I hope you will forgive me interrupting your regularly scheduled program, I just need to take care of some business.
First off, the sweet little Silver Bell’s inspired Rose Cake above was seen in an ad in the latest issue of Sweet Paul Magazine! I am a huge, huge fan of those great guys and hope you will be too. In addition to the digital version, you can even find a copy of their magazine at Anthropology (and many other stores!)
In other not so fun new, my email was hacked into.
It has been nothing short of a huge problem, as the hackers took over my account and I no longer have access to any of it. I had used that account since 1999 and also used my email as file storage. (I dont recommend doing that, its not the best way to store important info! Dont be like me.) Contact files, business accounts, personal files, personal emails. I had stored and filed away every important email I have gotten in the past years, and they are now gone. (Even an email I got from Martha Stewart years ago that I had saved because, hello, it was from Martha Stewart! Well, maybe it was from her people, but you know. Practically same thing.)
My email provider was AOL and they basically told me I was out of luck and refused to help regain access to my information. They were unprofessional, unhelpful, and downright rude. In addition to all that the hacker also sent out numerous emails “from me” asking for money.
My apologies if you were one of the un-lucky recipients of that.
I will be getting you new and improved email information shortly! In the mean time you can reach me at manda2177@gmail.com.
Hope you all had wonderful Thanksgiving, and I look forward to sharing the Holiday season with you. Christmas is definitely my favorite time of year!
*If you want to make a cake like this, here is a good tutorial as well as this video tutorial.
People can be awful. Hopefully your day gets better!
My brother’s website got hacked last week and mine last year. It is such an awful experience. I am so sorry. I know you have so much going on right now. I am so glad things are getting back to normal.
So sorry Melissa! Be blessed friend!
I was the unlucky recipient of that email, and I’m so sorry you lost all that information. Welcome to Gmail! (And so fun that your cake was featured. It is gorgeous!)
Thanks… and sorry! Hate that everyone got it… so embarrassing!
So sorry for your email troubles… I use my email as a storage center too! Maybe ill stop now… 🙂
Yes! Well, at least be sure to copy the important things to a safe place just in case. Be blessed! 🙂
Sorry to hear this has happened to you.
Congrats on being part of such wonderful magazine. Your cakes are always beautiful.
That’s absolutely horrid. So sorry that it had to happen to you.
So glad you’ve always got beautiful cake to comfort you!
Thank you!
You poor thing! Still love ya! <3
I’m so sorry for the troubles with AOL. I use my email for file storage and know I probably shouldn’t. I hope gmail is better for you! This cake – beyond stunning!
Thank you sweety! Now go quick and copy some of your folders to Word so you will be safe. I hear most email providers are getting hacked these days! 🙁
I got one of those emails, too. That just means I was in your saved files, which makes me feel honored! 🙂
Here’s another VERY important tip: BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!…..oh, and BACKUP! A few years ago, I bought an external hard drive to save all my pictures and music because they were taking up too much space on my laptop. I MOVED them to the external hard drive and then, a few weeks later, my daughter accidentally knocked the hard drive off the table and broke it. The music and pictures were NOT backed up anywhere else. They were just LOST! Now I backup everything onto an external hard drive, then I back it up again on another external hard drive.
The embarrassing part of all of this is that I’m an I.T. person and I KNEW BETTER!
Amanda, you should call AOL again. You’ll get somebody else on the phone who MIGHT be more compassionate. If not, ask to speak to a supervisor and keep going up the ladder until you get access to your email.
Great advice Laurel! I absolutely need to back up everything… I hope I learn my lesson this time. So sorry you lost everything! And thank you for taking the time to share your wisdom friend! 🙂
what a pretty color silver that frosting is. and again, I am so sorry about your email – such a huge pain in the tush!! xx
Thanks sweety!