Your turn

Give it a try!  I think you can now comment without having to create an account, but I won't know for sure until you let me know.  You wouldn't want me to think that my friends are "too old" for this would you?

testing

now I'm testing another comment option...I'll get back to you if it works!

how to comment

Since I'm not a huge college football fan, today is turning out to be a good day for blogging.  Here's what I've figured out so far about how you can post a comment.  Start by clicking on the word 0 comments (not on the little envelope!)  If some of you do comment, it will say some number of comments, but it's still right there under each of my posts.  When you click on that you will find a white box in which you can type whatever you want.  I suggest you copy your comment before you try to post it, because if you are unsuccessful at the next step you will lose what you have written.  When you're done typing go to the "comment as" drop down menu.  If you have an AIM account or you use Gmail you can select either of those and log in that way, although in my limited experience it's rather involved.  The easiest choice is to select "anonymous".  The only problem with this is that your comment will eventually show up on the blog under the heading "anonymous said..."  I'm still working on a way to get around this, but in the meantime, if you want others to know that you're the author of a comment, please identify yourself at the end of your comment just as you would in a letter or an e-mail (e.g. "cheers, Kim").  Hope to hear from you soon!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

December was too busy (why does this always surprise me?) and blogging didn't happen.  I'm sorry if that disappointed anyone, and I do hope that you have had a joyful holiday season.  It has been sweet having our two college kids home!  Somehow it feels like I've been celebrating ever since the first one got home on December 15 and it has been great.  I will have some major cleaning to do when they leave and somehow I've got to catch up on my sleep, but it has been wonderful.  I'm not one for resolutions, but I hope to continue with this blogging project in some form in 2009.   I've heard from a number of you that you can't figure out how to post a comment, so I will try to resolve that issue if I can.  And if any of you have an answer to this problem, please let me know!  Meanwhile, enjoy this long holiday week-end with your family and friends.  I appreciate your companionship as we all journey into a new year.