Yes. You are correct.
The blog has been broken.
It’s been over a month now since the day I started getting emails, texts, even calls… all wondering what happened to the ol’ blog.
And after all these weeks, I still have no idea what happened. My wonderful, amazing, talented friend Gretchen could explain it to you if you were curious, because she’s the mastermind behind the blog being back up and running. All I know is that it has something to do with IP addresses and A Records or Reports or something. Speak to me in some CSS and HTML and we’ll have ourselves a conversation, but you start talking domains and such and, people, I’m one lost little puppy.
All that to say that, yes, we now have a front page once again. There are still several glitches, the biggest one having to do with the URL itself–wherein the blog used to publish to heart-and-home.net (no “www.”) and ONLY that, it now is working with the “www.” but NOT without it. According to Miss-Genius-Domain-Problem-Solver-Gretchen, that is a good thing, because URL’s are supposed to use that “www.” (You want to know why? Ask her, not clueless me.) The bad news? It’s no longer works using the old without-”www.”-address. The good news? Gretchen thinks she can fix the problem.
Which, of course, all basically means that because the URL is still wonky, the feedreaders aren’t able to pick up this feed and according to Feedburner, there are a total of eight–EIGHT!–people who will be seeing this post. And several hundred who still think Heart and Home has ceased to exist altogether.
So to all EIGHT of you, don’t touch that dial–we’ll be back to regular programming shortly.
(Actually, let me rephrase that… “regular programming” such as we’re accustomed to HAS ceased to exist in my life during the time my blog was down. But the reason for that is more serious than the tone of this post allows to me be right now. So… more on that later.)
Cheerio, then, to you… and you… and you, you, you, you, and you… oh, and #8, you too.
ETA: Because Gretchen becomes even more amazing by the day, the blog is officially fixed. Clean bill of health. Good to go. She managed to fix the feed problems, the domain and URL issues, get everything in tip-top shape AND make it home in time to make dinner for her farmer husband and baby girl. So you should be seeing these posts in your feed readers now, all the links around here should be working again, and it no longer matters whether or not you use a “www.” in the URL.
Heather says:
YAY!! Okay, so I can get to your blog through twitter, but not from my blog. I love and miss you!…oh, and ((praying)) for you!
[Reply]
January 20th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Laura says:
Yay, yay, and yay!!!:-D Things feel back to normal now that you’re back… (lol!:-P)
[Reply]
January 20th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Katie @ Heart Gone Walking says:
I’m so glad you’re back. I may or may not have been stalking you on Twitter to see when you’d come back. I love your blog and it always makes me laugh.
[Reply]
January 20th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
The Random Muse says:
Hey, good to see you back. Sorry that there are only 8 of us with functional feeds, but I must say, I feel honored to be part of such an exclusive group.
[Reply]
January 20th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Jen says:
WOOT! Hello! :) Glad to ’see’ you again.
[Reply]
January 20th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Sarah Halter says:
Don’t worry – we’re still here. Not everyone uses feed readers. I still prefer the good old fashioned check every day method, though after a while I did skip to checking every few days while it was down. Glad you’re back up and running!
[Reply]
January 21st, 2009 at 6:31 am
Linds says:
Gret you are back and hurray for Twitter! At least I saw the post up there.
[Reply]
January 21st, 2009 at 8:09 am
bessie.viola says:
So glad you’re back! I’ve been checking your link in my favorites on and off. I’ll have to update to include the www. Have to echo posters above – thank goodness for Twitter!
Hope all is well – can’t wait to catch up with you!
[Reply]
January 21st, 2009 at 8:18 am
Courtney says:
I check every few days through Katie’s blog and I finally left her a comment wondering what happened to you!
Thanks for the comment on my blog (I love comments!). Thankfully, adoption from Ukraine is actually MUCH cheaper than many other countries, and made cheaper by the fact that you can adopt without an agency–notice there weren’t any agency fees in that list. Those tend to tack anywhere from $5K to $15K onto the price tag! Yikes!
Do keep in mind, we are adopting children older than infants. So if you factor in the costs of bringing a child up until they’re 4 or 5 yo, I think we’re getting quite a deal here (no formula, diapers, clothes–however cute they may be–and medical expenses)! LOL
[Reply]
January 21st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Carrie at dumptrucksandteacups says:
Glad to see you are back!!
[Reply]
January 21st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Katie says:
I MISSED YOU!! I was starting to be very sad trying to adjust to the idea of no more insight into your life… so glad you are back, and all is well. :)
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 am
Tiffany of Dixie says:
I am a long time lurker here, but now that the blog has reappeared, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your blog. It was one of my favorites and I was extremely disappointed when it disappeared…and equally delighted when it returned! Thank you so much for letting us take a peak into your life; it is so encouraging!
In Christ,
Tiffany Hope
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am
Kate says:
Yay! Welcome back! I’ve missed reading your posts! I was worried about you!
