Hello dear reader
Alas the time has come. I must bid you all a fond farewell from this Joomla site. Most of you have probably noticed that I have written very little over the past little (ok, long) while. I really thought my creativity and desire was coming back, but it isn't. I just can't do it anymore. Honestly, dear reader...I am bored with the site. I used to have a purpose for writing, for creating the site...now I can't write to save my life and the site has gone stagnant. And so, Joomla and I bid you au revoir.
But......but wait. Don't frown. Don't fret. Don't freak.
Yes, dear reader...there is a 'but'. And along with that 'but', did you notice the wording of the aforementioned farewell? How many of you savvy readers caught it? (The real question should be 'how many of you care', but I don't want to go there.) No, dear reader, I am not leaving. I am not quitting. As a matter of fact, I am hoping to move http://fifafan.ca into a whole new realm of creativity. I am hoping that by throwing myself a curveball, I will get excited about writing again, stoked to create. How do I plan on doing this, you ask? Let me explain.
I have to give a shout out to my friend Lance. He and I were talking at work, and he threw out the idea of website creation. He also mentioned WordPress, and how much it has changed and evolved. And so, I looked into it. I did a quick install to my http://leffers.ca website and did a wee bit of poking around. And you know, dear reader...I could get into this whole WordPress thing. It is a brand new learning curve for me, but it seems that it will open up more doors for me. I will be forced to redesign...and that will force me to write. So, thank you Lance...I really do appreciate it.
So, what becomes of all the work I've done with fifafan.ca then? Well, as of right now, I am planning on keeping the content roughly the same. I will slowly transfer all my articles over, and along with that, I will also transfer the Cancer Blog over. How that will all look is still a mystery. When it will all happen is also undecided. But it will happen. I will also have my photo albums. This is all where the creativity comes in. We'll just have to see.
At some point in the near future, this site as you know it will go offline. It needs to go away so that I can implement the new fifafan.ca. So let this be notice to you, dear reader. Some day soon, the site will be gone. But it will be back...bigger and better. As I go through the planning stages, I will try update with short snippets here and there. So check back often. The work is starting. And I am excited about it.
Until next time, so long and thanks for all the Joomla.
FF
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Patience is a Virtue.
Hello, dear reader
Over the past week or so, I have been feeling it. Slowly, it is coming back to me. Oh, some days it is completely not there, but some days it is. Right now, the 'not there' still outweighs the 'is there', but the balance is changing. I can't begin to describe the feeling, and that is part of the problem. My ability to express is on hiatus. My ability to create went with it. They must be having a whale of a holiday, because they've been gone a long time. I suspect they're drinking heavily, and have lost their way. I'd shine a light for them to follow, but I'm not convinced they'd see it. Drink will do that...it blinds you. And so, I wait for the return of my wayward pals. It is not a patient wait by any stretch. As a matter of fact, I am getting quite despondent by their absence. It hurts, dear reader...it hurts. I can't do what I enjoy without my helpers Expressor and Creativity.
But, as I mentioned, I can feel their presence. Oh, it is not a strong presence, but it is there. They are coming back. They are sobering up. Expressor and Creativity are starting to realize that they belong with me. But, petulant as they are, they fight it. They want their own way, and will come back on their terms, not mine. And thus I will need patience. I know they'll be back, and that does my heart good. I miss them. Soon, dear reader. Soon. Soon I will write again. Soon I will express and create....I will describe, and I will be happy.
But patience is a virtue. For you and me.
Cheers,
Fifafan
Over the past week or so, I have been feeling it. Slowly, it is coming back to me. Oh, some days it is completely not there, but some days it is. Right now, the 'not there' still outweighs the 'is there', but the balance is changing. I can't begin to describe the feeling, and that is part of the problem. My ability to express is on hiatus. My ability to create went with it. They must be having a whale of a holiday, because they've been gone a long time. I suspect they're drinking heavily, and have lost their way. I'd shine a light for them to follow, but I'm not convinced they'd see it. Drink will do that...it blinds you. And so, I wait for the return of my wayward pals. It is not a patient wait by any stretch. As a matter of fact, I am getting quite despondent by their absence. It hurts, dear reader...it hurts. I can't do what I enjoy without my helpers Expressor and Creativity.
