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femkes_follies...though some days I'd like to.
Time/life eater #1: Learning Joomla!, which is fun, but oi.
If you're so inclined, I've just started to port info over. I have to rework a lot of the code in the template. For now, the box on the left is there to eventually hold the Secondary nav. Next, I need to put in the code to collapse the left column on the home page and make it disappear. For whatever reason, the only link I have up isn't working. No idea what's going on there. From the menu manager, it looks fine. From the front end... not so much.
I'm also not a graphic designer, so it's a bit clunky. Hopefully, a little dinking with the CSS will help both the nav bar and the date bar will eventually go ALL the way across the screen. I also might have to shrink the banner a bit to get the search bar to stay where I want it most of the time.
Still and all, it's coming, and I'm learning. It currently lives at www.insaneaboutgarb.com/joomla. I will change the folder name before I really take it public, but for the moment, this is where I kick the tires. Usually, they fall off.
#2 - The infamous trip to Chicago. Not bad, but could have gone better. I'd avoid the Ambassador East again - clean enough, but very worn. And the staff wasn't really on the ball until day 2. There was a bit of frustration involved in that whole business. You couldn't have let us know that the revolving door FOLDS the first 3 times we struggled in with it folded through the side door? Grrrr.
Anneliese had two rather major metldowns. The first - she sobbed through the Sesame Street starshow that she loved so much last time. No idea what that was about. The second - while we waited in the lobby of the Ambassador 30 minutes while our room was being cleaned. *eye roll*
BUT - both girls seemed to like the aquarium, and we had pizza at Gino's East. Plus a stop at the American Girl store and a dolly for Anneliese.
Given the hair-trigger state of my eldest, however, we opted NOT to go up to Kenosha or even attempt to get to Northshield's Coronation. Instead, we did a bit more of the Magnificent Mile, then wandered up to Schaumburg and had lunch at the Rain Forest cafe. Which Anneliese loved and Rori hated - apparently, gorillas a extremely frightening.
And, of course, a visit to the Disney Vacation Club outlet. ;-) Here, the hope lays like a deep snow. Someday.....
As usual, by the time we got there, everybody was crabby and we'd used up most of our vacation budget - so I once again missed out on browsing through Janie and Jack or Hannah Anderson. *sigh*
Whilst downtown, we did get to visit Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Whole Foods was OK. Sort of a Fresh Market with less selection and three aisles of supplements and bath salts in the middle. Trader Joes - what is the appeal, here? It was like an organic Sav-a-Lot. Blech.
At least Rori seems to be making sounds that her speech therapist is happy about, if not actual words. *sigh* What did I do for my children to deserve this? (Don't answer that).
Off to pound my head on the website some more....
Time/life eater #1: Learning Joomla!, which is fun, but oi.
If you're so inclined, I've just started to port info over. I have to rework a lot of the code in the template. For now, the box on the left is there to eventually hold the Secondary nav. Next, I need to put in the code to collapse the left column on the home page and make it disappear. For whatever reason, the only link I have up isn't working. No idea what's going on there. From the menu manager, it looks fine. From the front end... not so much.
I'm also not a graphic designer, so it's a bit clunky. Hopefully, a little dinking with the CSS will help both the nav bar and the date bar will eventually go ALL the way across the screen. I also might have to shrink the banner a bit to get the search bar to stay where I want it most of the time.
Still and all, it's coming, and I'm learning. It currently lives at www.insaneaboutgarb.com/joomla. I will change the folder name before I really take it public, but for the moment, this is where I kick the tires. Usually, they fall off.
#2 - The infamous trip to Chicago. Not bad, but could have gone better. I'd avoid the Ambassador East again - clean enough, but very worn. And the staff wasn't really on the ball until day 2. There was a bit of frustration involved in that whole business. You couldn't have let us know that the revolving door FOLDS the first 3 times we struggled in with it folded through the side door? Grrrr.
Anneliese had two rather major metldowns. The first - she sobbed through the Sesame Street starshow that she loved so much last time. No idea what that was about. The second - while we waited in the lobby of the Ambassador 30 minutes while our room was being cleaned. *eye roll*
BUT - both girls seemed to like the aquarium, and we had pizza at Gino's East. Plus a stop at the American Girl store and a dolly for Anneliese.
Given the hair-trigger state of my eldest, however, we opted NOT to go up to Kenosha or even attempt to get to Northshield's Coronation. Instead, we did a bit more of the Magnificent Mile, then wandered up to Schaumburg and had lunch at the Rain Forest cafe. Which Anneliese loved and Rori hated - apparently, gorillas a extremely frightening.
And, of course, a visit to the Disney Vacation Club outlet. ;-) Here, the hope lays like a deep snow. Someday.....
As usual, by the time we got there, everybody was crabby and we'd used up most of our vacation budget - so I once again missed out on browsing through Janie and Jack or Hannah Anderson. *sigh*
Whilst downtown, we did get to visit Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Whole Foods was OK. Sort of a Fresh Market with less selection and three aisles of supplements and bath salts in the middle. Trader Joes - what is the appeal, here? It was like an organic Sav-a-Lot. Blech.
At least Rori seems to be making sounds that her speech therapist is happy about, if not actual words. *sigh* What did I do for my children to deserve this? (Don't answer that).
Off to pound my head on the website some more....
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Date: 2010-04-12 09:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-04-12 11:23 pm (UTC)It just felt "cheap" to me, like a vegetarian Walmart, so to speak. For something a block off Michigan Ave in Chicago - I expected more flair.
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Date: 2010-04-12 10:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-04-12 11:30 pm (UTC)But, that said, my mother stayed home with us when we were kids - and had the most impressive garden. So I didn't know that peas came in cans until Jr. High. I has standards. ;-) And, Mom is still big into her garden. So health food shopping for me means a trip home with a cooler. Dad even offered to pick me some raspberries next year, as I never quite get time.
I forget how deluged my area is with fresh produce by the bushel. And I have a 20 cu ft chest deep freeze. Soooo.....
With all the rave reviews, I just expected more. Heck, I expected more from Whole Foods. Since they take the chefs there to shop on Top Chef and all. But, honestly, not so impressed. Fresh Market regularly had a much better produce selection. The meat counter was OK - but I've got a 1/4 steer in the freezer from my cousin and a couple chickens yet raised by my technicians. The seafood case was impressive - I'm just not that fond of seafood. And lets face it, if you can't smell the ocean, you probably shouldn't be eating lobster. Or sushi. ;-)
Admittedly, it is both expensive and time consuming to try to get away from processed foods and "eat local." (I'm also a vet, and some of the local dairies send me screaming - so there are brands of milk I won't buy).
My personal take - I'm not so interested in "organic" or "cage free" or whatever the latest buzzword is. I'm more inclined to try to avoid processed foods when I can. It's more a journey than a destination at the moment.
11 days and counting
Date: 2010-04-12 11:20 pm (UTC)Re: 11 days and counting
Date: 2010-04-12 11:24 pm (UTC)The crocs, I may wait on. Might do a fam-dam-ily order later. Thanks!
Have a good time, and don't forget to run over any obnoxious toes that present themselves!