Anyway, I’m happy your up and mostly running again! :)
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Sarah Halter says:
I just noticed today (when I tried to click them!) that the links at the top of the page and a couple from the side are still pointing to pages on your blog without the www included. You might want to update those links, since they’re still going to the address not found page. Well, I just tried again and when I clicked directly on the link, it gave me a page load error but when I opened it in a new tab, it came up fine. Go figure! But you might want to update the links anyway.
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:52 am
Cassandra says:
Looks like there are more than 8 of us! I received the RSS feed.
Glad to see you back!
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:28 am
Christina says:
I was beginning to get worried that something had happened to you! How are you doing? So glad to see you back! :)
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Whitney says:
Ashleigh, you don’t know me, but I LOVE your blog! I can’t even remember how I discovered it, but you are one of the most inspiring young ladies I have ever “known”. I was having serious withdrawals from your funny and touching stories and your Biblical words of wisdom. Know that you are making a difference in the lives of many people just by being you. May God bless you and your family always.
Whitney
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Arlene says:
I was starting to get a little worried that something was wrong, but I’m so glad to see your little web-home back up! :o)
[Reply]
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Anna says:
I thought something was wrong too! Glad to see you’re back!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Ginger says:
YAY!!! YAHOO!!!! I am so excited you are back. I was so missing your blog!!!!
Ginger:)
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Gretchen Louise Acheson says:
Well, everybody update everything to “www” for now… Sounds like all of Blogger/Google are having problems with this, so it may be a while before both work for Ash’s blog again. For now, www works!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Anonymous says:
YAY! You’re back!!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
The Lord has done great things... says:
Ash I think I’m #23 comments. How did you figure 8? LOL
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
onerebelutionary says:
Yay! You’re back! I must be one of the lucky 8. =D I was quite happy to see on Google Reader that you’re still alive. Looking forward to more posts!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Rebecca says:
obviously more than 8 people are seeing this! :) Your post showed up in my google reader, so it looks like at least Google is picking up the feed!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Erin says:
It was a lovely surprise to find you in my goggle reader again. I kept trying to find your blog before, glad to see it here again.
Hope it keeps working for you!
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Mike Golch says:
glad to see you back to the land of blog.
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Cindy says:
I sure missed you. Glad you are back.
Cindy
[Reply]
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Karen says:
So glad you are back! I was actually a bit worried about you until I saw one of my friends (Jodi) posted something on some of your facebook pictures. Then I figured you were still among us but had given up blogging. I’m glad you haven’t! :)
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Leah says:
Ashleigh, I am SO glad you are back! I love reading your blog and praying for you.
In Christ,
Leah
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Christine says:
So happy to see that you’re back! I got you in my feed reader yesterday, but I see you’ve been back up a week! Glad to know you’re back! Blessings!
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Rebekah says:
Glad you’re back! Laurie called me the other day and asked, “Do you know what’s going on with Miss Ashleigh’s blog? It won’t work!” I had to tell her that I had no idea, but at least now I can tell her it’s up and working! :)
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Anonymous says:
I’m so glad that your blog is back up now, Ashleigh. Thanks, Gretchen, for fixing it! I love reading it.
~Allie~
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Debbie says:
glad you have it working again.
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Darcy says:
I’m glad your back. I’ve missed you! And your Mama.
Read her blog. And I want you to know you’ll all be in our prayers. {{{HUGS}}}
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
mel says:
I missed this little blog, I did.
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Amber says:
I’m glad you’re back. I’ve missed your wonderful storytelling and adventures.
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
TW says:
Your random stalkers get very sad when your blog randomly appears to cease to exist.
Glad to see you’re back online. :)
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
jes_04 says:
Ashleigh, I’ve been a long time lurker of your blog, got the link to it through ylcf, and I just have to tell you what a blessing it is! So glad you’re back!!
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
delightinginhim says:
Yay for Gretchen and her superior knowledge in this area! Now we can see you again and know you are alive. ;o)
~Jaclynn
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Shannon @ Rocks In My Dryer says:
Welcome back, girl–was starting to get worried about you!
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Robin says:
Do you think you were a little missed?!! So glad you are back.
Praying for you and your family!
[Reply]
January 24th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
SonReignsRanch says:
hey pretty lady! Good to see you back in the blogosphere!!!!! Just wanted to drop by and let you know we love you and are praying for you. And when you see your mom give her an extra special hug from me.
Jennifer
[Reply]
January 25th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Melanie says:
From another random reader who doesn’t comment often…glad you are back! I thought you had moved to another address without notice and I couldn’t find you. Love your blog!
[Reply]
January 26th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Elizabeth says:
Hello again – I’ve missed your posts and prayed you were well! :) I’m glad you’re “back”! Yay!!!
[Reply]
January 27th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Tiffany says:
I guess you have a lot of catching up to do!
[Reply]
February 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am