicked. I pasted. I copied. However, I still have one of the templates that is offered free from this site because I am obviously technologically challenged. So I still have my slightly bizarre coffee cup. Actually, I like it nearly as well as anything I found in all my searchings, and it definitely suits me better than most of the things that are out there. I wish there was a site that offered free, grown-up web skins…or whatever they’re called. I have looked at more close-ups of Ashlee Simpson pouting on a fluorescent purple background than I care to recall.
I have tried to blog before, but I had no real direction or purpose in it. To be honest, I am much more comfortable with pen and paper. When I saw this site for homeschooling bloggers, however, something struck a chord with me. We are a unique community of people, and I usually have an immediate sense of commradity with those who walk this road. So I thought I would try this forum. I usually have plenty to brag or bellyache about when it comes to my kids and our educational endeavors. I will never be voted “The Most Disciplined” or “Most Likely to Stick With Something”, so we’ll see how this goes. But the desire to do this is flickering in my being, so I guess that’s a start.
We are beginning our 2006-2007 school year in a week, so I will have plenty to discuss soon I’m sure. Now whether I have the time to discuss them remains to be seen. So, I’ll chat with you later….maybe…..
Oh my…it is an absolute wonder that I have any readers at all. Sheesh.
And do you know what is pathetic? I STILL don’t know how to customize my blog.
you’ve done a better job at customizing your blog than I have with mine
I’m still learning.
Lisa Prociw´s last blog ..A Sunday at Home
I recently changed my blog design, but I’m just using a free template as well. I tried making my own, but that didn’t work at all haha.
I can make my own html designs for websites, I just don’t know how to with a blog… and I don’t have time to bother learning.
Teresa Dawn´s last blog ..New Design
I think you’ve done a fine job! And I always love the pictures you post.
Brownie´s last blog ..The recital
I so remember fretting over my first post! I remember getting a comment a few posts later and I thought I had arrived as a blogger. I also remember that my husband had to set up my first blog because I did not know a thing about HTML. I was clueless about how to put a photo on my blog. I had never heard of Photobucket. It amazes me how far we’ve come in a short time. What will blogging be like in another 3 years?
Jenn
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Very cool. Thanks for playing. This post is not as lame as you think. You may not be “The Most Disciplined” or “Most Likely to Stick With Something”, but you are the Funniest Homeschool Blogger. Where’s the button?
I don’t know how to customize a template either. I had someone else do it for me. Thinking of moving to WP though and don’t know where to start!
I have a question for you: I looked up the Cinnamon Roll recipe from PW. I see that it calls for a ‘bag’ of powdered sugar for the frosting. Since I’m in Canada & our sizes might be different, I was wondering if you could give me the measurement of how big a ‘bag’ of powdered sugar is. Thanks so much!! (You can either leave a comment on my blog, or PM me on Twitter.)
Sandpiper´s last blog ..The Sad Truth
you do a GREAT job blogging… I have such a boring life that I dont have much to blog about and when I do blog, I doubt any one reads it….Keep it up…I do read it
Often you haven’t any notion what you are looking for and then pow, the perfect solution is right in front of you. This has alleviated my needs for the present time and I’m off to a good nights sleep.