{"id":931,"date":"2017-08-01T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cranswick.org.uk\/judith\/?p=931"},"modified":"2017-09-02T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T14:49:07","slug":"rip-my-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/?p=931","title":{"rendered":"RIP my PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Truth to tell, my PC and I always had a difficult relationship. He (it must have been male because it never listened to reason, was stubborn and could be extremely childish at times) had this frustrating habit of refusing to do what he was asked \u2013 I would press all the right keys etc but he just would not co-operate and I would have to call for techie husband to sort out the problem. You might know, the minute hubbie walked in the door, the PC would spring into action and sit up like a naughty puppy to all intents and purposes saying, \u2018It wasn\u2019t me \u2013 it was her!\u2019 behaving itself perfectly without his old master having to touch the keys. It\u2019s true, it was my husband\u2019s old machine passed down when he got a better model and my PC knew it\u2019s true master\u2019s touch! It never messed him about.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That said, I shall miss my PC. I\u2019ve got used to where everything is and get easily confused when things change. There is also the problem that many of my frequently used websites were on shortcut symbols at the top of my screen and I have no idea of their actual web addresses including my Amazon kdp account! Every time I tried to get at my book details on my laptop it told me I had to update my account \u2013 and it showed none of my books. At least that problem is now sorted after a great deal of time and effort. I\u2019m continuing on with my rambling blog, but whether it will ever get posted is another matter. I tried to log on to my website on WordPress but \u2013 you\u2019ve guessed it \u2013 because I always used a short cut key, I\u2019ve forgotten the password. (Note to self \u2013 create a list and make a note of all my passwords like every other sensible person \u2013 there\u2019s security and there\u2019s common sense!)<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m keeping my fingers crossed that all my backup files will successfully be downloaded onto the new machine when it comes, though I confess I\u2019m somewhat apprehensive. Wonderful techie husband attempted to download them so that I could access them on my laptop, but there were definite problems \u2013 many of the latest ones were missing \u2013 best not to think about it! It means I daren\u2019t start working on files in case they are not the latest versions. I\u2019m one of these people who have far too many files open all at once so I will have lost all the stuff I haven\u2019t saved (including several word files for which I hadn\u2019t decided on a file name or where to file them so had never saved them). <\/span><\/p>\n

Just to add to my list of woes, my husband has just told me that the company building my new machine to his specification are waiting on a part which won\u2019t be available for two weeks! I suppose it\u2019s a good thing that I\u2019m not in that frenetic stage of writing the first draft when everything else is pushed to one side as I get the words down while the ideas are flowing. We have a major family party coming up so I\u2019ve no excuse not to get on with some housework and sort out a few other things that I\u2019ve been putting off for far too long.<\/span><\/p>\n

A writer\u2019s life can be a series of great highs and depressing lows \u2013 rarely do things run smoothly \u2013 but, on the plus side, my last promo for my new box set of Fiona Mason mysteries went well and though sales were down last week, I had a considerable number of reviews for all the Fiona Mason mysteries both on the UK Amazon site and on .com which is certainly something to celebrate. To all of you who contributed to that, my grateful thanks \u2013 knowing that my books are enjoyed is the reason to keep going.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/span>The moral of my blog \u2013 we all go through dark times when nothing goes right, but in the great scheme of things, these things tend to be temporary hiccups and there are people out there, including those we know, who have real problems or challenges to deal with. So \u2013 note to self \u2013 stop feeling sorry for yourself and spare a thought for them. Keep smiling, and count your many blessings. The world\u2019s a much better place when you stop being self-obsessed and put things in perspective.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truth to tell, my PC and I always had a difficult relationship. He (it must have been male because it never listened to reason, was stubborn and could be extremely childish at times) had this frustrating habit of refusing to do what he was asked \u2013 I would press all the right keys etc but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"entry","7":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}