Memo to self (if you’re a blogger like me)…it is apparently important to use auto-renew for your blog’s website hosting, otherwise, if you don’t pay attention to your emails, and miss the reminder, your blog will go MIA for a bit and have to amble its way across DNS servers everywhere…
Me: “Oh…shit…I forgot to renew my hosting account. Can you help me?”
Mr: “Bummer…Yeah, that’s kind of important, now you’ll just have to contact someone who can help you, ‘cuz I can’t.”
Me: “Great, you know how I LOVE live-chatting with Bluehost support.”
Yeah, so I did that, forgot to renew when I got the reminder, and so things broke for a while. Meanwhile, as the blog finds its way back to the DNS servers around the world, I’m doing a bit of healing.
You can just call me ‘Crash’. It is my new nickname. My knee, elbow, ribcage, shoulder, and ego are on the mend after a less than eloquent bike crash. At least I had my helmet on, no head injury sustained!
Don’t worry, I may amble in my stride for a few days, and I can’t laugh, ‘cuz it hurts my ribs too much, but I’ll recover along with my blog. I have to stay off my bike for a bit, but I’m happy to report that my website was recoverable and my blog and I are on the route to recovery.
Sigh… Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe on the roads with your bikes and use auto-renew for your websites!!
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Oh my gosh! I hope you feel better, ouch!!!!!!
Oh no! That sounds pretty awful, taking a fall like that. Take it easy for a few days, and feel better. Glad you got your blog situation worked out. I’m hoping mine will auto-renew, as I got a notice awhile back saying it would. Fingers crossed, at any rate. 🙂
Thank you, I’m taking it easy – which I find harder than I thought it would be to do so! The blog thing…seems to be a work in progress, still not working like it is supposed to.
Oh my!! I hope you feel better soon! Healing prayers!❤
Thank you!! 🙂
ouch! Glad it wasn’t worse!
Thank you, ME TOO!
Feel better from the bike injury. And yeah, my deadline was july 5, and I knew that I had to renew it before or the website would be taken down. Glad you were able to recover your blog!
Thank you! I knew it was coming up, and spaced out that I hadn’t set it to autorenewal! Grr…it is still propagating on servers, sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t! Frustrating, but I am thankful 30 days hadn’t gone by and I lost it for good! Glad to hear you knew what to do when and not have to go through this!
Shelley, that looks and sounds painful, the physical and technological! I hope you feel better soon.
Thank you, time heals all wounds and bumps in technology! The older I get, the slower the process it seems. I appreciate your words of healing!
Thanks Shelley. Take it easy!
Ug….I have to admit I do love your ability to take “Crash” as a nickname for a bit. It is not funny, but you did indeed make me laugh. Keep getting better.
Thank you, Donna. Laughing hurts like hell, but if I can’t laugh at myself and the situation, I’ll feel sorry for myself, and that’s NO fun! Glad you laughed!!