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It Was One Year Ago

April 18, 2014 By: Masshole Mommy

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Last year during the kids April vacation from school, we packed up and jetted off to San Diego for the week.  It was kind of a spur of the moment trip for us and by spur of the moment I mean the we only booked it about six weeks before we left.  I am a planner and for me, that was very last minute.  My sister in law, brother in law and adorable nephew live in San Diego, and since we don’t see them as much as we wish we did, we thought we’d go to them for a visit.

We left on a Friday and I surprised the kids, who knew nothing about the trip, by picking them up from school early.  Chris & I took them to lunch and told them that we were going to California.  They had never been to CA before, so to say they were excited was a total understatement.

I made the decision beforehand not to bring my laptop with me on the trip.  We had some major things planned for the week (Disney Land, the San Diego Zoo and Sea World to name a few), not to mention that I wanted to spend as much time with my in-laws as possible, so I figured I wouldn’t have much time to keep up with things on my end – hence my decision to leave my laptop home.

What I did was line up a bunch of guest posts for my blog before I left, so that way things wouldn’t go unattended for an entire week.  I got some great posts in and was really excited to share them with my readers.  The first two days, the posts went up without a hitch, but on the third day something horrible happened.

Apparently the post for that day contained some sort of a bad link and ended up shutting down my entire site.  I got a whole slew of texts and emails that morning, but I was on my way out to the San Diego Zoo, so I did the only thing I could think of to do at the time – I emailed the person who designed my site in the first place to see if she could get in and see what was going on.   Of course, the one time I don’t have my laptop ended up being the time I needed it the most.

She was able to get the post removed, but the damage had been done.  She spent the better part of a week working on my site trying to get everything restored, but eventually she broke the bad news to me.  Not only had I lost about 90% of the images on my site (at that point I had three and a half years worth of posts, so that was A LOT of images), but I had lost the past years worth of content.  Gone.

I cried.  Literally.

It wasn’t so much that I lost hundreds of hours of hard work on the posts, but my posts are personal to me.  I blog about the things I do with my family and to lose a years worth of memories in an instant was devastating.  I truly believe that the designer did everything she could do to get them back for me, but I had to accept that they were gone forever.

Honestly, at that point I considered stopping blogging all together.  I mean, if something so small could cause so much damage in an instant, why bother?  Chris reminded me that we were in the middle of a vacation (remember we were still across the country in California while all of this happened).  He said that I should post about our California adventures and then see how I felt after I was done posting about our trip.

Obviously I came to my senses and here I am leaving for San Diego again today – but I am taking my laptop with me…..you know, just in case.

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  1. My Journey With Candida says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:24 am

    I remember that Robin… I can remember it affecting my blog because you were on my blog roll. What a crazy time that was for you. I am so happy that you didn’t stop blogging.

  2. My Journey With Candida says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:26 am

    I forgot to say…. Have a wonderful vacation!! I am sure we will be seeing lots of vacation posts of all the GREAT places you go.

  3. Janine Huldie says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:34 am

    I totally do remember that and now you reminded me to take my laptop if I do go away this summer, because I think I would totally cry if this happened to me, too. Seriously though enjoy San Diego and have a great time!! 🙂

  4. Rosey says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:03 am

    Has that been a year? That doesn’t seem so long ago. I am very glad you didn’t quit blogging. Very very very glad, this is one of my most favorite blogs evah!! Have a happy vacay! And because you’re taking the laptop, you won’t need it (and that’s a good thing). 🙂

  5. Heather says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:04 am

    I guess that’s why they say back everything up…but that whole process scares me too. Safe travels!

  6. Alissa Apel says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:21 am

    I remember when that happened, but didn’t realize you lost that much! 🙁

    Once someone tried to clone my blog. I was shut down for three days. My heart was racing.

    I’m glad you kept on blogging.

    Have fun on your trip.

  7. Domesticated combat boots says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Omg!! I would cry too if I lost blog posts!!!!! Have fun in Cali and enjoy the sunshine!!!

  8. Pauline Cabrera (@Twelveskip) says

    April 18, 2014 at 10:57 am

    That’s really a lot Robin =/ I wouldn’t know what to do if I were in your situation. Always do a backup though 🙂 I’m in California too right now. Love it here so far! Have fun in San Diego!

