I’m very sad this morning because I finished my cooking class at Cookology last night. Cookology is a recreational cooking school in Dulles Town Center, and what a great concept they have. They realize that most people who want to lean to cook don’t really want to do it professionally. So they’ve created classes for serious home-kitchen cooks. I took the 6-week French series, where I learned basic tips that have already improved my skills. Sure, going to culinary school would make me a chef, but this is all I really need (well, along with about 10 lbs of onions so I can hone my chopping skills).

I love it when people see a need a fill it with a high quality product. I think we’ll see big things from Cookology. I don’t know what their expansion plans are, but I’m sure if they go down that road they’ll be a huge hit. They have an excellent product. And if you live in the area and want to cook, sign up. The classes are fun. FUN!!!

I solved my issues with the Amazon store by designing my own theme. ha. Take that! I had found some really cute WordPress themes, but I’m a novice and don’t know how to edit them to make them do what I want. So, I did my own. Perhaps not as artistic as I would like, but everything is working and that makes me happy.

So shop your heart out. I have books, gifts, and food…all my favorite things!

It is amazing how much time I can spend trying to figure out how to do things. I want to include an amazon store, but I’m having a heck of a time getting the code to work. I will beat this thing, I know it. But I should probably get back to my client work now (you know, the stuff I actually get paid to do).

I suspect what I’ll end up doing is figuring out how to add a new template to this design so I can have my whole amazon store on the site rather than just a few products. we’ll see. It’s very vexing.

Success! I’ve managed to transfer all of my blog posts (4 years worth) over to my new WordPress site. I’m very excited about this. Now I’m exploring different plugins for this pages. Why? Because I have some paid client work to do that I’d rather avoid. By poking around with WordPress’s features, I can avoid doing that

Actually, my plans are bigger. My design company specializes in print for large companies. Yet, I have many small business owners (mostly friends) asking me to help with their web sites all the time. I’ve now done several WordPress sites, learning tons each time. I’m going to start offering web design and development services to small businesses under the name of Rosebud Communications so that I can start saying Yes to my friends. It’s going to be fun!

Hey gang. I’m totally re-doing my site. I’m hoping that doesn’t mean I’ve lost all my post from the last 4 years, but we’ll see. Stay tuned.