My server is at theplanet.com and they had a major explosion and fire over the weekend. I’ve had my server there since it was owned by rackshack.com and then ev1.net and now theplanet.com. Consequently, the server was on the first floor where the majority of the damage occurred. I’m really glad to be up and running. I was really worried about the advertising banners that Entrecard.com runs on my blog until I realized that Entrecard.com is hosted by, you guessed it, theplanet.com. They weren’t working either! They must have been on phase 2 because they came online before I did.

Anyway, it’s great to be back with the living websites and I apologize to anyone that advertises with me. It was a helpless, frustrating feeling for hours and then days. Ugh.

If there’s anything that gets this granny’s goat more than someone hacking into her server, I don’t know what it could be. Normally I’m mild mannered, kind and helpful but today, if I could get my hands on the f’n nuisance who decided to use my server as his own I’d throttle him or her.

Thankfully, my servers are not attached to or part of the servers at SexyAds.com in any way. When I decided to blog, my dear husband said, “not on my servers, get your own.” At the time I thought he was being hard headed but today I think he was a genius. Early on I made a site using Mambo for the local hockey team in our town and that’s how the hacker got in. I hadn’t updated it with whatever fix was necessary it seems.

Anyhoo, why do people think that things that don’t belong to them are fair game? I suppose it’s the anonymity of the net but it still drives me batty. My webhost noticed the hackers and shut down my server and it was down for nearly a day until the people at The Planet finally restarted it after threatening to move to a new webhost.

Just so you don’t think I wasted a day waiting for the server to come back online. I got all the vacuuming done. I made 5 loaves of bread. I walked the dogs. I moved some furniture around. I did some oohing and aahing over some new code that hubby wrote. (it’s way over my head but I oohed anyway.) I did some gardening. Finally I answered all my email and bathed the dogs.

I’m too beat to blog now. Maybe I’ll have a nana nap and try again later.