Comments on: Anyone, Anyone http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4595 @ngie Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:07:31 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4595 Thanks Annie! Thanks Annie!

]]> By: annie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4594 annie Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:33:40 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4594 Oh my. What a thorough thought on the subject! And yes, I can see your point very well. I too am perceived by most that know me 'in person' as bubbly, cheery, etc. Yet the 'deep' parts of me are highly analytical, thoughtful, probative, and questioning. Thus my site reflects a bit more of this than the 'bubbliness' that possibly pervades my actual living. I wouldn't do without the giggles and cheerfulness, positive thinking and effervescent personality in relating to people ... but neither would I use it to describe myself to someone who was wanting to really know me. So I get your point perfectly. Right now I'm asking my sister (who designed my current look) to give me a 'makeover' with somewhat brighter colors. Mostly verdant greens and such. Because this is the feeling that I have inside of me right now. What feeling is inside of you? Are you excited? Anxious? Questioning? Confident? Calm? Flowing? Perhaps picking a dominant feeling and then matching it to an appropriate color would be a way to go. When designing my site (and hopefully future looks for it as well) I started with a picture that I really <i>loved</i>. That picture at the top of my blog is still one I really really love. If I could put the feeling inside of me behind the idea of "Calling to deep" into a picture ... that would be it. When the picture was decided on, all the colors in the layout got pulled out of that picture, thus producing a cohesive whole, and also evoking the feeling of the picture as well. Perhaps that is a method that would work for you as well! I don't know. :) I think whatever <i>you</i> like, <i>will</i> ultimately look like 'you' and in that ... be perfect! Looking forward to whatever it is! Oh my. What a thorough thought on the subject! And yes, I can see your point very well. I too am perceived by most that know me ‘in person’ as bubbly, cheery, etc. Yet the ‘deep’ parts of me are highly analytical, thoughtful, probative, and questioning. Thus my site reflects a bit more of this than the ‘bubbliness’ that possibly pervades my actual living. I wouldn’t do without the giggles and cheerfulness, positive thinking and effervescent personality in relating to people … but neither would I use it to describe myself to someone who was wanting to really know me. So I get your point perfectly.

Right now I’m asking my sister (who designed my current look) to give me a ‘makeover’ with somewhat brighter colors. Mostly verdant greens and such. Because this is the feeling that I have inside of me right now.

What feeling is inside of you? Are you excited? Anxious? Questioning? Confident? Calm? Flowing? Perhaps picking a dominant feeling and then matching it to an appropriate color would be a way to go.

When designing my site (and hopefully future looks for it as well) I started with a picture that I really loved. That picture at the top of my blog is still one I really really love. If I could put the feeling inside of me behind the idea of “Calling to deep” into a picture … that would be it. When the picture was decided on, all the colors in the layout got pulled out of that picture, thus producing a cohesive whole, and also evoking the feeling of the picture as well. Perhaps that is a method that would work for you as well! I don’t know. :) I think whatever you like, will ultimately look like ‘you’ and in that … be perfect!

Looking forward to whatever it is!

]]> By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 @ngie Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:28:21 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4593 Ashley - Wow, that is a great run down. Thanks for taking the time to be so explicit. I really appreciate the prayers. I am so glad to know that you enjoy the blog. :-) Ashley – Wow, that is a great run down. Thanks for taking the time to be so explicit. I really appreciate the prayers. I am so glad to know that you enjoy the blog. :-)

]]> By: Ashley L. http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4592 Ashley L. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:29:35 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4592 I love your site too! I come to read and be inspired by seeing a family loving and serving the Lord and seeing what that looks like in a culture and setting much different than my own. You seem like a down to earth and honest person and I love the posts where that really shines through. Snapshots of daily life and all of the things that you've shared about the adoption process and orphanage are touching and prayer inducing. I also love your videos. The one of your house was really fun. I hope you have fun getting a blog-lift! =) I am dying to upgrade the look of mine too, but I am absolutely not tech savvy and haven't a clue how to get it to look like anything other than one of the pre-set templates on wordpress. Perhaps sometime I'll grow in skill. Anyway, I've really enjoyed your blog and look forward to the new look! I love your site too! I come to read and be inspired by seeing a family loving and serving the Lord and seeing what that looks like in a culture and setting much different than my own. You seem like a down to earth and honest person and I love the posts where that really shines through. Snapshots of daily life and all of the things that you’ve shared about the adoption process and orphanage are touching and prayer inducing. I also love your videos. The one of your house was really fun. I hope you have fun getting a blog-lift! =) I am dying to upgrade the look of mine too, but I am absolutely not tech savvy and haven’t a clue how to get it to look like anything other than one of the pre-set templates on wordpress. Perhaps sometime I’ll grow in skill. Anyway, I’ve really enjoyed your blog and look forward to the new look!

]]> By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 @ngie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:45:29 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4591 Livvy Lu - I am so glad that you are a long time reader. :-) These are all great points. Thanks for being so faithful. Hugs to you too! Livvy Lu – I am so glad that you are a long time reader. :-) These are all great points. Thanks for being so faithful. Hugs to you too!

