Congratulations! You found me.
So welcome to the new digs. Do you love it? I love it. And almost all of the credit goes to a friend whom I’ll call Warren (his real name) who is not only a computer genius (or so I’m told), he’s otherwordly patient and generous as well. Not that I ever did anything in getting this site up that would try his patience, but still…. Thanks Warren. You rock. I’m sure I’ll be sending you a panicked e-mail later today about some code thing or other.
Here’s just a sample of how Warren tolerated helped me:
Me: OMG, my sidebar disappeared. It’s just… I dunno… gone.
Warren: That’s because you did [xyz stupid thing] that deleted it. I fixed it. It took me 12.5 seconds.
Me: ‘kay, thanks.
Me: Hey, I think I want my background to be robin’s egg blue.
Warren: How about this color?
Me: No, bluer.
Warren: How ’bout this?
Me: No. Too blue. And can the cute little swirly-thingies be black?
Warren: [kindly chuckle]
Me: How do I do that thing with the server?
Warren: You mean the thing I told you how to do yesterday? And this morning? And 15 minutes ago?
Me: Um, yeah. But I swear I tried that and smoke started rolling out of my computer. I followed the directions. Really.
Warren: Is that one of your kids screaming in the background?
Me: Yeah, I guess. I think he’s fine. He’s breathing and I don’t see any blood. And I just fed him six hours ago, and told him to put the knives away. Now. Back to this blog. Can we just focus a little?!
Warren: < if ‘html’ then php else ?css “format=ftp” blah_content_etc>;
Me: <?ftw>;
Me: Okay, even though I’ve written you 26783 e-mails today, I swear this will be the last one.
Warren: Really, you’re not bothering me.
Me: Okay, great. Can you re-do the header again and completely customize this layout sometime in the next, say, 45 minutes?
Warren: No problem. And I thought I should let you know that I’ll be unavailable for a while. Probably until May. Of 2014.
Okay, he really didn’t say that about 2014. But he wanted to. I’m sure of it.
So this is where I’ll be from now on. Writing about the kids. Or not about the kids, as the case may be. Take a look around. And come back tomorrow. Because now that I’m done harrassing Warren about this, I have absolutely no reason to not start posting again.
Ok, THAT was very amusing. He really didn’t swear much…I promise
LOVE the new digs!
This “Warren” guy sounds pretty fantastic.
Love the new blog with the perfect blue, the perfect black squigglies, and most of all…the perfect photo of your three kids.
May this blog live long and prosper. Happy rebirth.
I speak from experience that Warren might possibly be the only Canadian slated to be sainted in the near future purely based upon his mad skills at allthings computer and his patience in dealing with a multitude of conversations such as posed today.
I missed you; glad you are back in black, so to speak. I love the squigglies andthe colors and the layout. Yay you.
Double yay! I love the little icons!!!!
Aw, thanks Heidi. Hey, you’re almost Canadian now, what with the maple syrup and all. St. Warren… he’s almost as good as Mother Teresa, isn’t he?
Oh stop. You’re making me cry.
Blog looks great Goldfish!
Warren rocks! It looks amazing and not only did I find you but I made your sidebar with a knitting Tweet. Thanks! I especially love the picture of the boys.
LOVE the new site! Haven’t even read it but had to tell you before I forgot =) (Seriously. I can forget something as I’m doing it… Doesn’t sound like you would understand that though!)
It looks amazing! I love the picture of the kids. I always love a good make-over! You look fabulous!
Nice new digs. Pretty.
I so love it! (And this post cracked me up. I sent 32,461 emails to one particular reader, across the country, who was kind enough to decipher some things for me, over and over and over again. Maybe he’s Warren?)
Can I kidnap Warren? I need someone to help my clueless ass out around here.