  9. Krystal says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:31 am

    Wow – I can’t believe you had to go through that! Sometimes our websites are indescribable, they are our passion! I know how you feel. Have a great trip.

  10. renaesimpler says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:42 am

    Oh yay, Robin! More vacations to live with you vicariously. I love your trips and your posts about them. Oh and so sorry about the virus crap that got ya. Just know that I love your family and I appreciate everything you share. HAPPY EASTER!!! ♥, Renae

  11. Melissa @ This Girl's Life Blog says

    April 18, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    Yikes! Scary times… I had my blog go down for a day and was in tears just trying to get it back up. I can’t even imaging losing a whole years worth.

  12. Coasahm12 says

    April 18, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    that is one feeling that I hope I never have to feel. I know several bloggers that keep a back up blog but i’m not sure how they do it , perhaps I should look into it.

  13. Manhattan Image and Style says

    April 18, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    Oh no, that’s scary sweetie! I hope you have a wonderful Easter!

    Diana
    http://www.ManhattanImageandStyle.com
    New Blog Post: [Outfit Idea] .Rocking Neon.
    Previews Blog Post: [Health Tips] .Healthy Habits You Must Add To Your Routine.

  14. Veronica Spriggs says

    April 18, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    Does your host do daily backups? Thank god mine does. But it’s also a good idea to do your own back ups as well

  15. mickey coutts (@ahelicoptermom) says

    April 18, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    I can’t even imagine how horrible that would be. 🙁 I don’t understand why someone would do that to bloggers.

  16. Shell says

    April 18, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    I would freak out! Do you have yours backed up now?

  17. susannabarbee says

    April 18, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    Oh dear! That makes my stomach churn just thinking about it. There is no way I could’ve gotten my mind off of it, even if I was on vacation. Ugh.

  18. Dawn Lopez says

    April 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Oh my goodness… I had no idea that that had happened to you and your wonderful blog. I’ve cried for lesser things on the blog.. so I can imagine how devastating that must have been 🙁 So glad you’ve gotten things back together.. and that you’re bringing your laptop this time! Have a wonderful vacation!!

  19. A Mom's Take says

    April 18, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    I lost about 6 months once. It was horrid! I ended up purchasing the backup copy from my host for like $150. Now, I make backups frequently.

  20. Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says

    April 18, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    Have fun on your trip… You’ve convinced me that I need to take my laptop with my next week to the P&G conference, even though it’s only 24 hours!

  21. casavilorainteriors says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    Omg! That must have been so hard to deal with being away from home! I am a control freak and would have died! I am glad you decided to keep blogging!

  22. Angelic Sinova says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    I’ve had my site crash before (and I lost tons of photos), which made me switch over to blogger. Have fun in San Diego! I’ve never been but I’ve been to Disneyland before! I love California.

  23. becca says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    Don’t you know the minute you don’t have the one item you need everything goes wrong. this time nothing will happen because you have your laptop. Enjoy your stay.

  24. mamaboetobi says

    April 18, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    oooh my…it must be horrible! I l couldn’t imagine if it happened to me…good thing you you continue blogging..yaay…and TFS your wonderful stories with your family. Cheers from Indonesia…

  25. Carla Bruns (@RealInto) says

    April 18, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    I hope you have a wonderful vacation! Can’t wait to hear all about it.

  26. Two Chics And A Blog (@TwoChicsBlog) says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    Oh my! I think I would cry for sure! When we go out of town I take my laptop “just in case” something were to happen. Even if I never turn it on, I rest easier knowing I have it with me. I hope you enjoy your vacation.

  27. keikilanij says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    Those things ALWAYS happen when we are on vacation! Crazy! Fingers crossed for you for this trip!

  28. Theresa says

    April 18, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    I do remember that! So glad you didn’t stop blogging! I always get a good laugh over here 🙂

  29. Marcia says

    April 18, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    Yikes that’s horrible. Enjoy SD and Happy Easter!

  30. savoryexperiments says

    April 18, 2014 at 10:42 pm

    Oh my goodness, I can’t imagine. I once mistakenly erased my entire image file off my thumb drive and cried. Luckily I was able to recover most of them. Have fun on vacation!

