My OLW for 2012 ....and some important blogger help for my friends... :):):):)

Hi everyone :)

On Monday, our latest challenge went live over on LESSology :):):):) This time we want to see an inspirational board :):):):):) New Year, New inspiration :):):):):):)

I decided to take a different approach to my inspiration board :) I have chosen "HOPE" as my OLW (One Little Word) for 2012, and so I decided to take a wood clipboard that I had and alter it to include one of my all time fave quotes (from the movie Hope Floats) and have this be my inspirational board for 2012 :)

Here is the quote that I used: "Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That's what mama always says. She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will..."

Used Lily Bee papers and alphas on my clipboard :):):):)

And our sponsor is AWESOME for our challenge this time :):):):):):)

(click on the above image and it will take you to their site) :):):)

Prize: 2 Spools of Baker's Twine of your choice. There are 13 colors to choose from.

 Wowwwwwwwwwwww! I wish I was able to get that prize!! :):):):):):):):)


Can't wait to see what you all make :):):):):):)

And now for the blogger help (sorry to my WordPress and TypePad friends....I am not verse in those...so this is for Google Bloggers only) :):):):):):):)

A few months ago I went to refresh my Blog and it was GONE... like telling me it not longer existed ... it took me an hour to figure out (digging through the blogger help section... which isn't always user friendly or very helpful...lol) that all Google wanted was my phone number to re-activate my account... WHY do they need this??? From the steps that I am going to share with you... it looks like they want your CELL number as a 'security' measure if they ever need to text you a password.... doesn't make sense to me... but sadly, I don't make Google's policies... I am just trying to help you all save your blogs :):):):):):):):) So after giving my number to them... POOF! My blog was back... just like that... very odd... but as they say, "Big brother is always watching" ... lol! :):):):)

So before it happens to you, I wanted to show you a step by step on how to give Google your phone number to (hopefully!) avoid this issue :):):):):) If you are worried about your phone number being out there in the world wide web... just know that it's actually harder to locate/trace cell phone numbers... etc etc etc...

First go to Blogger.com ... in the top right corner you will see "My Account" ... click on that :)  (PS... to see any of my images bigger, click on them)

 

Next you should be on the "Account Overview" page... over to the right I want you to click on "Change Recovery Options"

Next you will see a section called "SMS" ... this is where you will enter your phone number --- in my example the part that your number goes looks white... that is because my phone number was on my example and I erased it (love you all.... but don't want to share my cell number on my blog...lol!)

Click on "EDIT" then give them your number and hit save :)

And seriously... after just doing that one little step -- your blog should be safe :):):):) I can't make any promises of course ;) cause Google might change their minds and throw another problem in the mix in the future... I just know that after it happened to me and I gave them my number, my blog was back :):):):)


I have given this advice to other bloggers that also lost their blogs... and as soon as they gave their number...their blogs were back also :):):):)

I know a lot of people are leery about giving out their phone number... but just know that Google isn't making this public, it's in your account settings under "Security" :):):):):):)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! :):):)