But, as I mentioned, I can feel their presence. Oh, it is not a strong presence, but it is there. They are coming back. They are sobering up. Expressor and Creativity are starting to realize that they belong with me. But, petulant as they are, they fight it. They want their own way, and will come back on their terms, not mine. And thus I will need patience. I know they'll be back, and that does my heart good. I miss them. Soon, dear reader. Soon. Soon I will write again. Soon I will express and create....I will describe, and I will be happy.
But patience is a virtue. For you and me.
Cheers,
Fifafan
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Going Offline...
Good day, dear reader
This is to inform you that on Friday, August 19, 2011, this website will go offline. It will be in Maintenance Mode. Some of you will remember a previous article in which I posted that I am switching from Joomla to WordPress? Well, it is happening.
How long will I be offline for? I really don't know. Maybe a week. Maybe a month.
But I will be back. I promise.
See you then!
FF
This is to inform you that on Friday, August 19, 2011, this website will go offline. It will be in Maintenance Mode. Some of you will remember a previous article in which I posted that I am switching from Joomla to WordPress? Well, it is happening.
How long will I be offline for? I really don't know. Maybe a week. Maybe a month.
But I will be back. I promise.
See you then!
FF
Monday, April 11, 2011
Why Monday, Why?
Good day, dear reader
On Monday April 4th, I worked. It was a normal day. It was a normal Monday. I was tired, I was grouchy, not much went right at work....it was Monday. Finally, my work day ended. I breathed a sigh of relief, packed up my laptop, and walked out of the school I was working it. It was home time. True, I had a bit of a drive to get home, but usually it is not horrible. This day proved not much different. I got home at the normal time. As I pulled into my garage, I became a little less grouchy....I only hoped the kids were happy and that my wife was happy. One is never too sure on a Monday. For those of you who have followed my blog(s) for the past couple years, you will know that Mondays and I do NOT get along. No, dear reader, Monday's don't like me and I don't like Mondays. And so I invite you to read on....learn what Monday did to me this time.
By this time, dear reader, I am walking up my back sidewalk towards my house. I skirt around the water, and open my door. Immediately as I walk into my house, I see the lights on downstairs. Naturally, I look. Normally I see my deepfreezes, the floor tile and maybe a toy or two. But no....this time I saw Monday. In all it's devious glory, I saw Monday. It laughed. It chortled. Monday had the d**m gall to guffaw at me. And it reared its ugly head in the form of water. Oh, it was not so cruel this time as to be sewer water, but nevertheless it was water. The water was being held at bay by towels, but even that was becoming futile. My poor wife could not keep up with the onslaught. Every towel we owned was wet. And Monday kept happening.
I took stock of the situation, and immediately decided that I should get the power bar that my freezers were plugged into out of the water. One crisis averted. Then I quickly surveyed the situation, and found where the water was coming in...a spot right at the footing. Then I decided that towels alone would not help and we needed mechanical assistance....I went to my garage and got my wet/dry vac. And with that, we managed to get the standing water out of the area, and we could concentrate on the entry point. We didn't lose anything in the basement except some drywall and floor tile....no big deal. We are very fortunate. It could have been worse.
I cannot remember all the details of the rest of that day exactly. I do know that my kids ended up doing a lot of their own supper. I do know that Dianne made a lot of phone calls trying to get someone to come and fix the problem. 15 calls, 2 people responded. We managed to get someone booked for Tuesday and for Wednesday to assess the damage. But, this still left us with the issue of the water pouring into the house. No, Monday was not over yet. Not even close.
After we got the inside water under control (sort of), I left Dianne downstairs to keep up with it, and I went outside to see what could be done. Do you remember, dear reader, at the beginning of my article where I described 'skirting around the water'? Well, that skirting around turned into wading through. Even though we had moved snow away from the house all winter, it was still a problem. I dug a couple small trenches and resevoirs so that the water would flow away from the house, but I couldn't go very far due to the sheer amount of snow piled up in the back yard. My cousin Sheldon and his son Connor came over and we moved snow...and water. We found that once we got the outside water under control, it was not going inside near as quick. Thus the plan became this: keep the water level outside at an acceptable level, and inside will be good. Sounds easy, right? Um, not so much.
I won't bore you with too many more details, dear reader. Suffice it to say that Dianne and I put in an awful lot of hours keeping the water away from the house. Turns out that our foundation is cracked....a 7 foot long crack. We hired a guy to fix it, and included with the job is installing a sump pump, weeping tile, window wells and adjusting the grade slightly. We will be re-designing the backyard, and spending a lot of time doing it. At least my house is dry again. There is much more I could write, but I won't. After all, it's Monday....and I don't like Mondays.
