Life Lesson Day 2 and the Great...whatever

A day or so ago I wrote about restructuring my day to accommodate some of the things I enjoy doing, such as reading, writing and tweaking my website. I have to admit it's going well! Granted it's only day 2 of the the restructuring, but still, that's an accomplishment. I've heard or read somewhere you have to do something 20 consecutive days in order for it to become a habit. I wonder if that is true? Certainly I've done something 20 days in a row...and if I did it wasn't habit forming, because I'm not doing it today that I'm aware of. I'll have to see how this restructuring thing feels after 3 weeks. Habit or not.

Anyway, waking and staying awake at 6am hasn't been so terribly bad. I imagined horrible things happening to me, like falling asleep at inopportune times, hallucinations, eating disorders, etc...no adverse effects at all! I actually feel a little better, but that may just be pride poking at me though. I've made some writing and reading progress. For example, this may be my 3rd or 4th blog in as many days. Unparallelled heights for me. Maybe 6am isn't the monster I once thought it was.

I even feel better about the the whole collapsible menu thing for my website. I'm not about to declare eminent victory this morning, but I did find some html/css/jquery Drop Down Menu code that worked on my dummy site. I asked myself last night what's the difference between Collapsible and Drop Down Menus and I couldn't answer myself. I bet Google can though. The DDM works and feels just as I want, so if there is a difference it's irrelevant to me at this point.

One last thing before I go...tomorrow morning is my first "How Much Weight Have I Lost This Week" weigh-in. I'm kind of excited for it. I think/hope I lost at least 3 pounds.

Until next time...Happy Blogging!!

Day 3 of the Great Collapsible Menus War

As day 3 of this epic struggle rages on, I'm comforted in knowing, victory is near! I figured out how to get the collapsible menus to appear when and where they are supposed to. Now, to force them to surrender I just need to make those dastardly things disappear when the cursor is moved away from the tabs entirely. Just a side note, over there on the right, you can see how this war has taken a toll on me.

All of the fighting has been on the ground to this point and haven't called for an air strike yet. My resources have been a couple books and too many Google searches. My situation calls for a little JavaScript and I have zero understanding of it. Most of what I found shows the script used for their example and I can't seem to insert the correct script relevant to my html.

I could call for the air strike, my brother-in-law the web designer, but it feels pretty darn good when you can figure out the winning combination yourself. Oh, sure, I used him for a couple minor skirmishes, such as an sizing error and an Internet Explorer work around. He made short work of what took me hours of patient tinkering and wasn’t able to figure out. So, maybe, just maybe, I'll give him a call tomorrow.

I know I've whined a lot on these two "365" posts, so I want you all to know that I'm pleased with what I've created. It's not stylish, it's amateurish, the coding is most likely a cobbled up mess, but it's my online home. I hope sometime when you have nothing going on and just surfing around the internet, you stop by for a quick visit. If you do, please let me know what you think. There's an email link, that works, I believe.

Until the next time, I wish you happy surfing, designing and coding.