Wednesday, August 24, 2005

I'm back online!

I haven't posted on here for awhile because we have had some problems with our computer (something about the motherboard...or was it the motherload...ha ha ha)?! Unfortunately, it wasn't worth it to keep the computer so we had to buy a new one. I wasn't too happy about it but I guess our new computer has a lot more memory that can accommodate all the new programs that I am adding to it on a regular basis. Even though I am knee deep in building our Ottawa website, I still don't know a thing about the technical side of computers. Thank you, Site Build It (SBI)!

Anyway, before the problems with the computer I had created a couple of new pages:

Saunders Farm - a really cool place in the west end of Ottawa that has mazes and hay rides and activites for all age groups (even the group of us 30-year olds that went one weekend in July)! We had a blast!

Ottawa Wedding Cakes - information on places to buy wedding cakes in Ottawa.

Besides building a couple more pages in the past couple weeks I have also signed on to a couple travel related forums. The intent was to get a bit more traffic but I have to say that seeing as I love to travel and I have been fortunate enough to travel quite a bit in my life...I am hooked on one of the forums. Great! All I needed was another distraction to take me away from building more pages on our website!

Anyway, I must get going!

Cheers!

Monday, August 15, 2005

The Ottawa Folk Festival

I can't believe I almost forgot to create a page on our website about the Ottawa Folk Festival. It takes place this Thursday, August 18 to Sunday, August 21, 2005 at Britannia Park in the west end and will feature acts like Hothouse Flowers, Joan Armatrading and the Arrogant Worms. It is another amazing festival in Ottawa that shouldn't be missed. We'll definitely be making it out one day (hopefully) if all goes well. We were also thinking of going to the Lanark Highland Games this weekend too. Where will we find the time to do it all?

Hope you will be able to enjoy a bit of the festival this weekend too!

Friday, August 12, 2005

To split in two or not?

A little while ago I wrote a post about whether or not I should start a new Blog. You can read about it here. I am back to thinking that this may be a good idea. I really wish I had a lot more people (or anybody) who read my blog so they could give me their opinion.

I have a very strong feeling that those who find our blog while they are looking for information on Ottawa don't really care about how we built our Ottawa website. Why would they? If I was looking for a recipe on line (for example), would I really care about how they made their website? I would really just want the recipe and that is it.

And for those who are looking for information on Site Build It and to read about my experience with it, would they really care about Ottawa? I highly doubt it.

I am really starting to lean towards splitting this blog into two. They don't take a lot of time to create or update so I don't have to worry about that. What is my problem? Why can't I just make my decision? Or have I? Maybe I just want to stick with one blog?

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh....pardon me while I pull my hair out!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Ottawa is having some much needed rain right now and our grass, flowers & trees are loving it! Unfortunately, my long bike ride has to be postponed.

Cheers!

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Hockey, cars, movies & the arts (in Ottawa)

Well, we have been busy writing some more pages for our Ottawa website. They are four completely unrelated pages (apart from the fact that they have to do with Ottawa). Here they are:

Ottawa Senators - this is about Ottawa's NHL team

Ottawa Car Rental - information on renting a car in Ottawa

Ottawa Movie Theatres - information on movie theatres and cinemas in Ottawa

National Arts Centre - the NAC is an amazing complex for the performing arts (dance, theatre, concerts etc)

So, we now have 76 pages on our site. There are still so many more to create. When will we find the time? I guess when we are hibernating in winter we will be able to create a lot more on a regular basis.

Our traffic is also increasing as well which is really exciting!

Good luck to everyone else who is building their own website. I hope you are having as much fun as we still are!