This blogging stuff is lots of fun and it has kept me occupied the last several days moving my older blogs over here and adding a couple of new ones. The way this site works you have a template where all the sections are pre-programmed. For the most part you are good to go with that, but I get restless and want to make it "my own" - which doesn't necessarily mean it is better!! Unfortunately, to make changes you have to delve into the "code". I only have a little database programming in my background, but it seemed pretty straight forward, so I deceided to try.

So, we have a new banner and some music. The music was the hardest, it took me all afternoon yesterday to get it anywhere near what I wanted. The programming wasn't hard, it was finding a place to put the music.

The next thing I wanted to try was to upload my own video into YouTube and put it in a blog. So, I decided on Oh, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem. Clay only sang this song at the Raleigh JNT and it was dedicated to his grandfather. I was very fortunate to get a last minute ticket in the first row - now, it was all the way to the side, on the right facing the stage, so my view was obscured a little during the cookie scene. The rest of it was great. It was a cool seat for other reasons, people came and went through the curtains right in front of me to go backstage. When Clay's grandfather left (presumably to go to the men's room) they walked right in front of me. I knew who it was and looked up at Clay and took the picture that is at the bottom of my last blog. Clay had a worried look on his face that I didn't quite capture in the picture and I found out what he was worried about in a few minutes when he sang the bluegrass Christmas song to his "papa". Luckily, papa got back in time. LOL. It isn't the best video, because of the angle and the microphones in the way, others sitting more in the center took much better video, but this is my personal experience and I'm happy with it.

Be sure to turn the music off in the Jukebox before you start the video.



Now, I really have to get some "real life" stuff done.

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