Steph’s Weblog

<b>Site updates:</b> Added one or two  new pictures to the <a href=”http://www.blissful-vengeance.org/gallery” target=”_blank”>Gallery</a>. Working on adding a couple of new layouts to the free layouts section.

<b>New liscensed driver:</b> Yup, you heard (read) correctly! I passed my driver’s test! <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/woohoo.gif” alt=”:woohoo:” /> I can’t believe it. Want to see the picture? <lj-cut text=”Click here”><img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/me/IM000585.jpg”></lj-cut><br>  It actually wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I had two instructors because one of them was training. I don’t know if they usually have two instructors in the car or not. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/huh.gif” alt=”:huh:” /> They were both very nice. Luckily they didn’t really make me parallel park, since I’m not that good at it. They just had me pull up next to another car and pull in behind it. I know that is what parallel parking is, but there wasn’t a car behind me, so it was easier.
I did get counted off for one thing, and that was for not signaling before pulling out after parallel parking. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/oops.gif” alt=”:oops:” /> <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/laugh.gif” alt=”:laugh:” /> Now I just need to buy a car and insurance and I’m good to go.

<b>Working girl:</b> I sortof talked about this in the last blog, but I have a job until the 25th of June. It’s at <a href=”http://www.hallmark.com” target=”_blank”>Hallmark</a>. It’s not at the same one that my mom works at, but she helped me get it. One of them are closing since there are two of them really close to each other. To get rid of their stock they have a contest going on. Whoever has the most points at the end of the contest (June 25th) gets 1st prize, whoever gets the second most points gets 2nd prize and so on.  There are 10 prizes. What I’m doing is when the customes come in who have signed up I take there number down and there are different things they can do on different days to get more points.
Also when they make purchases they get 1,000 points for each dollar they spend. One lady spent over $600 on Wednesday. She’s in first place now actually. I think she now has over 2,000,000 points. The lady who was in first had over 1,600,000 points. It’s really crazy. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/shocked.gif” alt=”:shocked:” /> I’m having a really great time working there, though. So far all of the customers have been really nice, but I’m sure some of them will be rude, since they’ve had some rude ones so far. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/hmph.gif” alt=”:hmph:” /> I still have to apply to places though since that job ends on the 25th like I’ve said.

<b>Musical Baton:</b> What is up with that musical baton thing? I’ve seen alot of sites where people have that on their blogs. Is there a site that does that or something? I was just wondering. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/confused.gif” alt=”:confused:” />

Okay, I know that was a very boring blog, but I can’t think of anything else to talk about. On with the plugs…<img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/bye.gif” alt=”:bye:” />

Well, hello all you lovely people! <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/kissy.gif” alt=”:kissy:” /> How have you all been? I’ve been pretty good, can’t complain about anything really. Except for the heat we’ve been having the past couple of days.  <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/sd2.gif” alt=”:sweatdrop2:” />
Not a whole lot has been going on, but I’m going to just write the key things that have been going on.

<b>Site updates:</b> The <a href=”http://www.blissful-vengeance.org/gallery” target=”_blank”>Gallery</a> has some new pictures that I added. The Mastodon ones, plus the one marked “Outdoor Pictures”. Added the outdoor ones the 14th.

<b>New layout:</b> Yup! New layout. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/smile.gif” alt=”:smile:” /> I know it’s not the best I’ve ever made, but I love the colors of  it, plus the colors of the css. I might end up making another layout with the same colors, but I still like how simple this one is. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/heart.gif” alt=”:heart:” />

<b>Good Charlotte concert:</b> Went to a <a href=”http://www.goodcharlotte.com/” target=”_blank”>Good Charlotte</a> concert on Thursday night.  <a href=”http://www.relientk.com” target=”_blank”>Relient K</a> and <a href=”http://www.simpleplan.com/” target=”_blank”>Simple Plan</a> were also there. It was actually a really good concert, but really long! <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/whoa.gif” alt=”:whoa:” /> I took my digicam, but unfortunately they took it, so I couldn’t get any pictures. Luckily I got it back at the end of the concert.
It was funny, because I wasn’t even planning on going to the concert since I didn’t have a ticket, but Chad’s (my brother) girlfriend was taking her two daughters and a friend of theirs, and they had an extra ticket. So they called me like 10 minutes before they were going to leave the house, and I only had about 10 or 15 minutes to get ready. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/shocked.gif” alt=”:shocked:” /> I just have to say that is the quickest I have ever gotten ready for <b>anything</b>! <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/laugh.gif” alt=”:laugh:” />

