Savings and Sweeps: Welcome to the new design!

Welcome to the new design!

It was one of my New Year's resolutions to choose a new template for my blog, and I've finally done it. It took me a few weeks of looking around and I've made my choice. I'd love for you to leave me a comment and tell me what you think, and give suggestions if you don't like something.

Next on my resolution list is to start blogging a little bit differently. I am going to start blogging like many others and keep a continous flow of posts instead of updating my posts each week. It will look a little different than you are used to, but I know it'll grow on you.

Lisa

1 comments:

Mandy said...: I love the new layout. It looks so professional. Like a company did it for you. You must be really good with computers.; January 25, 2010 at 7:34 PM

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