So, How Do I Look?

I'm working on updating the look of the blog, what do you think? I really wanted to have a third column to offset that BlogHer column and decided to change it all while I was doing it. I'm not completely happy with the new header so expect that to change, I'd like it to be less 'mommy' and more 'life'. I think it looks cleaner and will be more user friendly.

Please excuse my mess...

I took the plunge on a new look. I'm still working on sprucing up the sidebars, but so far I think I like it!

What do you think? Suggestions?

Thursday Thirteen # 13

To celebrate my gorgeous new blog, I give you....

Thirteen Questions for YOU regarding my new look and blogs in general...

1. How awesome is Lindsay at Splat Designs?
2. I'd like to add bloglines or a blogroll or *something* that will condense my bloglist down. Any suggestions? #1 criteria is: free. I looked at blogroll.com today, but after entering a lot of links discovered in the forum that all was not well.
   
3. If I do end up just typing them all into a list, would it be better at the very bottom of the sidebar? It would be fairly long.
4. What about the archives? Should they be at the bottom instead?
5. Do people actually use the archives? (besides me, I mean)
   
6. Have you been to Splat Designs to check it out yet?
7. I have a very small handful of non-blog links. Should they be near the top? The bottom? Do you follow links (not-blog links) from other blogs?
8. I'm thinking about adding a quote in the footer. What's your favorite quote?
9. What is the coolest little feature of your own blog?
10. What is the coolest little feature you've seen on someone else's blog?
11. Do you generally notice changes to sidebars or new elements in blogs?
12. Do you usually read it all from a feed like Google Reader and rarely see the blog itself?
13. Why have you not gone over to Splat Designs yet?

Confidential to Lindsay: I still love it, you rock!

Splat Designs

One of my favorite websites is having a contest! Go look! Don'tcha just love her stuff ? I'm creative in a bunch of ways, but blog design is decidedly NOT one of them. If I made templates it would look like an 8th grader's My Space page. These do not.