Boys are Back

We haven't had Ryan and Jacob here for several weeks other than a few hours here and there.  Today is President's Day and Ryan doesn't have school so we will have them both here while Pat goes on a job interview.  We weren't expecting them so we made an appointment to have our taxes done today at 11:15.  Jeff likes me to come along because I often think of things in the way of deductions that he doesn't always think of.  If Pat can't pick them up in time, we may need to reschedule.  I'll try and get a photo of them tomorrow.  Ryan has a really short haircut so looks quite different.  Jacob still has his curls so his is staying long as they don't want to cut off the curls.

We have quite a few options all from Costco for our Meatless Monday dinner tonight.  We bought Veggie Burgers that are made by a company that we haven't heard of, Don Lee Farms, but they look good.   Hope we like them because there must be 20 in the package!  We took out two and froze the rest.  Then we bought Roasted Vegetable and Goat Cheese Ravioli with whole wheat pasta made by La Pasta.  We'll probably have that with the Veggie Smart Pasta Sauce that we used last week with our spaghetti squash.  Finally, we bought Cedar Lane's Chopped Vegetable and Barley Soup.

Do you know what a favicon is? I know some of you do because I can see a few in my list of blogs on the right side.  They are little icons that replace the big ugly orange B for Blogger button.  You can make your own and they will show up on the blog list and also in your browser bar.  You can use a graphic or even a photo like Dru has done. There are several favicon generators online but HERE'S a simple one.  You can upload a graphic or even a photo but it should be square... so 100 pixels x 100 pixels or 150 x 150, etc...  If the background is transparent it should stay that way.  The favicon will be 16 x 16 pixels.  If you see mine on your blog list, it's a little red schoolhouse.  After you generate an icon, you can save it to your computer and rename it.  The suffix is .ico so it could be named favicon.ico.  The directions about uploading it to your root directory are only necessary if you want it to show up in browser bars.  If you just want it for replacing the big orange B, there is a place in Blogger to add a favicon.  Make sure you are using the old interface.  You can switch back and forth between the old and the updated interface.  (See how to below.)  Then go to your dashboard and go to the Design tab. Select the Page Elements section. At the top you'll find a separate area for the favicon. Click the edit button and upload your .ico file and you're done.  Here's a screenshot to show you where to do that.

If you're used to the new layout and using it exclusively, you can find the favicon area under "Layout."  I'm still learning but I like the new blogger interface for some things and the old blogger interface for others.  Do you know how to switch between them?  If you are stuck on the new interface and want to use features of the old interface you can switch back here.  Adding a screenshot to show you where.  Click on the little sprocket next to English to get the dropdown menu that has "Old Blogger Interface."