Finally

Finally after having the same blog header for the last couple years, I decided to FINALLY get off my butt and make a new one.  What do you think?

While the photos are not brand new...they are way more recent than the ones that were up there.  ;)

Missing...

Last night I got a weird e-mail from Project Wonderful stating that they suspended my ads on my blog....I went huh?  Went to check my blog and it was GONE!!  I about had a heart attack.  I had such a lump in my throat and felt nauseous.  

Not sure what happened...spam bots were at it I guess.  Not sure what they considered spam?  I have read over the last 3yrs this happening to people, but never had to deal with it. 

THREE years of content flashed before my eyes.  All that work and time spent, GONE.  I clicked the help button and they directed me through a few steps and called me with a verification code and then my blog was back up.  THANKFULLY!

I have created blog books in the past through Blurb, but really need to catch up with the last few. 

Now I, like many other people, are contemplating jumping ship from Blogger and going over to wordpress.  Have you made the switch?  Do you like it better?

And because I feel the need to share a random photo that makes me smile.....

{flying Halloween Fairy}

Not Me Monday - wk9

Welcome to my 9th week of Not me! Monday.

This week I did not change around my blog in an attempt to make it look a bit cleaner. Not at all because every time I posted my blog link to facebook it wouldn't pull the photo's I wanted it to. I did not read a TON of code and tutorials and did not rewrite most of my blog code myself. I know I could pay for a new design...I am not frugal. I also do not like writing code at all. Actually, I have a degree in Engineering Science and in college (way back when) I learned how to write code. At the time when I learned how to write code the wild world of the Internet wasn't like it is today, though.


Anywho...


There are now 4 columns, one post column on the left and 3 on the right side (one wide at the top & 2 below that).


I also did not add a navigation bar. I had installed one a few weeks ago with photo buttons I made, but I prefer just text now. It is not driving me insane because that text is underlined and I have no idea on how to make it not underlined. Oh well.

I did not add the blog contest widgets to the bottom of my blog. I have to thank Sara from Subjective Beauty for posting an answer and a tutorial to my question about scroll bars. She ROCKS!! The scroll bar saves soooo much space on my blog. She also has another tutorial on how to add a moving marque scroll bar. Check out her ask sara posts for all the tutorials.

On Saturday I did not host a shower for my friend at her house. I am her only bridesmaid in her July 25th wedding (you can click here to see my bridesmaid dress). I did not make an army of wedding cakes as my present (62 total, but who's counting? Not ME!).I also did not make an army of daisies as favors and description holders for the food.I did not spend 3 hours making the food on Friday. I did not make Chicken Wing Dip, Taco Dip, Chile & Cheese Spirals, GoGo Asiago Dip and Beer Bread. I was not pissed because someone volunteered to bring the tortilla chips & punch bowl showed up 30 minutes late....and didn't even say she was sorry! Oh yeah...the punch bowl was dirty, too. While there I did not get to see the sassy girl (bride to be's daughter) I watched during summers for the past 3 years. This summer she isn't coming to my home because they moved. I do not miss her one bit. *sniff*
After opening presents I did not make this beautiful hat for my friend. I would not make her stand there so I could take photos of her wearing it. She loves me!! =D
This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Follower Issues

For some reason internet explorer will not open blogger blogs. I figured out it was my followers widget. I have since removed it (which makes me sad) and will put it back when blogger figures out their issues. You can still follow my blog. To do that you can add a blog to follow on your blogger dashboard. I hope they fix it soon.

I am now using firefox browser instead of internet explorer and it opens all of the blogs fine. I have also found that firefox is faster.

And because I hate posting without photos here are some I took of the kids the other day. The digger my son is on was found by the side of the road by my father when my son was 3. I can't believe he is turning 8 this summer.