Thing #3: Set up your own blog , add your first post, add an avatar.

Ta-da!!!!  Blog is set up, avatar added, three posts complete.  Yay!  I had the most trouble figuring out how to add the avatar but then I scrolled down more and there were the directions!  Hmm!  Helps to read the whole activity before jumping in with both feet.  Important directions for students, too. 
I had already set up an avatar in my Yahoo account but I enjoyed personalizing it for this purpose.  I can see where students would LOVE this.