Hi everyone. I’ve been dealing with a mess and a half since the start of November. I hired someone to help rid my site of hackers, and as luck would have it they did half of a job and then disappeared. Then, I hired another person and they rid my site of the problem -or so I thought- but the site still wasn’t functioning correctly when they handed it over. When I asked them about it, they said they’d fix it. Then, at the same time they were fixing it my site was hacked AGAIN! As far as I knew, it wasn’t a big deal and they were going to pop in, fix it, and I’d be ready to roll.Not so fast. When they were “fixing it” they didn’t back up my data base and I lost all of the posts from April and May. Ugh. I asked them to find the missing posts and then they fell off the face of the earth. It was only after a lot of pestering that they admitted they were a designer and not a coder and wouldn’t be able to help…with any of it. WAH!I finally stumbled upon Susan Reid at Our Website Lady via Lynne at Decor Arts Now who was dealing with a very similar issue. Susan has been nothing but helpful and responsive – and she knows her stuff! She managed to get all nine posts back and rid my site of all the bad stuff. Needless to say, I think I am on the right track again. (Crossing my fingers.) So I am back! Hopefully there won’t be any more issues like this!

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Personal and Uncategorized

Every day, Tauren Poodle returns from his second visit outside for the day and I say “You want a ba-na-na?” He turns around, points his nose up the the air and gallops happily to his bowl. It’s seriously his most adorable time of the day – that prance to his bowl is so incredibly joyful. [...]

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I had eight for dinner this past Saturday night. The weather was particularly amazing. We had mid-sixties and sunshine at 6:15 pm. The yard is starting to bud out and our flower beds are full of daffodils. We ate appetizers on the screened-in porch before we moved inside for dinner. I served both marinated flank [...]

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Yesterday was a big day for the garden! We had our first glimpse of 70 degree weather upon our hilltop, and most of the Daffodils on the Northeast side of the house came into bloom. I met up with Tami who is going to help me whip the garden into shape this Summer. Truth be [...]

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Most of the time I find scented candles a complete turn off. They are either too strong, or their scent is too artificial for my taste. While Morgane Le Fay candles are still near the top on my love list, I think I’ve found a close contender in Cire Trudon. My candle is the Abel El Kader scent [...]

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