  31. sippycupmom says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    Ugh, I can’t imagine. I don’t know if I could come back after this. This year, enjoy your trip!!

  32. Nicole Brady says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    Safe travels! Sorry you had such horrible issues… I, too, would have been devastated. It’s like a scrapbook of our lives. Stories and quotes that we shared. So glad you found a way to move on and create/document new stories.

  33. Camesha says

    April 18, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    That’s crazy and scary. I would have been devastated too. Blogging can be so personal. Like you said it’s family memories.

  34. lawna says

    April 19, 2014 at 2:53 am

    I look forward to seeing pics from your vacation. That is so scary! It reminds me of the time that a sidebar link on my blog shut my whole blog down. It was so scary because at first I had no clue why my blog was shut down. Luckily, my blog designer did some investigating and figured out it was coming from a sidebar link.

  35. The New Classy says

    April 19, 2014 at 2:55 am

    How horrible. I am glad that you did not stop blogging though.

  36. Sandra K VanHoey says

    April 19, 2014 at 5:32 am

    Isn’t it alwawys how things go, I was sick to my stomach reading what happened to you. Kind of ruins everything but so happy you decided to continue with what you do. I too have learned to bring my laptop on any vacations and I am not a blogger. I have gone without it and the kids have called and said get on facebook to see this…hmm, nothing to get online with. Glad this one is behind you now. I heard there are things you can get now that will retrieve things that were lost, have you heard about them? Would be worth a try anyway. I think it was Our Kids Mom blog I read that on, not sure now

  37. StacieinAtlanta says

    April 19, 2014 at 8:12 am

    That is horrible! To have all that work just dissappear…it is heartbreaking.

  38. Alissa Apel says

    April 19, 2014 at 8:27 am

    I hope that you’re having fun on your vacation!

  39. Kelley Beckett says

    April 19, 2014 at 9:51 am

    I am definitely glad you didn’t quit. I look forward to hearing your stories every day! Have a blast on your vacation out west!

  40. Sue says

    April 19, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Hope you are having fun in San Diego – glad you continued to blog. 🙂

  41. Not Winning Mom of the Year says

    April 19, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Surprise trip to Cali…. please adopt me:(

  42. TripleZmom (@triplezmom) says

    April 19, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Oh, I can’t imagine. I’m so glad you decided to keep blogging and I hope you have a wonderful vacation!

  43. Curby Aardvark says

    April 19, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    Disney is so awesome; I go every year in Florida! By the way, loving those Sonic the Hedgehog shirts; those kids have great taste in video games! 😀

  44. Pam W says

    April 19, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    That would be totally horrible. I think I would take my laptop with me on all my vacations from then on!

  45. Virginia Higgins says

    April 19, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    I am so glad you hung in there. I hope this trip is memorable in much different ways.

  46. Jennifer Williams says

    April 19, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    It is scary and I am glad you did not stop blogging. I do not allow guest posts unless it is a blogger I know because I had my site flagged as spam due to a link by google. I thought that was horrible enough I could not imagine what you went through! I hope you enjoy your trip and get to relax and enjoy it because everything for your site goes smoothly!

  47. Lauren (Lolo) says

    April 19, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Oh my gosh, I cannot even imagine. I am glad you continued blogging!

  48. ktkicks says

    April 19, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    I’m so sorry to hear that! I know it has been a year but it must still hurt loosing so many precious memories! Hope you have a lovely vacations and hope that never happens to you again!

  49. amittenfull says

    April 19, 2014 at 11:48 pm

    Wow, that’s nuts! It seems that your host would have a back up. That is a horrible thing to happen- ESP when you’re on a vacation. I don’t hardly go anywhere without my laptop now. I’m sorry that this happened to you– that is a lot to lose all of your personal posts and time. I hope you have fun this time and nothing happens (Fingers crossed)

  50. Pam says

    April 20, 2014 at 7:22 am

    That was not a nice thing to happen to you while on vacation. It must have been so frustrating. I hope you have a great trip this time and can’t wait to read all about it.