Cheers,
FF
On Monday April 4th, I worked. It was a normal day. It was a normal Monday. I was tired, I was grouchy, not much went right at work....it was Monday. Finally, my work day ended. I breathed a sigh of relief, packed up my laptop, and walked out of the school I was working it. It was home time. True, I had a bit of a drive to get home, but usually it is not horrible. This day proved not much different. I got home at the normal time. As I pulled into my garage, I became a little less grouchy....I only hoped the kids were happy and that my wife was happy. One is never too sure on a Monday. For those of you who have followed my blog(s) for the past couple years, you will know that Mondays and I do NOT get along. No, dear reader, Monday's don't like me and I don't like Mondays. And so I invite you to read on....learn what Monday did to me this time.
By this time, dear reader, I am walking up my back sidewalk towards my house. I skirt around the water, and open my door. Immediately as I walk into my house, I see the lights on downstairs. Naturally, I look. Normally I see my deepfreezes, the floor tile and maybe a toy or two. But no....this time I saw Monday. In all it's devious glory, I saw Monday. It laughed. It chortled. Monday had the d**m gall to guffaw at me. And it reared its ugly head in the form of water. Oh, it was not so cruel this time as to be sewer water, but nevertheless it was water. The water was being held at bay by towels, but even that was becoming futile. My poor wife could not keep up with the onslaught. Every towel we owned was wet. And Monday kept happening.
I took stock of the situation, and immediately decided that I should get the power bar that my freezers were plugged into out of the water. One crisis averted. Then I quickly surveyed the situation, and found where the water was coming in...a spot right at the footing. Then I decided that towels alone would not help and we needed mechanical assistance....I went to my garage and got my wet/dry vac. And with that, we managed to get the standing water out of the area, and we could concentrate on the entry point. We didn't lose anything in the basement except some drywall and floor tile....no big deal. We are very fortunate. It could have been worse.
I cannot remember all the details of the rest of that day exactly. I do know that my kids ended up doing a lot of their own supper. I do know that Dianne made a lot of phone calls trying to get someone to come and fix the problem. 15 calls, 2 people responded. We managed to get someone booked for Tuesday and for Wednesday to assess the damage. But, this still left us with the issue of the water pouring into the house. No, Monday was not over yet. Not even close.
After we got the inside water under control (sort of), I left Dianne downstairs to keep up with it, and I went outside to see what could be done. Do you remember, dear reader, at the beginning of my article where I described 'skirting around the water'? Well, that skirting around turned into wading through. Even though we had moved snow away from the house all winter, it was still a problem. I dug a couple small trenches and resevoirs so that the water would flow away from the house, but I couldn't go very far due to the sheer amount of snow piled up in the back yard. My cousin Sheldon and his son Connor came over and we moved snow...and water. We found that once we got the outside water under control, it was not going inside near as quick. Thus the plan became this: keep the water level outside at an acceptable level, and inside will be good. Sounds easy, right? Um, not so much.
I won't bore you with too many more details, dear reader. Suffice it to say that Dianne and I put in an awful lot of hours keeping the water away from the house. Turns out that our foundation is cracked....a 7 foot long crack. We hired a guy to fix it, and included with the job is installing a sump pump, weeping tile, window wells and adjusting the grade slightly. We will be re-designing the backyard, and spending a lot of time doing it. At least my house is dry again. There is much more I could write, but I won't. After all, it's Monday....and I don't like Mondays.
Cheers,
FF
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Three Fold Purpose
Good evening, dear stranger
Today, the thought came to me that I hadn't written for a while. Actually, the thought has come to me several times in the past month, but every time I think I feel like writing, I discover how wrong I am. I just don't have any topics I want to write about. So, this article is going to serve 3 purposes. If you're curious, please read on. If you couldn't care less, please click on this link.
It is plainly obvious that you obviously do care. I do, however, invite you click on link in the introduction AFTER you have read the remainder of this article. And without further ado, let's move on to the first of my 3 purposes.
