Last week I had a little scare. Well, it was actually a big scare which caused me to panic and completely delete my blog as well as my email account.
I thought about giving up blogging for good. I just couldn’t see starting all over from square one again. And to tell you the truth, the time I spent away from the computer turned out to be a much needed break. I was able to watch my favorite shows live instead of on my DVR, I got a good night’s sleep, I didn’t even panic when I realized that I left my digital camera at home! I felt liberated!
But then I started to miss my blogging friends. I couldn’t stop wondering what crazy things you guys were all up to and how your Thanksgiving celebrations were going.
So, I decided to compromise. I’m starting a new, more anonymous blog. I don’t have my name listed or any photos of my family. I figure all my regular visitors already know what we look like anyway, right? And I probably won’t be going crazy posting every day like before. Especially since Christmas is coming up and I planned a ton of things to do with the family.
My email has also changed. In my haste to delete my old email account, I forgot to save all the addresses of people I wanted to send Christmas cards to. If you’re one of them and you’re reading this, could you please send me your address again? I would really appreciate it.
I think this time I just need to be more careful about what I reveal about myself and my family. There are some strange people out there just trolling around for information to use against you. Please be careful.
19 Comments on “A New Beginning”
4:34 am
Welcome back! You were missed. I do miss seeing your cute little girls but I completely understand it is not safe to post pictures of your kids. Too many weird people out there.
6:27 am
I have definetely learned a valuable lesson! I’m sooooo glad you’re back!
7:57 am
Welcome back! I thought my browser wasn’t working well… because I couldn’t find your site. Saw you again at Maribeth’s, I hope it is ok to stop by…
**Of course it’s okay! I love having your company!
1:58 pm
I’m so glad you’re back!
2:01 pm
I found you! I understand what you mean. ther have been days I wanted to quit it all and never use a computer again.
I glad your back!
2:07 pm
I sent you an email reply from a comment you left on my blog. We’ll see if it goes through or not. If not, I’ll give you my email address later, or you can click on it at my blog.
** I don’t think I got it
3:13 pm
There you are! Dont you just hate the way the sickos ruin it for everyone.
3:21 pm
So glad to have you back! We missed you and your bright smile through posts. We will take you any way we can get you! But you are right. There are crazies out there that ruin it for everyone else.
Kudos to you for starting over fresh and keeping up the good work. Talk to you later.
5:16 pm
glad to have you back too! we would have missed you. i was not blogging much and doing my usual blog visits last week to notice that your blog had been taken down.
yes, it is sad that there are crazy people out there that spoil everything. nevertheless, i’ve been careful about my blog and have not posted personal pics up of my family for that particular reason. You don’t need to post your family pics up again — we all know how cute they look like!
10:30 pm
So glad I saw your comment on someone else’s blog. I have been wondering where you went!
3:21 am
You can always Email me a picture now and then..
**LOL! You know I probably will!
12:24 pm
I am sorry that you had such a bad experience. That is why I don’t share my hubby’s name, or where we actually live…Hope everything is okay though
6:15 pm
Welcome back..Im glad you are here, i enjoy reading your blog.
4:39 pm
I’m so very glad you’re back! You’re my daily retreat to the place I love to go one of these days.
7:04 pm
Wow! I am so sorry you had such a bad scare. I’d love to know what happened. Maybe I should remove some info? It’s just too bad that weirdos have to mess things up. I was away and hadn’t realized you were gone until I went to your site and saw it was gone. Luckily you had left a comment on my blog with your new site. I’ll miss seeing the little one’s faces, but I completely understand. So ggo to have you back though!
6:53 pm
I didn’t know where you went, Local Girl! I was worried, then found your new link on Carmen’s page.
I don’t blame you for the redesigning in a more anonymous fashion. This is why I have a blog written by a cat and my name never appears.
Sucks to be that anonymous.
11:59 pm
There’s a reason you’ll never see my kids’ faces on my blog. I do use their first names, and our state. I guess there are other clues, what with city names and links I give to local events we participate in, but I am leery about the kinds of folks who troll cyberspace. I got extra nervous when I heard (and this may be an urban legend at this point…) that there was a guy trolling the *diaper* boards at Mothering.com for pics of babies in diapers. Ick.
I went looking for the old blog the other day to submit for this week’s CoFL and found it gone. I’m glad you commented on mine so I could find you again!!
12:01 am
Welcome back! I wondered what had happened to the old blog and I found your new place today through another blog I read regularly. I’m sorry to hear about your scare, but so glad to see that you’re still out there blogging
10:45 pm
Recently found your blog and have been poking around in the archives. This post really freaked me out. I assume you had a stalker? Scary!!
(I'll take good care of it.)