I had to remember how to do this. I'm using Windows Live Writer. I just click on the desktop icon and start typing. That's the experience so far.

I guess this note to myself and everybody else is not as scary at the moment. I've just run into so many that are just making it a day at a time. Literally. Scary, huh? What do I do when it seems like that's what I'm doing as well. From a certain perspective.

So many are praying right now. So many that I didn't know prayed, not that I was concerned with it then, thou I have been before. Maybe I'm just noticing because that's where my mind is right now.

I'd imagine that many of us have gone back and forth in our prayer routine. We pray when we're told to pray. We pray because we've been praying. At some point, we pause with embarrassment; there's something we don't know the answer to. Getting embarrassed is what young people do. Young in mind, heart, age? Or maybe young in knowledge, experience, wisdom? It doesn't matter. It's all just a certain perspective.

It's the commonality that binds us. We're all experiencing change. A year ago at this time, I was worried about things. I was worried about the realization of the recession. I was worried that I was losing students. I was worried that I wasn't going to get my tax returns done. I had been creating art at least. People I knew were worried too.

Today, there are so many people I see that are scared. People who are having to change there lifestyles. People who are wanting to change their lifestyles because they are realizing the impact of it. And, part of that lifestyle change includes prayer. As scary as things are individually, there are always numerous blessings.

Hey. It snowed in Houston Texas yesterday. We broke a record.

I've been trying to change bits of the layout of this blog page. But, I have not been successful obviously. I used the services template to set up this page. But, they have a place where you can change the html, only, what I'm trying to do has not worked. I'll have to find some time to visit with tech support. I found that some things I've done require a bit of a work-around that is not obvious. We will see.

I've ended the poll on the new business name. But, I'm going to publish another poll. I received so many good suggestions that I still can't decide. But, at least it's being narrowed down. By the way, thanks to all who suggested a new name. Some of the names won't work just because of the logistics. But, quite a few will work and I really like. Thanks again. Check back here or my artist site at http://www.kathrynlove.com for poll updates. I have out-of-town company, so give me a couple of days to update.

New images and artwork on my flickr photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/katluv4u/ . It's easier posting it there than updating the website. But, I'll try to do better.

Later...

Kathryn Love, Artist

Here's an update of the poll suggestions received regarding my new business name. Thanks to all for your suggestions. Please suggest as many names as you want. Remember that this is going to be my actual business name. So, keep it as short as possible. I'll need to be able to create a logo and letter head, put it in the phone book and stuff like that. So, the shorter the better. Also, you may have noticed that I keep changing the fonts in each post. I'm trying to figure out which ones I like the best. If you have any suggestions, please post a comment or send me an email. Thanks again.

Visit my artist site at www.KathrynLove.com to see the changes.

I love this song performed by 3 Doors Down. It makes me think of my kids, especially now. They're away visiting there dad, a little over a month now, and I miss them. I call them a lot, and visa versa. We instant messenger (IM) and webcam. We text message probably more than we should. But, it's all good. I like the fact that my kids want to communicate with me.

Now, there are those times when it's hard to communicate. Maybe they're blue, or scared, angry, or just down right don't have much on their minds that they want to think about. And visa versa. Whatever it is, whatever it's called, it happens. And when someone wants to talk about it, we do. I think that's good too.

Bottom line, I really like my kids. They're really cool people. They're funny and fun to be around. I hope I'm giving them enough guidance to do the right things and enough space to find their own ways. So, even when we're apart we will always love each other.

So, here you go. Great video: When I'm Gone, by 3 Doors Down.

So there is a plug-in that let's you insert a picture from Flickr into Windows Live Writer. If you do a search you may or may not find the download. I got the plug-in download at: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=9cc421ec-b22e-45b6-98c4-3fae3846705e&bt=9&pl=8 .

After installing the plug-in, I went ahead and restarted my computer. It didn't ask me to restart, I just always do when I install something. I then opened Live Writer and saw that there is a nice little link in the right sidebar with a little Flickr Favicon and text, "Insert Flickr Image" next to it.

When I click on the link, I have to give the user ID of the photostream I want to browse, or select "Anyone", type in a "tag", then click on the Search button. If you type in a tag to search, you have to click the actual Search button versus just hitting enter. Hitting enter returns an error and you may not know you're messing up.

You can insert a thumbnail.

This is the Small pic linked to the Flickr photo.

This is the Medium pic with a 2 pt border.  There is a large size as well and additional options that I honestly have not yet figured out. There is a CSS field I'm sure referring to a style sheet. If anyone knows how to use that field, let me know.

This is a test of a new software. I just installed Windows Live Writer which is suppose to make it easier for me to submit blog entries. Currently I'm using GoDaddy's interface which requires that I log into my account, click a button to go to my accounts, click another button to get to my Quick Blogcast, which then opens a new window to the blog interface. Then, I must remember which drop-down tab to select to submit and entry, click on that, select the correct option, then wait for the window to open to start typing the blog entry. That's just way too many steps. I've forgotten what I wanted to say by the time I get to the screen to start typing. Don't get me wrong, I love GoDaddy and they will be the first to know when I stop loving them. I just want to keep it simple.

Okay. So, I'm gonna play around a bit with this Live Writer and I'll let you know how I like it.

So far it's looking pretty neat.

I definitely need more toolbars. Yes, I'm spoiled. I like being able to just click a button to left align my text. I don't want to have to hunt for that function. As far as shortcuts, there are basics with Writer...

So see that? Above, is the screen print. Not much in the way of a shortcut menu, but I can't complain. It's better than nothing. I like that I was able to just copy and paste versus having to import a file from my hard drive.

Here's a block quote for you, formatted with "Heading 3".

Bullets are an option As is changing fonts and font color.	i had to go to table properties to do this. i really want a button for this.
Thought I'd show the border of the table. But, you don't have to.	A few image effects offered. That's good.
www.KathrynLove.com

Hurray! I saved the post as a draft, closed it all up, found how to open it (it opened with a new post). I opened the draft and am now going to publish. This has been easy. Far fewer steps than I was having to take before. Thanks Windows.

A fantastic artist, Pedro Lucena, I stumbled upon on the flickr site. Very imaginative pen and ink work.