Want to get set up to leave Comments on blogs?

My mom-in-law, Laura, has said she will try to leave more comments on the blog, and since we're trying to post more and because we love responses because we hope to publish this stuff for our family some day; I thought I'd put directions for how to create an account for those of our readers who aren't already active bloggers. Wow, that was one long run-on sentence, and I'm not quite sure how to edit it in order to have it make more sense.

In short, here are instructions to create a Google Account (note - you do not need to have a gmail account) so you can leave comments!

Okay ... here we go. What you see may be slightly different from these instructions, since I tried to fake this even though I already have an account).
(1) To get started, click Sign in at the top right corner of your screen. This takes you to www.blogger.com.
(2) Skip entering username or password, and just click Sign In, then click Create an account now.
(3) Enter your current e-mail address - it doesn't have to be a gmail / google address - it can be hotmail, yahoo, etc.
(4) Pick a password, and enter it twice, as requested.
(5) Pick your location (i.e., USA).
(6) Type in the word for verification (this always makes me laugh, because they use words like, "clatserp, hootsubs, tueccatc ..." Funny)
(7) Accept the terms (click the button and it will kick you into the next window).
(8) I'm not sure if you have to do anything more from here because I didn't want to create a new account, but I think after this your account should be active and you're ready to post comments!

To post Comments after you've created your account:
(1) Click the Comments line. This opens a window where you can read everyone else's comments and leave one of your own. As a note, it asks you if you want to display non-secure items. If you say Yes, it will show the pictures of the commenters; if you say No, there won't be any pictures (it's more of a personal preference, I guess - maybe pics make it take longer?)
(2) So when you get to this window, there's a section called, Leave your comment. Write in your notes/ thoughts, etc., then enter your username & password, then click Publish Your Comment. You might also be asked to verify some word again.


That should be it. Pretty easy once you do it a couple of times.

If you have any questions, click Help. Or maybe you can ask me. I might be able to help.