Hi!
Remember me? No? Well, allow me to reintroduce myself: My name is Erica, the blogger behind Joy and Sunshine! I used to blog regularly around these parts, but then I got the bright idea to embark upon a new blog design… aaaaand let’s just say things did not work out exactly – or even remotely – as planned. Long story short:
- Numerous delays, miscommunications, and issues;
- Complete computer crash, resulting in loss of hundreds of photos (that’s what I get for not backing up… lesson learned!);
- Website host trial-and-error (first: unable to upload any photos, and despite lots of time devoted to the problem, tech support couldn’t resolve the issue; second: hacked! see below; third: working well, thankfully, fingers crossed).
Just when I got things up and running and began posting regularly again, the host (the second one) and as a result, my blog, were infected with malware.
Brief story extension: This last issue threw me for a loop. I was like, “I don’t make a single penny from this blog. Why would someone target my little J&S?” Of course, it wasn’t personal, just opportunistic – and MEAN! – I guess. SMH.
Anyway, I’m back now – Hello, again! – full of lessons learned and the belief that things happen for the best. I scrapped the old/new design and chose to go in a different direction, one that I’m very excited about and super happy with. (I know that grammatically, I should have said, “one about which I’m very excited and with which I’m super happy,” but since we’re old friends, I figured you’d let that one slide.)
Thank you SO much both to my friends IRL and friends-in-my-head blog buddies who checked in on me during the hiatus and who demanded encouraged me to continue blogging, despite the setbacks. Thank you SO much to J&S readers and commenters; Twitter followers and retweeters; Pinterest followers and repinners; and those who “like” Joy and Sunshine on Facebook (my next makeover :-)) I truly do appreciate it!
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‘Bout time! :). Love the new design and excited to begin reading J&S daily again!
I know, right! It sure did take a minute there, but I’m happy to be blogging regularly 🙂 Thank you SO much for your support!
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I’m so happy and ready for the 2013 J&S!
Thank you SO much! You and me both 🙂
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Glad to have to you back! I missed your posts.
Wow, thank you! I’m glad (super glad, really) to be back 🙂
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So glad you’re back! The new design is gorgeous!!!
Oh! And I see your featuring The One Hundred by Nina Garcia, that book (and all her others) is EVERYTHING!!!
Yes! I love Nina Garcia’s books, and The One Hundred is my fave!
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Thank you, Tia! I’m really happy with this design. It feels like “me” 🙂
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Yay! You are back and made it through some hellacious blog times (I feel your pain)! Congrats to you and well done:) Way to keep going, the blog looks great! xoxo
Thank you! It was a hot blog mess for a while, but I’m really happy and thankful to be back posting regularly. Hope all is great on your end 🙂
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