I'd rather be at the beach
I'm missing it terribly.
I am trying to add some CAPTCHA code to my comment fields here on the weblog. Please excuse the bumpy ride. It's down there, but it isn't working. I hope it isn't keeping any real comments from coming through.
Why? When I got back from vacation I had over 1200 junk comments to wade through. In the hour and a half this morning that I spent trying to add a free plug-in and code I downloaded, I got 18. It's terribly annoying and I know nothing about html. I'm bumbling through it all with only the help of my fabulous web hosting company- ICDSoft. They're nothing but helpful but it's not exactly their job to write code for me. Sigh. I think now I have to go and undo all I've done this morning. And call a friend who knows about this stuff. Michael? Are you out there?
Right now though, I'm packing us up and going to the pool, where I can pretend I'm still looking out at the sea.
** I undid what I did earlier and everything should be back to normal. Please forgive me while I figure this all out. **
Comments
Yikes! That's a whole lotta junk comments. Good luck getting things sorted out.
Posted by: beki | August 8, 2007 1:13 PM
I've had a pick up in the spam too. Annoying to be sure.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | August 8, 2007 1:38 PM
okay, 2 things: so hear you on missing the ocean. oh yes yes.
and honey - Wordpress. i have never, EVER had a spammer get through Akismet. hope you figure this out, cause that be a lot of junk. yuck.
Posted by: estea | August 8, 2007 1:54 PM
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh... the pool...
Posted by: capello | August 8, 2007 2:56 PM
I'd rather be at the beach, too. Somehow, the kiddie pool in the backyard isn't quite cutting it.
Good luck with the coding. I think it is great that you have even put together a blog yourself. That isn't easy (that's why I took the wimpy typepad way out).
Posted by: amy h | August 8, 2007 3:07 PM
i miss the ocean terribly too! love the necklace.
i have been gotten more spam comments too and typepad provides me with the password, so i think the spammers are getting ahead right now.
Posted by: Veronica TM | August 8, 2007 3:28 PM
Oh, I hope Michael can help you get it fixed...damn spammers. I've had some, but not NEARLY as many as you have. Love the necklace and wish I had a teleporter to transport you and the kiddos here to the beach for a swim.
Although it is deathly hot here today, we are inside until later tonight.
Posted by: Eren | August 8, 2007 3:42 PM
Evil spammers.
And I miss the ocean as well.
Posted by: Ali | August 8, 2007 4:42 PM
ok, hope things calm down in the in-box! yikes!
Posted by: erin | August 8, 2007 8:57 PM
Ah, a love affair with the ocean is a hard one to get over.. sigh.
Sorry about the spam anxieties!
Posted by: stacy | August 9, 2007 8:36 AM
That is a lot of spam!
I haven't even been to the ocean in quite awhile and I miss it! :)
Posted by: Chara Michele | August 9, 2007 10:42 AM
I'm sorry, sweetie. I don't have a CAPTCHA test up on my typepad site, and I still have only gotten one or two spam comments (knock on wood). I can't imagine getting hundreds of them!!!
I love your shirt (I'm sorry, I can't bring myself to actually call something a "blouse") and shell necklace. So pretty and perfect.
Posted by: Grace | August 9, 2007 11:02 AM
What a horror to have to wade through so much junk mail!
Posted by: Felicia | August 9, 2007 1:06 PM
the necklace is beautiful. (and the shirt)....
I've been pounded with junk mail, too lately. Although not nearly as MANY as you...ugh. hope you can work it out easily!
Posted by: mollly | August 10, 2007 7:03 PM