getting a face lift

 "confessions" is getting a face lift! a long over due face lift at that. while my picture at the top of the blog was a cute one, it was very outdated! and while i'm stating the obvious, might i also add, it didn't fit the page?
 here's the thing, i really like to blog (even though i've been m.i.a. lately). i'd really like to make this a pretty place to store all these memories that i'm sure i will all too soon forget. but the truth of the matter is, i don't know how to, and quite frankly, i didn't really want to take the time to learn - until recently.
 so i'm asking for a little patience as i am a s-l-o-w learner when it comes to computer'ish type's of things. after all, we've only had a computer (actually this is a net book) and an internet connection for the past 2 1/2 yrs. yep, scardy-cat that i am, i've been afraid of the internet since 1994 - true story. perhaps i'll blog about that another time? so i am going to give "prettying-up the place" a try. any suggestions?
 i've been playing with piknic.com to make a photo collage for the above picture but as you can see, it's still doesn't quite fit the page. also, i'm still trying to figure out how to reply to comments so if it takes me a while to get back to ya, it's not that i don't want to - but only that i'm not too sure how - lol!! what a blogging mess i am!
 here's to hoping i'll be able to figure it all out - any extra tips in the comments section would be a wonderful welcome :) in the mean time, i'll probably get back to blogging a little more regular again even if the blog is in the middle of it's face lift - i won't mind the mess if you don't :)