The Weirdest Weirdy Thing

Sometimes it is a challenge for me to blog. How much do I share? How much don't I share? Do I post pictures of myself or no? My favorite blogs to follow are those that let you in to their lives and post pictures of who they are. It's fun "getting to know" someone through their blog. When I first started putzying around here, I just posted a few things for me. I was looking for "something more" and wanted to have a creative outlet. My middle kids did not want to be in any photos nor mentioned by their first names. They have been well drilled in the school of precaution online. The bummer for me is that it is limiting. Family and friends read this who don't stitch, but like to hear about my family's goings on. So there lies the conundrum. Lately I have been thinking about letting the guard down. I mean really, what kind of internet creeper really cares about a cross stitching blog anyway? Especially when I have no picture of myself and no email available.

Yes, well, that is where the weird part comes in. Friday night I was catching up on reading some blogs I follow and out of curiosity I wanted to check my pageviews on my dashboard. Looking at my traffic sources I saw an unfamiliar address. So I went to "more" and saw a link that said something like getbits with a back slash and then my blog address. Wondering why my address was there, I clicked on it. BIG! MISTAKE! I had no idea that I would find anything so horrid and felt very creeped out. Also the "audience" area showed a country that I do not have any followers from. All kinds of questions swirled through my head like did a pick a scanky blog name? Is it too similar to a lingerie company? But even then how did that work? I was stumped because I have really tight security and you can't find my blog by goggling it.

I had been planning a call to our IT guy anyway and knew now was no time to procrastinate. After a busy weekend I went back to my dashboard Sunday night to check it again to be sure I knew what it read to report to our computer guy. (No intention to click on it or have my dh either!) The weirdest thing was it was gone. My traffic source shows absolutely nothing and I have had pageviews. Also gone was the foreign country listed under audience. BUT, the weirdest, weirdy thing was that there is absolutely no history of it. I cannot find the link I clicked on. Ok, am I really dumb to technology here and you can click on a site and it will not show up in your history? I just don't know. Really, I'm ok great with it all being gone. I am just baffled by it and I don't want it to be a snake hiding in the bushes waiting to strike again at an unexpected time.

BNH sweetly suggested that maybe God wiped it all out to protect me. I like that thought but don't like being naïve.

All that to say, maybe, maybe some day, you will see the back of some heads or even some faces of my beautiful daughters and handsome sons, their smiling father and their photo-insecure mom. haha   And, maybe I will figure out how to fix the "no-reply" comment" and setup another email account.

In the meanwhile thanks for following a private girl here. I am blessed by you all and appreciate you joining me along this adventure called life! You are among the best blogging friends a girl could have!!

Simply,
Victoria