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Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

February 20, 2009 By Carole

Hey Everybody!
I’m sorry I disappeared on you – I wasn’t really trying to fake my own death. That’s just overdone, isn’t it? Plus, I wouldn’t have been any better at it than some others that have tried, since Hillary posted a picture of me yesterday and I am clearly alive and well in that photo.

Anyway, it was really just a series of unfortunate events that wound up making a lot of people very nervous.

Dale and I went on vacation this week so I had 3 posts pre-written to take me through Wednesday. I planned on checking the blog and responding to emails while away but my laptop had issues with Hillary’s wireless and I couldn’t actually do any of that. I then planned on posting Thursday morning (from the airport) telling you where we had been and all that stuff – Wednesday’s photo was a big hint, by the way. However, when I attempted to get into WordPress Thursday morning I was shut out because someone had hacked into my blog with some sort of phishing thing. SiteGround shut me down and it has been a real hassle getting things back up.

JessaLu has been my tech guru once again. I’d still be floundering around in admin files and support tickets if it weren’t for her. That said, we’ve done a work around here that SiteGround may or may not approve of – meaning this may disappear again.

So just know that I’m fine and not a zombie. The blog will be fine eventually and all is well here at Carole Knits. The dog and cat survived our time away and things are returning to normal. Thanks to each of you who emailed me to make sure I was okay! Keep your fingers crossed that things go smoothly from this point forward.

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Comments

  1. Judy says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Missed you – glad everything is okay.

  2. JessaLu says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    I’m just happy I can help. ;o)

  3. margene says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    Don’t do that again? OK? At least Hillary kept us informed and we could see you were alive and well.

  4. Julie says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Keeping my fingers crossed that SiteGround approves and the blog doesn’t disappear 🙂

  5. Cookie says

    February 20, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Yay!

    Thank goodness you’ve got Jessalu on your side. Now you can enjoy your weekend!

  6. LittleWit says

    February 20, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    I hope it’s all fixed soon and with minimal headaches!

  7. Cheryl S. says

    February 20, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Glad you’re still there!

  8. elizabeth says

    February 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Oh no! I feel your pain! The only advice I can offer is upgrade, upgrade, upgrade!

  9. Manise says

    February 20, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    I’m so sorry this happened to you! Jessalu is a saint! Glad you’re back up and running again.

  10. Stephanie says

    February 20, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Hi there. I’m glad you’re back, but sorry you had to deal with icky tech stuff.

  11. jill says

    February 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    Good to have you back. Tech work = bleck! Hope you can get it ironed out without much sweat and swearing.

  12. Chris says

    February 20, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Evil phishers! Glad you’re back.

  13. Robin in VA says

    February 20, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Looks like you had a great time! Darn hackers….

  14. kmkat says

    February 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Yay for alive and well Carole and Dale! You had us worried…

  15. Emily says

    February 20, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Sorry about the bloggy trouble, but I’m glad you had a nice vacation!

  16. Becky says

    February 20, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Glad you had a nice vacation and glad that you are up and running again. Hope all your tech problems are resolved soon. Have a great weekend!

  17. Brenda says

    February 20, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    So glad you are still with us! My morning break just isn’t the same without a visit to “Carole Knits.”

  18. Beth says

    February 20, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    Glad your blog is back up. Hopefully everything will be ironed out soon.

  19. Lucia says

    February 20, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    Yay! Welcome back!

    And you had to mention zombies. You do have a way with earworms.

  20. Doris says

    February 21, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Glad to see you back. I had worried a bit and then got your emails all at the same time and figured everything was fine. Made 14 King Cakes today and am wiped out! Actually made 13 (added brown sugar to the 14th and cut it up into sticky buns for the people helping). My husband and I (and some scout friends) will be cooking for 200 for a Mardi Gras party at church tomorrow. At that point I will need a vacation! Have a great weekend.

  21. Sarah says

    February 21, 2009 at 3:33 am

    Glad to see everything back up and well again, Carole. I’m sorry for the technical difficulties, and hope it is all better now.

  22. alison says

    February 21, 2009 at 3:44 am

    Good to hear all is well. I didn’t believe it anyway as it wasn’t reported on Wikipedia where everyone goes to find out the truth.

  23. lisa says

    February 21, 2009 at 8:01 am

    Since I’ve been a bad bad blog reader, I was clueless! Until this morning, when several other sites I’d read first talked about it… How does a blog get hacked? I thought computers are supposed to make our lives easier, and I do enjoy this social networking, but honestly, sometimes they just take too much of our time!

  24. Hillary says

    February 21, 2009 at 9:24 am

    Good to see Jessalu has you up and running again.

  25. susan says

    February 21, 2009 at 10:58 am

    My blog was hacked, too! But my host got it back up less than two hours after I emailed him. Now that’s great service.

  26. Leslie says

    February 21, 2009 at 11:34 am

    See, if you only posted sporadically (like me!) no one would be in a panic. Glad to see the blog back up and running.

  27. Barbara-Kay says

    February 21, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    You were missed. Welcome back!

  28. Li_B says

    February 21, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    We know you didn’t desert us, just thought you caught something from Sandy 😉

  29. Karen says

    February 21, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    I’m glad to know that you and your blog are OK. I hope you had a nice time on your trip.

  30. Knitnana says

    February 21, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Whew! Glad you’re back (more or less, or sorta!) and hope the blog stays put. Margene was good enough to pass on that you’d had blog trouble, so I didn’t worry…
    I don’t get these folks who hack into blogs, and I’d have NO idea how to get things back on track.

    (((hugs)))

  31. Wool Winder says

    February 22, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Welcome back from your trip. Glad you were able to straighten out the blog problem.

  32. deb says

    February 23, 2009 at 7:55 am

    See how much we care!

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