From Bad To Worse to Better

Written by Chelle on Friday, May 9th, 2008

In my haze of illness, barely conscious, Ethan, sick too, having troubles falling asleep, I glance over at my laptop … Gmail staring back at me. Oh look an email from another blogger, how nice … start reading email … glance down at what she is sharing with me …

OH FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY!

I have been hacked. #*^$#&*^$#%$&*A@)# <— me swearing, like bad. humph.

It is a geek ego thing. I knew better. In fact, I emailed others about it. You know one of those friendly reminders to upgrade your blogging software. Yet I did not make the time to do it myself. Oh no. Instead I am flaunting PORN in my RSS archives. STUPID GIRL. grrr. UGH. I feel like poo. Monkey poo in fact. Not only am I sick but my wanna-be-geek ego is bruised. hrrumph.

Blogging Lesson # 12 - Always Upgrade your software (Especially when there are published security issues). If you have a Wordpress Blog, please be SURE that you have the latest version. I spent much needed sleep time, upgrading last night.

*sigh*

So if you have been bombarded with links to porn in your RSS feeder, I am SO SORRY. I really really was not promoting porn. I figure if it is your thang, you’ll find it on your own. Hackers are mean. I have gone through and attempted to erase all links however, with close to 900 publishes posts that is difficult.

The Kids colouring

In other news, I spent yesterday moaning, miserable and feeling awful. In fact at one point I hear Becca tell her baby brother “Don’t worry Ethan she’ll be better tomorrow, I can teach you to colour right now”. And she did! I gathered up enough strength to take a few photographs.

I am feeling a little better today, still not up to snuff. Spring better bring us better health. I still hope that it is partially due to being new to this area and not exposed to all these germs before.

You may have seen some minor changes on the blog. Michelle was the first to notice that I have changed my blog name. I will go onto more details about the change once the rest of the changes are live and in place. My plans for the weekend are to tweak some blog stuff, continue the spring cleaning I started earlier this week and stop being a single parent just in time to be royally spoiled on Mother’s Day!

What are your plans for the weekend?

Filed under Becca, Design Notes, Ethan, Maritimes Style

22 Responses to “From Bad To Worse to Better”

Deb, on May 9th, 2008 at 7:59 am Said:

Ooo. I hate that happened to you. What a #$% that person was.

I had my email and Ebay account hacked into several years ago. The jerk posted several sales for cameras under my name. Of course there probably wasn’t any cameras to begin with.

What a sweet helper Becca was. :o) I hope you feel better soon!

Deb’s last blog post..All I Ever Wanted Was a Dog

Heather, on May 9th, 2008 at 9:11 am Said:

I noticed that you changed the name too, but I’m lazy and didn’t comment about it.

I didn’t get any porn either. Darn.

Oh, I mean that’s good.

Heather’s last blog post..The post where I ramble about random things and it’s not even a random thoughts post

amanda, on May 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am Said:

Oh, they slay me when they care take like that.

amanda’s last blog post..Whatta Man, Whatta Man

Awesome Mom, on May 9th, 2008 at 10:09 am Said:

How rude!!! I am glad that you were able to fix it quickly. I think I would have been lost if that had happened.

Awesome Mom’s last blog post..I am teetering on the edge of sanity

Betty, on May 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am Said:

Oh no! That’s terrible… altho, I didn’t have any porn show up in my RSS reader this morning. After reading this post on Newsfire I read the rest of my feeds with one hand over my eyes just in case but it came back clean. Good job!

~JJ!, on May 9th, 2008 at 10:51 am Said:

Oooh I’m so sorry.

Hackers stink.

And I love the new blog name…Perfect.

Feel better.

~JJ!’s last blog post..I just can’t!

Much More Than A Mom, on May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am Said:

I noticed the name too but forgot to say something.

Ack! I forgot to finish the upgrade - just finishing it now!

And I didn’t get any porn…

Much More Than A Mom’s last blog post..No room at the inn. Err…in the van.

Holly, on May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am Said:

So . . . is this why I had to re-register? Or are you just trying really hard to lose me :-)? Because I so can’t take a hint.

