Kritique Kritics

Managing one website is fun; managing six is work even if they all are WordPress sites.  I’m not doing it for a living, but sometimes it feels like a job–a twelve hour job.

I love the artistic part of the job or even the blogging.  I also enjoy behind the scenes dealing with widgets, add-ons, etc. until it gets over whelming in volume or complication.  I don’t like repetitive crap and I don’t like to spend hours and hours studying something and still not know how to fix the problem.

I just finished adding a plug-in called “Link-Checker” to the SLO NightWriters’ website and then it told me that there were  seventeen bad links.  How long have they been not working?  I’ve fixed thirteen so far and decided to take a break.

Gotta go and upgrade all the sites now.

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I’ve been busy over the last three months and especially overwhelmed the last month.  I’ve been working on a website and a new Facebook for SLO NightWriters.

I didn’t create either site.  I made changes/additions to the website that Aaron Kondziela built and I’ve just started adding photos to the Facebook site that Natalie Borgardt created.  I also linked the sites.

I’ve learn a lot, but I am not in Aaron’s or Natalie’s league.

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Too many men, too little time.  Well, actually it’s too many websites, too little time. I watching six sites now and I beginning to think it’s five too many.

Here’s the site that has been keeping me very busy for the last two – three months: http://www.slonightwriters.org

Another problem is my computer.  The network card’s signal strength is low most of the time and the computer is running very slowly.  I’ve manually done the maintenance and increased the frequency that the machine will automatically do maintenance.  I’ve also removed several programs.  Jim Leonard suggested some of the things I did, but I’m fresh out of ideas now and I think Jim is too.

I forgot, I had a virus last week and Roland removed it for me, too.

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This is what I wrote last year on January 7th:

I feel overwhelmed all the time!  But, especially this time of the year (Jan-Apr).  Right now on my plate I have the following:

Prune twelve fruit trees (50 – 70 hrs)

Pick up all leaves in yard so leaves won’t transfer peach leave curl to new growth

Move two remaining fruit trees

Spray weed killer on hillside

Replant front bed (40 – 60 hrs)

Plant Vegetable garden

Weed & edge backyard

Fertilize backyard & front yard

Treat for ants and snails in backyard & front yard

Reseed front & backyard

In spare time, pull all income tax records together

What really makes me mad about this list is that I made it and I prioritize it!  I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY!

No wonder I felt overwhelmed.  This is too much for a female in her fifties and too much for anyone.  Well this year I got SMART.  I hired someone to do all the garden work and he completed it in less than three days. And, I won’t need several chiropractic visits for my aching back.

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We are in the process of updating:

kritiquekritics

kritiquekritics/children

We will be updating the themes to match our new kritiquekritics.com/sundayschool site.  We will also be making some aesthetic changes to the sites.

Right now the web cams at the aquarium (on the children’s site) are down and we are still having trouble finding more web cams.  I had know idea how much time and effort it would take to build and maintain a website–let alone, three.

Christine, Jim and I have been so busy with our books, website updates and creation that we haven’t been blogging as often.

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I’m feeling LESS overwhelmed!  MY plate has gotten smaller:

Prune twelve fruit trees (50 – 70 hrs)  - ONLY ONE LEFT 

Pick up all leaves in yard – DONE

Move two remaining fruit trees – DONE

Spray weed killer on hillside -

Replant front bed (40 – 60 hrs) -

Plant Vegetable garden – ALMOST DONE

Weed & edge backyard – ALMOST DONE

Fertilize backyard & front yard – DONE

Treat for ants and snails in backyard & front yard – DONE

Reseed front & backyard – FINISHED ON APRIL 5th

Pull all income tax records together – DONE

I think I’m ahead of the game, this season! 

My new mantra:

I FEEL CALM

I FEEL CALM

I FEEL CALM

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I feel overwhelmed all the time!  But, especially this time of the year (Jan-Apr).  Right now on my plate I have the following:

Prune twelve fruit trees (50 – 70 hrs)

Pick up all leaves in yard so leaves won’t transfer peach leave curl to new growth

Move two remaining fruit trees

Spray weed killer on hillside

Replant front bed (40 – 60 hrs)

Plant Vegetable garden

Weed & edge backyard

Fertilize backyard & front yard

Treat for ants and snails in backyard & front yard

Reseed front & backyard

In spare time, pull all income tax records together

What really makes me mad about this list is that I made it and I prioritize it!  I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY!

NOW I’M GOING OUT IN HOT TUB WITH MY HUBBY!

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