In the introduction, I mentioned that I didn't have any topics to write about. Well, I am now recruiting you as my dear readers to provide suggestions. All you need to do is email me at suggestions {at} fifafan {dot} ca with your suggestion, and I will give it due consideration. Please note that I will most likely NOT write about everything that gets suggested, but I promise to at the very least consider it. I also promise that, IF your suggestion is accepted, I will somehow work your name into the article, thus giving tribute. That is, after all, the very least I can do for you. But also be aware that the topic you provide is open to MY interpretation. Do you think this could be fun? Be brave, dear reader. Be brave.
The second purpose is to update you on the state of my toes. For those of you who read my Alas....Goodbye article, you will recall the event of my toenail removal. If you haven't read that article yet, maybe you should consider reading it before carrying on with this one. You can read Alas...Goodbye here. Carrying on then....it has been close to 2 months since the surgery, and for a while, infection had set in. My toes were not healing well at all. I finally went to see my doctor, and he prescribed me some salve to put on the surgery site, which I had to apply twice per day. Well, lo and behold....the salve worked miracles!!! Take a look at the picture:
Can you believe how well it healed!!! Not that I am happy about it, mind you. I did NOT want my nails to grow back. And look what the left one did. Does this mean I have to go through more surgery? No, I don't think so. Why, you ask? Well, I'm not proud, but I kind of might of told a wee fib. It wasn't my idea, honest!!! But I did execute the idea. So, let me come clean. Here are the real pictures.
As you can see, dear reader, my toes are healing nicely. This week I started keeping them unwrapped, but I think I will continue to wrap the left one for a few days yet. The right one is not needing the bandages.
And that, dear reader, is the latest update on my toes.
I did say that there was a three fold purpose, right? Well, for the life of me, I cannot remember what I was going to write about. So, it seems that this article will only serve a two-fold purpose. And with that, dear reader, I will be leaving this article. I sincerely hope that you a) enjoy the toe pics and b) email me some suggestions. Please, help get the creative juices flowing again.
Until next time.....farewell.
FF
Today, the thought came to me that I hadn't written for a while. Actually, the thought has come to me several times in the past month, but every time I think I feel like writing, I discover how wrong I am. I just don't have any topics I want to write about. So, this article is going to serve 3 purposes. If you're curious, please read on. If you couldn't care less, please click on this link.
It is plainly obvious that you obviously do care. I do, however, invite you click on link in the introduction AFTER you have read the remainder of this article. And without further ado, let's move on to the first of my 3 purposes.
In the introduction, I mentioned that I didn't have any topics to write about. Well, I am now recruiting you as my dear readers to provide suggestions. All you need to do is email me at suggestions {at} fifafan {dot} ca with your suggestion, and I will give it due consideration. Please note that I will most likely NOT write about everything that gets suggested, but I promise to at the very least consider it. I also promise that, IF your suggestion is accepted, I will somehow work your name into the article, thus giving tribute. That is, after all, the very least I can do for you. But also be aware that the topic you provide is open to MY interpretation. Do you think this could be fun? Be brave, dear reader. Be brave.
The second purpose is to update you on the state of my toes. For those of you who read my Alas....Goodbye article, you will recall the event of my toenail removal. If you haven't read that article yet, maybe you should consider reading it before carrying on with this one. You can read Alas...Goodbye here. Carrying on then....it has been close to 2 months since the surgery, and for a while, infection had set in. My toes were not healing well at all. I finally went to see my doctor, and he prescribed me some salve to put on the surgery site, which I had to apply twice per day. Well, lo and behold....the salve worked miracles!!! Take a look at the picture:
Can you believe how well it healed!!! Not that I am happy about it, mind you. I did NOT want my nails to grow back. And look what the left one did. Does this mean I have to go through more surgery? No, I don't think so. Why, you ask? Well, I'm not proud, but I kind of might of told a wee fib. It wasn't my idea, honest!!! But I did execute the idea. So, let me come clean. Here are the real pictures.
As you can see, dear reader, my toes are healing nicely. This week I started keeping them unwrapped, but I think I will continue to wrap the left one for a few days yet. The right one is not needing the bandages.
And that, dear reader, is the latest update on my toes.
I did say that there was a three fold purpose, right? Well, for the life of me, I cannot remember what I was going to write about. So, it seems that this article will only serve a two-fold purpose. And with that, dear reader, I will be leaving this article. I sincerely hope that you a) enjoy the toe pics and b) email me some suggestions. Please, help get the creative juices flowing again.
Until next time.....farewell.
FF
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)