Well, hello to all my fellow bloggers! We’ve been offline for about 2 1/2 weeks here. We went out of town one weekend, only to return and find that our website (hambones.org) was down and we were having hardware issues. We have a couple of computers that run our website, but the primary one (which is 4 1/2 years old, btw) was not booting up. We tried buying various parts locally, then had to order stuff online. Several times. One thing turned into another, and before you know it, we basically had to start over from scratch, on both hardware and software. I say “we”, but really I mean Tim. He’s worked night and day for weeks to get things back online. We still have a long way to go, there’s still a lot of problems and things that don’t work, things that used to work before. We were several versions behind on different components, things I don’t really even understand, but Tim does. Thank goodness! Our blogs are now back up, but we aren’t able to load pictures and images for a while, nor is the email working. And a few other things that hopefully are behind the scenes and no one will notice! LOL 🙂
So — you’d think with all that time while our website and my blog was down that I would have been uber-productive, huh? Well, you’d be wrong! I enjoyed the break immensely and had considered more than once not even blogging when we did get things back up. I’m still on the fence about that. However, yesterday, Feb 3, was the four year anniversary of my blog, and I sort of hate to just “give up”. So, we’ll see. I still have a few things to say, but not nearly as many these days 🙂 In the beginning, I blogged every day. About anything and everything. I talked about my day, all the little things going on, I did every meme that came along, etc. Those days are gone. Tim doesn’t like me to blog about where we go or what we do, at least for the most part, for security reasons. I’ve lost my mojo where memes and tags are concerned. And the days of blogging daily are long gone. We’ll see how long I do keep going though.
Back to the break – I should have gotten a lot of stuff done. But, I didn’t do hardly any of the “projects” that I should have done. I haven’t worked on the piles of paper and receipts and magazines that are overflowing around here. I watched a lot of TV, played a lot of Wii, read a fair amount (7 for the year, so far), and generally enjoyed the break. I did have my computer, so I was able to keep up with other blogs and Facebook. But I didn’t miss blogging here, so that leads me to believe that it may be time…
Ok, so, we’re back, but hobbling and limping along. If you have an error or notice something that is not working, please let me know. We still have a long way to go, but right now, Tim needs a break. He’s worked nonstop on this thing, night and day, and until the wee hours of the morning, for too long now. He’s a keeper though, don’t you think?! 🙂
Well, I’m glad you’re back up and running. What a great hubby!
Yay for being back! I did miss it……….but maybe it’s time for me to move mine so y’all can let this go next time there’s a problem. I don’t blog every day either though.
I am so glad you are back! I have pretty much stopped with memes and tags as well, but I do still enjoy keeping a “chronicle” of our life! I hope you will have everything running smoothly soon!
It’s always good to hear from you:) I think I’m in the same place you are about blogging. I find that I spend way more time than I should at the computer. A couple months ago, I took a short break and it was so nice not to think about it. I wish I could just feel okay about writing every couple weeks. If and when the spirit moves me. I seem to be all or nothing, and when I’m not officially “on break” I’m always thinking about it and spending way too much time reading other blogs, looking for ideas or inspiration. I really need to find peace with this!
I can understand where you are about blogging, but I’ll miss you if you leave! I’ll miss hearing about you and Tim and your sweet Beau!
Sometimes I feel like quitting, but then I’d miss all the friends I’ve made here. I’d love to have you stay around, even if you only post every once in a while.
Weelll you know i can totally relate to the blogging thing but I hope you stick around, even just to post pics of Beau and what you’re reading. Yeah you’d be missed too much!! But what a pain with the computer mess, huh? How frustrating. I can’t even bother Mike for stuff like that when he’s in school. Lucky Tim knows so much!
I think it’s okay for blogs to change as the years go by. Make it whatever you want. There should be no pressure at all.
I cannot imagine all that computer trouble you had! I would have been so discouraged!
I’m glad you’re back…I wondered what was up!
I go back and forth a lot about giving up the blog. It’s fun, but it’s a big distraction and something that I feel pressure to keep up with sometimes. I’m breaking from it this week and it’s been good…very good actually.
I’ll miss you if you decide to say goodbye forever though.
Yes, he’s definitely a keeper! Glad to see you post for a bit. Please don’t go away. 🙁 Happy Blogaversary!!
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Hooray for Tim…he deserves superhero status!!!
It really can be nice taking a break from the computer though, can’t it? I’m going to take a week off later this month. And while I’ll miss all my friends, it really can be good to just not give in to its addictive pull for a while.
Well, I’m glad you’re back. I just blog when something strikes me now. Sometimes I have several little things a day. Sometimes I go a week between posts. I figure if I leave it there, it will still be there when I get back, you know? I’m glad we have other ways to keep in touch though if you decide it’s time to close up shop!
I am in Hawaii right now on vacation and noticed that I couldn’t get to your blog. I was hoping that it was only temporary! You sure do have a keeper in your hubby! I just blog what comes to my mind. Life just keeps moving forward, and I just write whatever is on my heart!
Have a great day!
I can understand not blogging each and every day. I think that’s exhausting. I think I’m down to 2-3 times per week, and I’ve only been at it for two years. When I have something to say, I’ll say it. If not, why not do other things in life?
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