i originally designed this blog when i was in a very atypically withdrawn, quiet place, emotionally.  i chose a design for the blog that was also very quiet and subtle.  but lately, i’m feeling like i’m much more back to my old self (not particularly withdrawn or quiet) and i wanted to re-design the blog to reflect my new outlook on this journey we’re on.  unfortunately, i have learned this evening, that because of the very quick-and-easy route we chose to use to start this blog, i am limited to choosing one of the pre-made themes that wordpress offers.  i can’t even change the header image or the color scheme or…. anything!  so here is a slightly different theme.  i’m not sure i like it yet (i certainly don’t LOVE it) but it would allow me to post much larger photos as well as a subtitle to the blog, which are two nice features.  plus, this particular theme lets me choose my favorite of 9 basic fonts to use (woooo!  nine!  gettin’ fancy!  hmmm…..do I want “Arial” or “Lucida Sans Unicode”?).  i even had this new header created:

which isn’t even ALL that fancy, but at least it’s relevant to the blog topic.  oh well.  maybe most of you read my post through your rss feed and don’t even see the blog itself.  or maybe someday, when we’re less pressed for time, i’ll be able to talk J into helping me change this whole thing over to a more malleable format (apparently, it’s a bit of a big project to migrate over).  In the big scheme of adoption issues this is sooooooo bottom-rung, last-priority.   but it’s just one more little thing that i’m not in control of.  and we all know how much i like to be in control.  oh well.  happy long weekend, everyone!