<b>Bellybutton pierced:</b> Yes, you read correctly. I got my bellybutton pierced. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/woohoo.gif” alt=”:woohoo:” /> As you may or may not have known, I’ve been on a diet for awhile, and my mom and I had a deal that when I got down to 150 and stayed there or under for a week, that she would pay for me to get my bellybutton pierced.
So on April 30th, we went to <a href=”http://www.gradeatattoos.com” target=”_blank”>Grade A Tattoos and Body Piercing</a> and had it done. It really didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/shocked.gif” alt=”:shocked:” /> Here’s a picture <a href=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/piercings/Im000486.jpg” target=”_blank”>here</a>. The thing has purple stones in it, since my birthday is in February.  Sorry the picture is not very good, but you get the idea. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/grin.gif” alt=”:grin:” />

<b>WordPress:</b> Again as you can see, I now have <a href=”http://www.wordpress.org” target=”_blank”>WordPress</a> on the site, but not with .php yet. I’m using Iframes for now. How frustrating .php is to me. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/frustrated.gif” alt=”:frustrated:” /> Oh, well. I’ll get it eventually. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/blush.gif” alt=”:blush:” /> Speaking of wordpress, I found some really good tutorials at <a href=”http://lovemeforme.org/?page_id=24” target=”_blank”>this site</a>. They’re really good, but I tried the clickable smilies one, and got errors. The error was so bad that it messed up my entire wordpress thing. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/annoyed.gif” alt=”:annoyed:” /> That’s probably my fault. I must have done it wrong. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/confused.gif” alt=”:confused:” />
See, I want to have clickable smilies on my end so that all I have to do is just click the smiley, and it puts the code in for me. But I also want to put it in the comments part so that commenters can do the same thing. Somehow, I keep on getting errors. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/evil.gif” alt=”:evil:” /> I even downloaded a plugin so that I can have neater smilies too, and it’s activated, but I just can’t figure out how to use it. I’m pretty sure <a href=”http://lovemeforme.org/?page_id=24” target=”_blank”>she</a> has a tutorial on that part too. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/blank.gif” alt=”:blank:” /> Does anyone know how you can put a comment graphic up on the comment page? Mine pops-up as you can see, and I know there is a way, but can’t figure out where to put the image code.

<b>Mastodons on Parade:</b> What’s that mean you might be asking? <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/wtf.gif” alt=”:wtf:” /> Let me elaborate. Our city is big on <a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Mastodons” target=”_blank”>Mastodons</a> for some reason. At IPFW (One of our colleges in our city. Stands for <b>I</b>ndiana-<b>P</b>urdue at <b>F</b>ort <b>W</b>ayne.) Anyways, at IPFW the mascot is a mastodon since a few years ago they found some huge Mastodon bones buried there. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/whoa.gif” alt=”:whoa:” /> So, this year we have this thing called Mastodons on Parade, where area businesses could buy a <b>huge</b> Mastodon statue, and decorate them. Well, on Mother’s Day me, my mom, my step-dad, my Grandma, and my Grandpa went downtown to see some of them. I took pictures of some of them. Didn’t get all of them since there’s 102 of them, but I did get over 40 of them. I installed a gallery <a href=”http://www.blissful-vengeance.org/gallery” target=”_blank”>here</a>. It gives the name of the statues, plus the businesses. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/smile.gif” alt=”:smile:” /> Speaking of the gallery…

<b>Installed a Gallery:</b> I installed a gallery finally. Was a whole lot easier installing it than wordpress, since I have fantastico working now. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/hmph.gif” alt=”:hmph:” /> I thought it would be easier to link pictures this way, instead of linking each individual picture in a pop-up window. I might still do that for some pictures, but especially the Mastodon ones, I didn’t want to link each individual picture. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/tongue.gif” alt=”:tongue:” /> I do have a question for those of you who use those type of galleries. When you click on that link, see how it shows new images with thumbnails? How do you get a thumbnail of the actual picture instead of the default thumbnail picture? Any help with that would be greatly appreciated. <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/biggrin.gif” alt=”:biggrin:” />

Well, that’s really all I can think of at the moment.  <img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/roxygurl228/smilies/bye.gif” alt=”:bye:” />…