try to let them dry out for several days where they're at after a rain otherwise they'll take for-fucking-ever to dry inside.

trimming...get yourself a small pointy pair of scissors...i use mustache trimmers. you won't need a magnifying glass to trim so once you're sure they're ready for harvest you can put it away until needed for the next grow.
follow each leaf stem to as close to the trunk/branch as you can then snip. you don't want little stems showing so get in as close as possible. for the little leaves growing out of the flowers, just cut as you would a head of hair following the edge of the buds while only cutting enough to make a clean looking bud. i suggest trimming in two stages...one for getting them ready to dry where all fan leaves are removed along with the buds "getting shaved" then a 2nd time when you're getting ready to store them in jars. you'll be cutting down the bigger buds off of the stems/branches to thumb-size which gives you a chance to get those leaves that were too far buried for the 1st trim...but trimming is an individual thing and once you have them looking how you like you stop. this takes practice and with time you'll have them looking like they just came from a cali co-op!