updates and upgrades

The first order of business is to inform you that 20 of the 23 consolation prizes from the 5th Blogiversary Comment Contest have been mailed out. I’ve already heard that a few of you have received them. If you’re still waiting for your prize, it should be in your mailbox in the next day or two.

I’m talking to you; Sharon C, Patti P, Karen P, Nancy B, Betsy S, Amy G, Maggie H, Vicki D, Sydney W, Ruth M, Tram M, Deirdre B, Maureen M, Bonnie F, Amy S, Nancy H, Sheila C, Jamie S, Gwen W and even grand prize winner Kathy R.

As for Amy K, Marissa H, and Jeff S – sorry, yours will be mailed next week when I get more of the product delivered to me from Amazon.

What was the consolation prize, you ask?

Japanese Seven-Spice! Enough for one batch of Grilled Edamame with Japanese Seven Spice, which will get the recipients addicted to THIS RECIPE!

As I reported back in August, I’ve had some work done on this site. It had to be moved from a private server to Go Daddy. That has been completed.

I also asked my new webmaster, Chris Tingom of Tornado Design to fix a few of the glitches and bugs that I’ve experienced on the site. (thank you Steve and Tram for the referral!)

One of the big annoyances was the inability to post a comment using your cell phone, which so many of you told me about. Even I got the message that my cell phone comment was not posted because it was viewed as spam.

NO MORE! Now you may leave comments with your cell – so please, let the commenting begin!

The next issue is the fact that “new post” emails are no longer being sent and received by those of you who subscribe to the blog. Chris is working on that, for all I know, this post may show up in your mailbox, if so, please let me know. If not, it should be there soon.

One thing Chris discovered, was that when you comment on a post and check the “Notify me of new posts by email.” box – you will receive the emails, as shown below. This was the email that Chris received after yesterday’s post. So that’s always an option!

One last update that I neglected to share before I left for Mexico – I did deliver the Grand Prize to our winner, Kathy, and she was sweet, grateful, and adorable about it.

Thanks to all of you for hanging in there during my extended absence and through the bugs and issues. I appreciate each and every one of you!

Happy Weekend!