I would like to reach out and thank two members of the Active Rain staff...

First, Brad Andersohn.  Today, I realized that something had my blog all messed up. I spent several hours trying to figure it out and just could not get it to look right.  So, swallowing my pride, I called Brad.  Keep in mind I have NEVER spoken to him before.  When he answered, I  was so flustered that I just started rattling off my issues.  After a couple of minutes, he asked me if I could hold for a minute while he got in front of a computer so he could help me. Oh, ok I could do that...lol  Well, his first computer would not start, no power, no nothing...zilch!  Being Brad though, he had a back up one. 

My problem stemmed from some html issue.  I have to admit that as he explained it to me, my eyes were glazing over....lol  I type all my blogs in Frontpage and then copy and paste the coding.  Well, this caused my problems.  So, now I am writing my blogs on Active Rain and then saving them to my computer.  The problem is solved and I was a happy camper.  Brad, I thank you. I know that what you really wanted to be doing was figuring out what was wrong with your computer, but you hung in there with me and for that I am grateful.

I was so excited that my blog was looking right that I decided to kick out another post.  Well,  I had gotten it all written, it looked good. I saved it and went on my way.  I came back to look at it again and uh, it was GONE.  I freaked out.  I had accidently deleted it.  Sometimes I am just not sure about any of my blogging abilities...lol  Well, I was to embarrassed to call Brad, so I called Bob Stewart.  Actually, I called him about something completely different that he had asked me to call him about.  However, I figured while I had him on the phone I would ask if there was any way he could help me retrieve my post. I dont know what he did, and I know it doesnt work with all of them, but it REAPPEARED!

Today, the two of you were my Active Rain heros...Thank you!