Oh gosh. I am getting tooooo old for this, way too old. I just happened to click on my blog here before shutting down for the night and I saw the dreaded “Bandwidth Exceeded: This account has been suspended” page.
Oh my poor little heart sank right down into my fuzzy pink slippers. Any drowsiness I had been feeling disappeared instantly, and the cold rushing of blood started pumping through my veins. By the way, did you know that I have actually felt my “blood turn cold”? I thought it was just a phrase in novels and horror stories. Nope, it’s true. Wow, I hate that feeling.
So I dragged my weary carcass outta bed and tried to do some research. Looks like I was Stumbled (thank you very much, whoever you are!) and my cheapo web hosting service couldn’t take it anymore. Who’d have thought this blog would acquire over a quarter of a million visitors in its short nine months of existence?! Not me!
Anyway, I obviously got it all fixed now. I’m still a little edgy, checking under the sheets and kicking the tires. I upgraded my web hosting service, so it’s costing me a little more. But it’s worth it if I never have to see that Bandwidth Exceeded page and feel my blood run cold like that again.
I’m sorry, visitors, for the lapse. I wonder why I didn’t get my courtesy email telling me I was reaching my limit? Nonetheless, I will certainly be more astute from now on.
I’m a married mom with 4 kids. We live in Upstate New York in an old 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging. My work and opinions have appeared in Salon.com, USAToday, eHow.com, iMedia.com, the Associated Press and I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. 
November 21, 2008 at 1:40 am
Awww… see what happens when you get popular?! I think a little town in Kansas lost their electricity because of how many hits you got! ;) j/k
Congrats on exceeding bandwidth AND I’m so sorry you exceeded bandwidth. Isn’t that funny? You did good!
I’m glad you got back up and running so quick!
{{{ hugs }}}
November 21, 2008 at 8:03 am
Oh, bandwidth exceeded… seems like you are getting too many visitors ;-) Not too bad :-)
We are having an award waiting for you over at our blog!
November 21, 2008 at 9:27 am
So THAT’S what the funny little icon on my blog reader meant! Glad you’re back:-)
November 21, 2008 at 9:43 am
You guys are the best. I can’t express how encouraged I am by your loving and thoughtful words. Thank you!!!!
November 21, 2008 at 9:44 am
Isn’t that just the most awful adrenaline rush? Truly horrible. Glad you got it solved so quickly!
November 21, 2008 at 11:16 am
They should send you flowers for ruining your nice evening. Glad you got it fixed. Did you have to upgrade or something?
November 21, 2008 at 12:25 pm
ah, what a problem to have
November 21, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Glad you figured out the problem! Great blog, I sent you a Lemonaid Award, you can pick it up at my blog!