Wednesday, December 30, 2009

your signature

Here's how to get your signature like this,
at the end of each your posts.
Go to My Live Signature.
--If you don't want to register, scroll down and click Proceed.
--Or you can create an account so you can save multiple signatures. Click Register, and create your account.  Click Login, then click the New Sig tab.

The quickest way to get your signature is under "Creating a new signature", click Using the creation signature wizard.
You'll be taken through the steps to pick font, size, slant, etc. 
There are 120 fonts!  =)

If you want to only show your name without a box around the name, check Transparent. Transparent works best on very light backgrounds.  And a larger size or thicker font will of course show up better.

When you are finished, click on Use Sigs.  Then Generate HTML code, then Generate a code for your 'handwritten' signature.  Scroll down and click Generate Code.  Scroll down and highlight/copy the code.

On your blog, go to Customize, click on the Settings tab, click on Format, scroll to the bottom, and paste your code in the box that says Post Template.  Save Settings.

Each time you create a new post, the signature will already be there.  At the top right of the new post box, click on Edit HTML tab, click your cursor at the beginning of your signature code that is there and hit the Return/Enter key a few times.  Go back to the Compose tab and you will have space within which to begin typing. Spacing down before beginning your post will keep your signature from appearing in the MIDDLE of your text, which has happened to me!  =)
If this happens, edit your post, position your cursor after the last character in your post and hit Enter.
This should fix it.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

quilts

Ten years ago, my Mom made all the kids and grandkids a quilt!
Here's the quilt she made for me and Travis.


This is the quilt my Mom made for Rebekah.  The yellow patterned print is the same as a little dress she'd made for Rebekah when she was about 3.

This is a lap quilt.  It wasn't intended for any one person, but when Bethany outgrew the baby quilt my Mom had made, she started using this one.  So it's kinda Bethany's for now.  =)


Bethany has started her own quilt. In the pic, she only has a little completed, but she now has the entire top done.

I really love these quilts!!!  They are a special keepsake, and now my girls are beginning to sew things.  =)

Monday, December 28, 2009

sick... =(

Sigh... Rebekah is sick again, poor thing!  We have family coming in Thurs, and lots of things planned this weekend, incl. a family reunion.  Hope she's better soon.
She and the other kids were sick the week before Thanksgiving, AND the week after!!!
That time, Rebekah started running a fever the day my sister and family left.  =(

12/30 ETA: Bethany is getting it too.  grrrr.
And me... and JohnDavid.  I think Rebekah and JohnDavid had it the worst.  Rebekah got Cold-eez a day late, and JohnDavid didn't like them!  We never buy these, but they'd been sick so often, and each time Rebekah got it bad, so we got them for her, then had some left for the rest of us, 'cept JohnDavid didn't want any. 

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Rebekah is 15!!!


I just can't believe my oldest turned 15 this month!  (sniff!) She's growing up!!!
And that is the cake that Bethany made.  With homemade fondant.  All on her own.  =)

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Easy Access Recipes

Well, I've moved my recipes to another blog.  This blog is too cluttered with too many different topics.
Sometimes I'm asked for a recipe, but I don't have it with me, or I don't really want to write it out three times!
Am I that good of a cook?  No, but this does happen occasionally.  And I just decided for my own purposes to put the recipes on one blog.
Easy Access Recipes.

Monday, December 21, 2009

nine kids!!!

Today I have NINE kids at my house!
I'm keeping my brother-in-law's kids. =)
What fun! :o      

Saturday, December 19, 2009

snow!

We haven't had snow in several years, and we finally got some yesterday!  About 10 inches!
Woo-hoo!

The hill the kids sled down.See the corner of the house?  =)

Bethany, JohnDavid, and Levi the dog.

Down at the creek.
Oh, it's just so beautiful!  Thank you, Lord, for making beautiful things!  =)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

his first deer!

JohnDavid got his first deer yesterday!  This was his first attempt ever!
Here's a pic, and a link to his blog w/ more pics.  Sportsmen's Adventures
So proud of him!
(see his first kill)