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Susan Jane May
Susan Jane May
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Wedding Florist
The Busy Florista Blog
The Busy Florista Blog
Putting Pen to Paper...
Putting Pen to Paper...
How we React to Things...
How we React to Things...
I recently had a situation happen to me that comletely knocked me for six, floored me, upset me beyond belief and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. Nothing.
My website provider switched my site builder from one day to the next, completely reformatting my website. The first I knew about it was when I clicked on my site and thought it didn't look right and definitely not how I left it last time.. Different fonts, mis-aligned text, different colours...
All the hours of SEO work that I'd learnt how to do had gone. Nothing there. Removed. Blank sheet. From 21st October 2020 this was, effectively, a new site on the net. Old stats gone. Tools I'd relied on since first building my site in 2008 gone. Just gone.
About two months ago I did receive an email about upgrading the site at some point. No date given and no communication whatsoever since. No heads up on the change over date - nothing. I had no chance to screen shot info or key words and there's no tutorial on how to use the new builder. Do you laugh because it's nuts or do you cry... I cried.
I felt like I'd lost a huge part of me - a bit silly maybe but there you go, that's how I felt. I liked to look back to see what visits I'd had from where and see how my site had done over the years. I was really proud of the 80% SEO mark I'd managed to get by tweaking a word here, adding a different phrase there, making some words plural and others not... all these little things make the difference and it was a fair bit of a learning curve for me - I've got none of them saved , of course..
So... Anyways... Deep breath...
I recently treated myself to a lovely book - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. A truly beautiful book.
On one of the pages it says " One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things ".
So very true..
Can I live without all that archived data? Yes, of course..
Can I learn how to use this new builder? Yes...
Will it take me hours to re-do the SEO work? Yes!!! :(
But can I do it? Oh yes...
Um... Is it easier to write this blog post in the new builder format...? Yes.
Does my website now have that lovely little secure padlock icon? Yes.
Might I learn to love this new builder? Oh probably...
There's a cherry in here somewhere - I just have to find it...
And find that pesky, invaluable SEO analyser... now where on earth has that gone???
Best get Coffee and Carry On
Happy Sunday Everyone
Catch You Next Time x
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Birmans, Bouquets and Days Off 
| Posted on 16 September, 2018 at 15:32 |
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And so another week has passed here in the blink of an eye! Whenever
did time get to move sooo swiftly? I’ve
had a Fab day today meeting, amongst others, a February wedding couple over at Hengrave
Hall, Bury St. Edmunds to discuss amazing flowers…and Trees… ooh, I Love those!
Soo
looking forward to this one – there’s Lots of creative collaboration going on
here! Can’t wait! xx xx So,
now, back to the present… Our
Lilly… well she’s a whole lot better Hooray! Back to the AHT tomorrow to see
the neurologists but… She’s
been jumping up onto the small sofa again all by herself –  And… Enjoying
snuggles on the bed (alright…which she can’t quite jump up onto by herself but,
hey, can now get down from with no trouble bless..)  And
Harls?? Well
he’s been REAL busy here this week… as you can see…  #ChilledBirman # Workinghardintheoffice  #Sundaymorningsnoozing  I
think I might be in agreement with #WinstonChurchill here and decide to come
back as a cat ha! And
talking about cats… So sorry, I can’t get this pic to go the right way round! ...  We have a local pussycat who’s just
lovin’ the studio vibes at the mo… And
is quite colour co-ordinated too ha! Lucky
for this little puss, our Big Blonde has never mastered the art of fence or
tree climbing… (Yep, I know, it’s an indoors-mainly- temple-cat-Birman-thing) So
if he snuggles up on the warm roof QUIETLY Harls never knows he’s there… Shhh… And
me? Well here’s what I’ve been up to on the Floristry side of things… Bouquets
and Buttonholes…   Tackling
thorny, but Gorgeous, Vendela Roses….   And getting
very excited about creating new designs for Indian Wedding and Celebration Garlands… And
prepping for a Day Off!! HOORAY!! Tomorrow
I’ll be giving myself some new Henna Tattoos…  When
you work all weekend, Mondays are off right? xx
Happy Monday Everyone xx |
May The Sunshine Shine
| Posted on 5 April, 2018 at 16:09 |
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Today I have been a Gardener HOORAY!!
Yes, I’ve got some serious office
work to catch up on after taking some time off over Easter… Yes, I haven’t hoovered in a couple
of days (read many, many, several, too many)… Yes, there are, well, Loads of things
I should do…but… Not Today eh? The Sun is shining and, for once, in absolute ages,
it’s warm out there! Here – see – Now how could I not go
out there and resurrect my garden when it looked like this…  Every picture tells a tale…these are
the Strawberry plants wanting some long overdue attention…and the Geraniums
just getting above themselves…and handy those Floristry buckets when there’s a
bit of weeding to be done ha!  The best thing was that our Lillycat
came out with me – She is oh such a very Happy Cat to be back home! We had a
bit of ‘Sunning’ in the studio doorway followed by a bijoux bit of ‘Baking’ on
the bench with me while I had a coffee break – well, coffee and biscuit break –
well OK – coffee and biscuits break… (so how can you eat only ONE Oreo?
Not possible!)  Lil’s did make a point of mentioning,
in her own way, that she had a bit of a sore leg… See the l o n g stretch
of it towards me? My little chicken-leg-cat… a bit of
fresh Tuna helped no end…  In the meantime the Big Blonde had
made himself comfy up on the bed… Hmm… Knew I shouldn’t have left that
particularly-prone-to-creasing cardi there but I was just in such a hurry to
change and get outside… Note To Self: Add ‘Washing to Do’ to
the list…  Tomorrow’s a busy day too… There’s prep to do for the Wedding
Flowers Day Course I’m running at the West Suffolk College here in Sudbury on
Saturday. And at least 2-3 hours of office work
to get done. And I want to get over to the Beth
Chatto Garden in Elmstead Market for plants, herbs, inspiration, coffee,
ambience, bird song, plants, woodland plants, ideas, cake, photographs… Did I hide the cake bit enough? Ha!
They do REALLY lovely cakes over there… Just saying… And then I’ve got that washing to do
too… And the Drying…  This already looks like the leaning
tower of Pisa… Oh Ha Ha!! Wish Me Luck!! xx HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND EVERYONE ! MAY THE SUN SHINE SHINE :D |