Glad you’re feeling better. I need to talk to someone about my blog. You know anyone who does stuff like that?

Robina, on May 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm Said:

Hackers, YUK!

I hope you feel better to enjoy your weekend and get that time you need, for yourself!

Robina’s last blog post..Picture Stories!

Caledonia, on May 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm Said:

*hugs* My family tree website was hacked last year and I was not amused considering the amount of time and money I’d put into the site. They set up email accounts and started using them for spam. Fortunately, my host jumped on it really quickly and everything was sorted. I’m so glad they didn’t decide to delete everything though.

Caledonia’s last blog post..Busted!

Aimee, on May 9th, 2008 at 2:25 pm Said:

Oh how awful! I always worry about that, and yet I hate to upgrade because there are always bugs with the newest versions! Glad you got it fixed though, and I hope you feel better soon.

Aimee’s last blog post..Furry Friday

Deb (g's cottage), on May 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm Said:

Thanks for the head’s up but nothing came through here either.

Sorry you’re sick again, but I’m glad to see the name change because I worried Crazy Thoughts while a fun title might also hold back in how you think about yourself.

Have a lovely Mother’s Day.

Overwhelmed With Joy!, on May 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm Said:

Oh, I’m sorry to hear you were high jacked! How awful!

I hope you and Ethan get to feeling better soon.

Thanks for stopping by my Sparkle & Charm Boutique sale post. I will be checking out Etsy when I have more time.

Overwhelmed With Joy!’s last blog post..Sparkle & Charm Boutique- Now Accepting Orders & Offering A Giveaway!

Jacquie, on May 9th, 2008 at 4:03 pm Said:

Awww Becca is the sweetest sister. Moments like that as a Mom melt my heart.

If I was ever hacked I’d be screwed as I’m so not computer smart enough to ever fix it :-0 I’m envious of you.

Love the new name, I hadn’t notice (shame on me)

Have a great weekend.

Gee B, on May 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pm Said:

Oh you poor, poor thing! That totally sucks! I don’t know enough about computer stuff to go there.
You seem to get as sick as often as I do. It’s not fair - but I think I get it from kissing my kids all the time; so suffering from loving my kids excessively! Won’t stop me, will just take more multivitamins etc.

That photo is gorgeous. Your two remind me so much of my two - having a girl for the eldest is so lovely. They really become very nuturing, don’t ya think!
Hop you get better soon! Like NOW!

Gee B’s last blog post..Arghh! Appliance Meltdown!

Nadine, on May 9th, 2008 at 11:00 pm Said:

You poor thing, that’s an awful thing to happen.

My plans for the weekend - edits and spending the day with my daughter tomorrow.

Have a Happy Mother’s Day.

Nadine’s last blog post..Yeah, It’s Friday!!

Don Mills Diva, on May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 pm Said:

That sucks! I haven’t had any such problems yet but I such a Luddite I’m just ripe for them…

Don Mills Diva’s last blog post..Monsters Inc.

Erin, on May 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pm Said:

I noticed the name change…coutos! Much more positive

How sweet of Becca! Ethan’s got the best of both worlds, a great Mom and a great big sister

I’m so buzzed! I taught 4 mommies how to knit last night! I finally feel like my old self, new and improved (do you watch “the Office”), anyway, I feel confident!

Rebecca, on May 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm Said:

I’m sorry, Chelle.
Do you know - tech wizard that you are - how to transfer my old blog posts from my old blog to my new blog? Thoughts?

Rebecca’s last blog post..Apparently, I Am Against Dancing Now

Rachel, on May 10th, 2008 at 8:37 pm Said:

I am sorry you have had a rough couple days. We are just doing the mothers thing so happy mothers day to you.

Devilish Southern Belle, on May 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pm Said:

Gah, you have been sick for a long time; I hope you are better soon!

Devilish Southern Belle’s last blog post..The next bit

Michelle, on May 11th, 2008 at 5:59 pm Said:

so what do I win being the first to notice the name change!? LOL j/k of course Can’t wait to see what you have in store for the rest of your blog!

Sorry you got hacked; that sucks!

Michelle’s last blog post..Grains of Gratitude