I’ve been playing with wordpress for a while now and keep running into all sorts of thing I would like to do but just can’t seem to find a plug in for them.  My work has asked me to start a site for them but I’m not sure wordpress would be right.  I’m not overly technical by nature and learning a new content management system like Joomla or Drupal might be a bit out of my league.  I know many people that have been switching off of wordpress, blogger and others in favor of Joomla.  There seems to be a lot more Joomla Templates that appeal to me more than Drupal.  I’m not real sure what type of add ons are available but I’m sure with its popularity joomla should have everything i’m looking for.  I went to their site, logged on and ran through the Joomla demos but still not certain if its exactly what I want.  I think I’ll download both Joomla and Drupal this weekend and get them running to see how complicated they are and which one I like better.  I’m just getting tired of the same old same old with wordpress and it’s time for a change.   If anyone has a suggestion as to which content management system is the best to use let me know.  I’m also interested in finding some more good locations for templates.

February bring all sorts of headaches for me.  There are two Birthdays , Valentines Day and a wedding anniversary party to tend too.  I really didn’t think much about the Birthday until my daughter started asking for some fancy purse one of her friends has.  Prada bags as it seems are all the rage among teenagers these days.  Whoever the marketing genius was that got the younger girls wanting these expensive handbags should be shot.  I doubt seriously she’ll be getting one of those.  Perhaps I can swing buying her a Used Mary France Handbag, coach bag or one of the less expensive designer bags instead. 

Then there is the dreaded valentines day to contend with where I’ll have to make sure and do something very special for the wife.  The good thing about it is that it also happens to be our wedding anniversary so I can kill two birds with one stone and buy just one gift.  When we decided to get married on that date I really hadn’t considered this nice little benefit.  Just in case she happens to read my site and is looking for an anniversary gift for husband might I suggest a nice new watch.    Something in a nice gold or silver that will match my wedding band would be nice.

After looking for different ideas of places to go with my family during spring break, I’ve decided to head for the hills.   The Smoky Mountains to be exact.  I ran across a site that had a great review of a Smoky Mountain Family Vacation and I like the pictures the author posted showing all the waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains that it convinced me to head their this year.  I’ve never really stayed in that area of Tennessee, North Carolina, or spent any time to speak of in any mountainous area so this should be a great family adventure.  I’d be happy to hear from any of you that have stayed in the Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge area that might have some suggestions on the best place for my family and I to spend our week in the national park.  I’m not overly interested in camping.  A nice mountain cabin or a quality hotel  would probably work best.  I looked at several sites with reviews of accommodations in the Smoky Mountains but many seem to just be rehashed versions of the same thing.  If you’ve been to the Smoky Mountain National Park recently feel free to leave your recommendations in the comments.

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