Changing things again

Posted on Jul 29, 2007 - 12:17pm by Wayne in Blogging

Not sure if I’m going to stick with this theme. I like it and it’s got “widgets” for the sidebar which the other one didn’t. That forced me to learn how the code worked, so it was good for learning.

It’s taking a little longer than I thought, so if things don’t look quite right, please stand-by.

Someone needs to find me a good photo for the top banner. This one is the one that came with the theme and it’s a great picture, but everyone that uses this theme has this picture. I need something different and something that looks like trucking!

Trucking Update

I'm working, but not working as much. I've had a few things cancel / reschedule / underbid on, all with the same result. I needed something else. The trip I'm on is short, but it pays well. A lot of times because of minimum charges, short hauls will pay better

Traveling in two different directions

While I went back to Minnesota to help care for my mother, Wayne has been in Las Vegas and now traveling to California and Texas. We will meet up in Chicago and run a team load back to Texas. We have also changed the Wedding to Minnesota during the Thanksgiving

Quick Update

A really quick update - We made it to Minnesota in time for the wedding. The truck is in the shop, we are staying at Cindy's daughter's family's house. Saw the boys do their BMX racing this weekend. I've got a bunch of ideas for posts for all three sites, but

That New Truck Smell!

Picked up our new truck on Monday, finished our delivery in Wisconsin and Minneapolis then back to Sauk Rapids to fix a paint ding and a few minor things. The last truck was an "autoshift", technically not an automatic but close. This truck is also a 10-speed autoshift but no

Same Old Grind

We're on our way from Austin to Atlanta for Monday morning. Dispatch is looking at several loads going west. And we're getting things ready for the wedding Thanksgiving weekend. Last week when we were waiting to get loaded for FOUR days, we had some interesting conversations with other drivers. Two

ReQall

Pronounced Recall. Remember Jott? I wrote about it awhile back and I've been using it to send myself reminders, especially when I'm driving. I use my recorder more, but it doesn't have a reminder function. Jott is changing to a paid service, but they're leaving a few basic options free

Sarah Palin in a Bikini!

Would you believe that was the most popular search term last week? There are no real pictures of the future VP in a bikini. If you see any, they're photo-shopped. (See snopes.com here) Thanks to stories by the democrat operatives in the blogosphere that were immediately picked up by the likes

More Fine Tuning

This is going to be the longest two weeks ever! I picked up a load in Connecticut, it only took up about a quarter of the trailer. I sit for two days trying to get more freight with no luck. I take my time going south to Orlando. A

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3 Responses

Wayne

July 29th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
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I think I’m done. The banner picture is from our Alaska trip. It’s easy to change the picture, but I need to leave the title, so it’s tough to find a picture that’s good and that will make the title look good too.
Casey

July 30th, 2007 at 9:40 am
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Wayne and Cindy,

There was a nice writeup about your site in the Wall Street Journal today. It was included as part of the Blog Watch inside the Technology section. Being a former trucker, I thought I would take a look. It’s nice to see the trucking lifestyle getting more attention with the blogs and television programs like Ice Road Truckers, Trick my Truck, etc. Keep up the good work.

Casey
Sacramento, CA
Wayne

July 30th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
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Thanks for the kind words. I looked up the WSJ article and the first paragraph sounded good!