For those of you who own your own business, I have a possible marketing opportunity for you. The sponsors of an event that I am coordinating are looking for donated items to give away in a raffle throughout the evening of September 21st. We are expecting 350 in attendance.
Any business who donates an item to be given away will have their name printed in the program, will be personally thanked from the stage by our emcee, and will be mentioned throughout the evening as the winners are announced.
The people who will be attending this event are award-winning teachers, their principals, superintendents, and their guests. If you’re interested in finding out more, I am the point of contact. Email me at sarahjoy[at]todayshomemaker[dot]com to find out more.
After working on my main page’s design, I miss the days when I used to actually design for the web. Now that was long ago, when tables-based layouts were standard and people thought frames were cool (yeah…what about that, about.com? I guess you didn’t get the memo yet about the frames thing.)
So, if you could, pass the word on to anyone you know who needs a web designer. Because ya know…that’d be nice.
I really can’t sleep right now because of trying to code my design. And guess what…it took me forEVER, but I did it! Both the index page and the main css file are done and validated! Very exciting for me.
So my next project is to code the content pages. I’ve already designed them: here’s how they will look. My post yesterday contained a mock-up of the main index page (where you’ll go when you enter www.todayshomemaker.com into your good old address bar). These pages are where you’ll go when you click on “cleaning” or “cooking” or whatever.
The best part of all of this is that I really produced some clean, standards-based code. Yes, even though I used images for one of my navigation menus, I still managed to make it as accessible as possible. Score one for a mutual respect of design and standards-compliance.
Woohoo!
Okay, so I know I’ve barely even started the site, and here I go, wanting to change everything. That’s just me. I’ve been trying to work on a new site design, because I don’t think I’ll ever really be happy with it until I design it myself. (Thanks, Al, for helping me realize this). 
So here is the mock-up of the main page.
Bear with me for the next month or so while I get everything ready for the site’s re-launching. I am so excited that I can actually DO this. I had little confidence that I could really make something that I would like. Woohoo!
Oh my. How I’ve missed writing this past week. I’ve been quite the busy woman, with John’s parents staying with us and now…the flu! Oh how I hate the flu. I should be up and running again soon, prayerfully. I am just so tired of my head feeling like it weighs three thousand pounds.
Here’s a unique idea for figuring out which clothes you actually wear: turn all of your hangers in your closet the wrong way (the open end of the hook facing you). Then when you wear something and put it back in, put it in the right way. (Idea originally from 43folders).
The meringue makes the heart grow fonder, I promise. It is so lovely and light and absolutely divine. And what is underneath? Why, it’s coconut pie, of course (what else?)! And just for you, dearest reader, now through September 15th, when you purchase two 5 Star Coconut Pies, you will most definitely receive the Lemon Fruit Dip for free.
And because I am not a genius when it comes to setting up a shopping cart, you will just have to take my word for it, because it will not show up until I send you an email letting you know that we are processing the order.
So what is the coconut pie “like”? It is amazing. My non-coconut eating friend Kelly even loves it (or is lying). I suspect she’s telling the truth, though, because not a crumb was left on her plate. I like to serve this pie freezing cold. My favorite thing about it is that it seems so hard. I mean, isn’t it gorgeous? I’m feeling like a regular Paula Deen over here.
On a second, more morose note, the $2.50 flat-rate shipping will be expiring August 31st. We will soon be returning to our regularly-scheduled shipping rates. (I can hear the “Awww”s all around).
I love innovation like this sign by johnwgolden at etsy. We have ways to be efficient in every other area of our lives–why not with the nagging? I’d imagine that you’d have to move the sign once a week or so for it to have maximum impact.
Now let me preface this by saying I totally believe in non-toxic cleaning supplies. I even bought a bottle of this stuff, and I find it downright incredible. The fact that 1/4 of a teaspoon is ALL that you use in 16 oz. of water, so it lasts at least a year…and the fact that you can get these adorable spray bottles to use with it…I’m sold. But sometimes a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
Sometimes my grout gets nasty, okay? I mean really gross. I wake up one morning and realize “Wow! How did THAT get there?” I really do believe there is a little army of germs that are just waiting until I least expect it to gross me out completely with a sudden influx of mildew and mold. Or perhaps I just don’t notice it until it gets embarrassing. Whatever the reason, I’m sure yours never gets that way, so you might as well stop reading now.
Ahem. So since it’s just me talking to myself, I’ll be completely honest here. As much as I want to clean my house using safe, non-toxic means, I am willing to risk life and lung to get my grout really clean. Enter the bleach gel pen.
This glorious contraption fits the bleach right into those tiny little crevices, and it STICKS there. That’s what’s so great about it. I swear I can hear those nasty germs screaming “I’m MELTING! Baaaaahhhh!”
So I got down and dirty with my bathroom today, and I’m feeling rather victorious about the whole thing. I might just have a picnic in my bathtub, just because I can.
Oh, you’re still reading? Well, just so you know, I am not the sort of person to have picnics in bathtubs, and I do not hear voices very often. I mean, at all. I do not hear voices at all.
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