]]> By: libzsonshine http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4590 libzsonshine Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:44:08 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4590 Having been a long time reader of your blog...this is what I love about your blog: --Culture lessons - whether it's the fruit, holidays, differences in social systems, etc. I love those posts! --I also love the family pics, but also those of Bolivian sites, etc. --The upfront and honest posts on deepening our walk and dependence on the Lord...you know...those writings from your heart! You're such a great writer! --As far as colors...I liked it when your blog was bright and cheery colored...the oranges and greens. But above all...I agree with those above. I should be ALL about you! Those of us who know and love ya won't ditch ya cuz we don't like the background color of your site! We'll still tune in just cuz we love ya!! All that said...I can't wait to see what your creative juices create!! Enjoy the process...and don't let the perfectionist demon pester you!! Big, big hugs! Having been a long time reader of your blog…this is what I love about your blog:
–Culture lessons – whether it’s the fruit, holidays, differences in social systems, etc. I love those posts!
–I also love the family pics, but also those of Bolivian sites, etc.
–The upfront and honest posts on deepening our walk and dependence on the Lord…you know…those writings from your heart! You’re such a great writer!
–As far as colors…I liked it when your blog was bright and cheery colored…the oranges and greens.

But above all…I agree with those above. I should be ALL about you! Those of us who know and love ya won’t ditch ya cuz we don’t like the background color of your site! We’ll still tune in just cuz we love ya!!

All that said…I can’t wait to see what your creative juices create!! Enjoy the process…and don’t let the perfectionist demon pester you!!

Big, big hugs!

]]> By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4589 @ngie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:44:56 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4589 Thanks for the comment babe! You made me smile. :-) Thanks for the comment babe! You made me smile. :-)

]]> By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 @ngie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:49:22 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4588 It is the 19th. You don't need to apologize - I am rotten at remembering birthdays, I understand. The pics of my family are definitely staying. I love them too. You bring up a good point about the site reflecting the personality of the person. I find it very interesting that you think I am a bubbly person. I might be in comparison to others. I might use too many emoticons and exclamation points. I might be putting my best foot forward most of the time that I am online. I might just prefer to accentuate the positive (which might be the definition of bubbly). If you ask people who know me in the flesh they might choose the adjective bubbly off of a list of choices to describe me. I might need to adjust my writing style to be more authentic. Because, truth be told, I don't feel like a bubbly person. I could be the very embodiment of bubbliness and not know it because I don't have a clear idea of what that means, exactly. Do you want to venture a definition? Alece did a post once about a slice of authenticity. (http://www.gritandglory.com/2008/09/03/authenticity-by-the-slice/) Maybe there is a good chunk of me that is bubbly. Although I would not say that I feel that way. There are parts of me that brood, parts of me that retreat and withdraw, parts of me that are pensive and murky. I don't know if all that can be expressed on a .com. Maybe it shouldn't be? All those words to ask this. Knowing me the way that you do here at the '@', what design changes would you suggest to better reflect my personality? Colors? Layout? Features? You name it, I want to hear it. It is the 19th. You don’t need to apologize – I am rotten at remembering birthdays, I understand.

The pics of my family are definitely staying. I love them too.

You bring up a good point about the site reflecting the personality of the person. I find it very interesting that you think I am a bubbly person. I might be in comparison to others. I might use too many emoticons and exclamation points. I might be putting my best foot forward most of the time that I am online. I might just prefer to accentuate the positive (which might be the definition of bubbly). If you ask people who know me in the flesh they might choose the adjective bubbly off of a list of choices to describe me. I might need to adjust my writing style to be more authentic.

Because, truth be told, I don’t feel like a bubbly person. I could be the very embodiment of bubbliness and not know it because I don’t have a clear idea of what that means, exactly. Do you want to venture a definition?

Alece did a post once about a slice of authenticity. (http://www.gritandglory.com/2008/09/03/authenticity-by-the-slice/) Maybe there is a good chunk of me that is bubbly. Although I would not say that I feel that way. There are parts of me that brood, parts of me that retreat and withdraw, parts of me that are pensive and murky. I don’t know if all that can be expressed on a .com. Maybe it shouldn’t be?

All those words to ask this. Knowing me the way that you do here at the ‘@’, what design changes would you suggest to better reflect my personality? Colors? Layout? Features? You name it, I want to hear it.

]]> By: @ngie http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 @ngie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:29:10 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4587 Thanks, Birgit! My birthday isn't actually until June 19th. I was hoping to get the new site up and running so that it could be launched on my birthday - but we will see if that happens. There are so many wonderful options out there! Good to know that you like the videos. I would like to do more. I agree that seeing and hearing our friends online is an enriching experience. Thanks, Birgit! My birthday isn’t actually until June 19th. I was hoping to get the new site up and running so that it could be launched on my birthday – but we will see if that happens. There are so many wonderful options out there!

Good to know that you like the videos. I would like to do more. I agree that seeing and hearing our friends online is an enriching experience.

]]> By: DaRonn http://www.angiewashington.com/2009/06/anyone-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-4586 DaRonn Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:54:00 +0000 http://angiewashington.com/?p=1867#comment-4586 Very cool post Ang. We can learn a lot from the Indian´s in the story on how to live life in general. Very cool post Ang. We can learn a lot from the Indian´s in the story on how to live life in general.

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