We’re having a yard sale at our home
today, tomorrow and Saturday (possibly Sunday too). In addition
to our own goods, we have literally hundreds of items donated
by friends. There will be clothes of all sizes, Christmas ornaments,
plush toys, hand-crafted items, and an assortment of electronics,
including a computer monitor. Hopefully, we’ll do well; since
we live near a highway, a lot of people should see our signs.
Proceeds will help with our bills as well as our son’s
college education.
Update, August 2: The sale didn’t open at all
on Thursday and was only open for a little while on Friday, due
to the high volume of goods to sort, price, and display. It was
officially open only on Saturday and Sunday. Sales were less than
spectacular (only about $45) but okay considering the short time
we were open and the fact that we were competing with the county
fair which also ended on Sunday. At any rate, we did better than
if we had not held the sale at all.
Not an extreme makeover this time; most of the changes are in
a single document, a stylesheet that controls the visual presentation
of the site, so the layout and typography are somewhat different.
The logo at the top of this page is new, as is the cloudy
background surrounding the content area. Only a few pages
needed tiny tweaks to their source codes. We have moved from
Version 18 only to Version 18.01.
My eldest brother, Jim Petitt, passed away on Thursday,
July 8, from cancer. I have dedicated this revision of the site
to him as the Jim Petitt Memorial Edition.
As the site is currently still in three (!) different versions
(Version 17, with green textured background, and Version 16, in
orange and tan, in addition to this one), lots of pages still need
to be converted. On top of this, much material needs updating:
our family pictures, for example, are from 2007, and the links
page hasn’t been updated in nearly two years! Much of the Web
Design section is so outdated that it will likely disappear.
This is only the beginning. Work will be ongoing for quite
some time, as I will also be pursuing music along with normal
daily cares. (Eventually, too, these posts will find their way
into the Journal, where they really belong.)
Update, July 20: Posts now appear in the Journal as
intended; any posts on the Home page now contain permalinks
to the Journal entries.
