Someone wanna tell me how to add links? If there are any here, it's 'cuz my sister added them.
Anyhow, in approximately 36 hours, I will turn 30.
Ouch!
Not that 30 is old to me. I'm just not 20-something anymore, and my kids really got a kick out of that. My oldest would often come home and excalim that so-and-so's parents are in their 40's and you-know-who's mom is 38! It's so cool that his mom is only 29. I can do STUFF with him! Now, I'll be 30. Old.
So, why am I still a rookie? I have no idea how to be a parent to a teenager, and my children are fast approaching that stage. They're getting more and more independant, and it ssems like the less they need me, the more I need them! (I digress-that's another post) How do I react to a crush? A date? A fistfight? A night out on the town, without my supervision? I'm clueless! I have a friend with a teenage daughter, but she is such a mature, responsible young lady, that I can't possibly compare her mother's trials to what I'm sure I'll go through. There are so many books out there that instruct on the care of infants and toddlers. I know, I read them all the moment I discovered I was expecting, almost 11 years ago. I still have yet to find more than a little blurb hidden in the middle of Woman's Day dedicated to parenting a tween or teen.
So, I'm not afraid of getting old myself, I'm afraid of my children getting older!
I've also decided to use this blog to record my progress as a cook. Last night, under the guidance of Alton Brown (OK, I tivo and take notes on ALL of the "Good Eat's" episodes), I made the perfect meatballs. How do I judge perfection? My nephew, the pickiest eater in recorded history, ate 8 of them. Oh, how I wish I could make that 8 bold! I served them over roasted garlic and parmesan spaghetti. Tonight, I'm going to make another orange angle food cake, with a berry glaze. Yum (and fat free!)
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*gasp!* Josh ate meatballs??! My son the avowed red meat hater, who cringes in terror when presented with any part of a cow... *sniff* I'm so proud. :-)
Josh ATE MEATBALLS and he's still ALIVE!!!! wow CONGRATULATIONS!!
Happy Birthday, Sonya's seester!!! Thirty is a GREAT age. Take that from one who's 53 and lovin' it!
Happy Birthday! Thirty is a magical age. I think the three's lucky. :-)
I hope you're having a wonderful day!
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY SEESTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Links. Why doesn't S.W. show you these things?
1. Find the link you want to use. Copy it by going to edit ... then copy (up there on your tool bar) OR by holding the Ctrl key and the "c" key at the same time.
2. Paste it into the window where you write your blog posts. It doesn't matter where, because you're going to delete it in a minute anyway. And it's really only for convenience because your computer is going to remember what you just copied, but sometimes you forget and copy something else, then you have to go back and look for that url again because it remembers the last thing you copied.
3. You can paste it either by going to edit ...paste OR by holding down the Ctrl key and "v" at the same time. Did it copy?
4. Okay, now write your text. Where you want to place your link, in the text, like here, for instance, highlight that part of the text, and go up to your Blogger toolbar, which is just above the window you're typing in, and click on the icon I can't describe. From the left, there's font, font size, bold, italic, color choice, and the next one is link.
5. When you click on that, it will open a little box with a place to post the url and it will begin with http:// ... which is really inconvenient because the url already begins with that, and it won't work if there are two of them, so eliminate one http://, either from the url or from the window. Put your cursor in the little url field, hold down the ctrl key and hit the "v" key at the same time. Voila. Click on okay, and you're done.
6. Don't forget to erase the url you no longer need that's sitting in your text.
Good luck. Let me know how you do.
Happy Birthday, Sonja's seeeeeeeester. :D
Thank youfor the birthday greetings! I was kinda expecting some sort of epiphany-type feeling, but it was just another Tuesday (except my kids made their beds and washed the breakfast dishes without being prompted or begged).
And for my next trick, I will get Josh to eat (and enjoy) seafood!
A friend who's in social work, recommends "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens"by Sean Covey. She's working with troubled teens so "regular" teens could learn more!
Your kids are blessed to have a mom that cares! No matter how YOUNG she is!
Good job!
your sister's friend, Sue, from Parish Writers
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