Some changes around here

I decided to make some changes to my blog. I found that keeping this blog only for Genealogy has really limited my creativity in blogging. I have a lot of interests besides Genealogy and maintaining multiple blogs does not work for me. I have decided to combine all of my interests into one blog. I am keeping the name Our Life Picture by Picture because this blog is all about my life and the many things that I enjoy.

The image below shows my blog header (which I am going to be changing soon) and the menu below it. From here you can select the topics that you want to view.

You can also view topics by clicking on a label {tag} to go to that topic.

The Evernote Links tab has a link to all Evernote posts, some popular Evernote posts, and a link to my shared Evernote notebook

I'm hoping this blog makeover will allow me to keep my blogging mojo since I will be able to post about other things besides Genealogy. Don't worry...I am still doing Genealogy.

As always, if you have any questions please let me know.

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