OMSH

Special thanks to bethany for the use of the photo.

It has been my experience that bloggers rarely think of maintaining routine back-ups until something goes awry - or in most cases, all is lost. I’ve received a number of emails in the last three months begging me to help restore what was long gone. I’ve been called I am many things, but I’m not a miracle worker.

Here’s the thing…

Servers? They crash.
They just do.
Not always, and God help us, not constantly, but it happens.

Servers are computers - and computers have a life span. If you’re with a great web hosting company, then this isn’t an issue because they administer their own 24 hour backups, but still…you are foolish to not backup your own blog.

Yes, I said foolish.
What I really meant to say was “stupid” - I’m just trying to be nice today.

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One of the most exciting emails to date this year came in today at 1:15:56 PM CDT, directly from The Pioneer Woman’s iPhone:

Subject: PW just won best design
“You iz deeee best.”

I stopped everything.
Sat down.
Gasped.
I teared up a little…okay, a lot.
I screamed.
Oh yes, I did.
Then I called the three people that understand how much that means to me.
And finally, I resumed packing (reality is a killer, is it not?).

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