Did you know that while four is generally expressed as IV in Roman numerals, it is also acceptable to use IIII? With that in mind, I suppose I could have used VIIII for nine, but I opted for the more common IX. Actually, while I’m sure IIII can be used in lieu of IV, I’m not sure if VIIII can be used in lieu of IX. At any rate, maybe you learned something new today, that being that IIII is acceptable for indicating four.

So, on to the progress update….

Two weeks ago, my goals were to (1) complete a client’s website which I did do that week, (2) clear off my computer desktop which wasn’t completed, (3) remove old computer from my desk which wasn’t completed and (4) organize scattered notes on the aforementioned computer’s keyboard which was, more or less, completed that week.

Number three was carried over to last week goal’s. While did not carry over number two, I pretty much accomplished it last week. Still a few odds and ends, but it’s mostly cleaned up now.

Anyway, last week’s goals were to (1) finish archiving files and move old computer off my desk, (2) take product photo for my eCommerce site and put it online, (3) setup printer/scanner, (4) do some work for the redesign of my flagship website and (5) start getting things together for my antiques’ blog.

Well, let’s see how poorly I fared this past week.

First, I did not complete archiving files and moving the old computer off my desk. But, I did make significant progress in doing so. So, there is that at least!

Second, while it should have been easy to take the product photo and put it online, I didn’t get around to it. I did manage to take other photos, and I should have done this at the same time, but pretty much forgot all about it during those periods the camera was in my hands. I could argue that the camera’s batteries went dead, which they did, so I had downtime when I was recharging them. But, since I had a spare set of batteries, I guess I cannot use that excuse.

Third, nope. Setting up the printer/scanner requires that the old computer be off the desk. Since that didn’t happen, setting up the printer/scanner didn’t happen either.

Fourth, nope.

Fifth, I did start getting materials ready for my antiques blog, including taking some photos! So, at least I remembered that when I had the camera out.

I guess it will be easy to figure out this week’s goals:

1. Finish archiving files and move the old computer off my desk.
2. Take product photo for my eCommerce site and put it on the site.
3. Setup printer/scanner. Shouldn’t be too hard. Once the old computer is off the desk, I can put the printer/scanner in its place and plug it in.
4. Do some work on the redesign for my flagship website.
5. Order a new hard drive for my server. It’s making a lot of noise, and I think I should order a replacement…

Yes, I did copy and paste some of that from last week’s goal list! You would think keeping the list short would allow me to finish more things, but you would have thought wrong!

So, what did I accomplish this past week?

I did manage to make excellent progress cleaning off my computer’s desktop, so it’s a lot better organized. I also made excellent progress in archiving the files off the old computer that needs to be moved. I spent most of Saturday on that alone, as well as some time during the weeknights.

Also, doing some double duty, while archiving on one computer, I was working on blogs on the other. I managed to get dcr Writes dot Com looking more to my liking.

Am I boring you yet? Hang in there, there’s an announcement coming.

Additionally, I did some website clean up, which was mainly deleting one website I had and forwarding its domain to another, similar website. The deleted one had an unappealing domain name–I’m not sure why I ever thought it was a good name–so I redirected it to the one that had the better name.

Oh, and I started a new blog. Sort of. But, I’ll explain that in a separate post. I started it here, but went too long so it’s best to have it as a separate post.

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