  51. Megan @ C'mon Get Crafty says

    April 20, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    Ugh, what a nightmare!! I’m very happy you stuck with it though – nothing can replace those original posts, but you’ve given so many more great ones! 🙂

  52. Annie Mai says

    April 20, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Always when you least expect it! I’d feel super sad about losing posts as well since I started my blog way back in 2008 & it’s mostly personal posts like my trips, events, etc. Glad you’re blogging again though 🙂

  53. melissa weintraub (@dentistmel) says

    April 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    Oh my goodness. How scary! I would not know what I would do. I guarantee this vacation is much better. Enjoy!

  54. Aisha Kristine Chong says

    April 20, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    My goodness, I didn’t know you had that experience. Well, let’s focus on the good side now – I believe things are better now. 🙂

  55. Scott says

    April 20, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    We back up data (posts, comments, etc.) daily and do a full backup of everything (all files, photos & more) bi-weekly. All done automatically through WP, the most we’d lose are a couple weeks of photos that we still have on our hard drive at home. Everyone should have a backup plan in place.

  56. Rorybore says

    April 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    I would be in the fetal position I think. I am hoping that religiously backing up my entire blog might prevent this – because I seriously dream about this happening.
    The only time I don’t take my laptop is when we camp — because what am I going to do in the middle of the Canadian woods? nothing. nada. I’d be totally screwed.
    I just started shaking….

    Have great trip this year!!

  57. Angela says

    April 20, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    I hope that this time it’s a completely stress free vacation!

  58. Anne Newsome says

    April 20, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    Wow. That is. awful! I have had to learn the hard way myself to back up my site regularly. Even still I do not do it as regularly as I would like but often enough that I should not lose a whole lot the next time something goes horribly wrong. Glad you stuck with it!

  59. toughcookiemommy says

    April 20, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    I’m glad that you were able to recover from this experience and continue blogging. We all know these fears as bloggers.

  60. Janeane M. Davis says

    April 20, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    I like your definition of spur of the moment being six weeks out. My husband likes to do spur of the moment trips where he gives us maybe six hours notice!

  61. Christina Shirley says

    April 21, 2014 at 11:09 am

    That’s definitely scary! We do share so many personal memories on our blogs!

  62. Teena in Toronto says

    April 21, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    I am so jealous of you guys right now!

    I hope you enjoy it!

  63. Angel says

    April 21, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    I hope you and your family had a fun and safe vacation, and a wonderful Easter. I am sorry that happened to you last year, and I am glad that you made the decision to keep on blogging! 🙂

  64. Dina Demarest (@dinade) says

    April 21, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    oh my goodness what on earth happened? that’s horrible. I think I would have quit too.

  65. Amanda Ripsam says

    April 21, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    You have a great looking family, I would be heartborken if I lost a lot of the stuff I blog about as well my husband has always told me to come up with a back up system that works for me of some sort. I do my own design and I do my own post I thought of guess posting but after reading your experience I think I would have to re think that idea. Thanks for sharing that info.

  66. Onica {MommyFactor} says

    April 21, 2014 at 5:24 pm

    Oh how awful that must have been. Glad you continued blogging and hopefulyl you had a great vacation this time that you can recap without any issue. But just in case backup your blog before you start posting : )

  67. Ashley Gill says

    April 22, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    I will be moving in a few months and will not have my computer for about 3 weeks. I AM TERRIFIED something is going to go wrong… I am thinking of asking for guest posts as well, but not sure where to start. Thank you for sharing this with us and I hope you’re having a wonderful trip!

  68. HilLesha says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    Oh goodness, I’d have been freaking out, too! If something like that happens again, go to my web designer. Someone went through the same thing recently and he was able to somehow recover all of their images and posts. It is truly scary how one bad link can cause everything to go haywire.

  69. What's That Smell? ~ Kim says

    April 25, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Oh wow, I had no idea. I am always so paranoid about my blog when I go out of town.

  70. Katherine G from La La Land Mommy says

    April 26, 2014 at 12:23 am

    I totally feel your pain. Last August I accidentally deleted my entire blog. I was extremely close to just giving up. But I went ahead and started over but i learned to back things up.

  71. Chris says

    April 27, 2014 at 11:56 am

    That sucks but now you get to do some of those fun things again

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