I've been hacked!

Download wordart here

I have this old hotmail account that I haven't really used in more years than I can count. It comes in handy when I order something online or don't want to give the email address I actually use. It's the address I use to keep all the spam out of my actual email account. lol!

Well, today for some reason I can't explain I felt like I needed to check that account. I was so excited to see the first email cause it was from a friend that I haven't heard from in years. As a matter of fact, it's been so many years that I can't exactly remember what year it was the last time we talked. All I know is that I've missed her and I'm so glad she emailed me!

I quickly responded giving her the short and sweet updated bio of my life and emailed my phone number for her to call when she could. Then I happily went on to delete the hundreds of spam emails that were collecting dust in that account.

Except, not everything was spam! After I deleted the first page of junk I found a bunch of emails that had been returned as "undeliverable" over the last couple of days. I was seriously confused because I hadn't emailed anyone from that account. Then it hit me~ My hotmail account was the victim of that stupid hacker/virus thing where everyone in your contact list is emailed a link they shouldn't click on and it looks like it came from you. UGH!

I didn't know what to do so I logged out of hotmail and got some ice cream so I could think it through.

I finally decided that the "undeliverable" emails were a good sign. It meant that the owners of those email addresses were safe and hoped that anyone who actually received the fake email was smart enough not to click on the bogus link.

Then I thought about my old friend and how I had emailed her my phone number. I started wondering what it would mean if she never called or emailed again. I figured it could mean...

A) She was busy and didn't have the time.

B) She just didn't care.

C) The email wasn't really from her and I had sent my phone number to the hacker/virus link thingy.

I really hoped it wasn't option B or C and then I had to put some caramel syrup on my ice cream.

I tried to log back into hotmail but I was locked out because of the "suspicious" activity. After proving that I really am who I am and changing the password I was able to log back in and found another email from my friend. It was her and she did care and I hadn't email my phone number to some wacko.

I wanted to email an apology to anyone else that may have gotten that stupid link thingy, but I have forgotten how to even see who my contacts are in hotmail. lol! So, if you happen to be someone that I knew a really long time ago and you've recently received a strange email from me ~ I'm sorry!

Then, in my actual email account I found emails asking what the heck I was talking about yesterday with my view and the cosmetic surgery. I got really scared cause you guys usually get me and I began to wonder if I had been hacked too. I considered getting more ice cream while I figured out if I was really me or if I had been hacked, but decided to do a quick check instead.

1) I still liked ice cream

2) I wanted to order fajitas so I could see the cute fajita delivery guy

3) I still have an unexplainable crush on Russell Brand

The good news is that I'm me! I haven't been hacked!

The bad news is that I now have to explain yesterday's post. Guess I should have gone out earlier in the day to take pictures so you could see all the torn up concrete everywhere, but I wanted the rays from the setting sun. So, here goes...

I was actually talking abut my view!

The cosmetic surgery is the construction work that 's going on.

The bragging is the stupid machines that are out there tearing up the concrete every morning without fail.

The wall it's built around itself is the concrtuction fence that's been put up.

The sunsets, fireworks and sailboats are the actual sunsets, fireworks and sailboats that I love to sit out there and watch.

Sorry, for the confusion!

I have about 13 days before I have to set foot in my class room again and today my phone was going crazy with text messages filling me in on the latest gossip ~ The office in my building will be closed and we'll only have the office on the main campus ~ We're getting a new assistant principal.

At this point I decided there wasn't enough ice cream in the world to get me through the day and I decided to take a nap! Now I'm wide awake and don't know if I'll get to sleep tonight or not.

Maybe that's a good thing! I can sleep through Friday and avoid more drama. lol!

Where's my view?

Download wordart here

You know that one friend you've got that's prettier and skinnier and has way more money than you but goes around talking about how fat and not pretty they are? Then because they think they're so fat and so not pretty they use some of that money they have and go in for some sort of cosmetic surgery.

Well, my view has become that person!

My view has promised to come back even prettier and friendlier, but I've always thought it was the perfect amount of pretty. I don't even understand how it thinks it can be any friendlier! My view shares sunsets and fireworks and sailboats with me.

I have to admit that this wasn't my first view. I've had others and may still have more in the future. But, it's this view that I love. This view that means the most to me. This view that I long to come home to at the end of the day. This view that I want to continue sharing sunsets and fireworks and sailboats with.

Why couldn't my view see itself the way that I see it?

The cosmetic surgery hasn't been easy on my view. The process has been long and hard and it's built walls around itself to keep me out.

I want to be there for my view while it heals, but I can't. It's falling apart and all I can do is watch from a distance while feeling overwhelmed with emotions.

I miss my view at night when the sun starts setting and the lights of Miami start turning on.

I get angry with my view in the mornings when it's bragging so loud that all of Miami Beach knows it's getting some cosmetic surgery and I can't sleep.

I feel sorry for my view when I sneak out for a look and see how it's fallen to pieces and wonder if even all the kings and horses and all the kings men can put it together again.

Mostly, I just feel lonely without my view. I loved it before and I love it still. When it's ready to share sunsets and fireworks and sailboats with me again I'll be there for it.

Viernes Culturales

Download wordart here

Last Friday we headed into Little Havanna to attend Viernes Culturales (Cultural Fridays) which is held the last Friday of every month.

This is not a neighborhood I venture into often, but we wanted to take advantage of the festival to practice our street photography. The locals were so nice and since the Domino Park is a stop on all the guided tours in Miami they are used to having strangers take their pictures.

It was a fun night!

Here's my friend James pretending that he's cool enough to hang with Bill Clinton...

Here's my friend Norma getting a little too close to Bill...

And here's my friend Alex who actually got behind the cutout photo thingy when I told him too...

No festival is complete without a street performer...

Just in case I haven't bored you enough with my photos here are some of my favorite random shots. These are the photos we went hoping to get...

OK, I'm done boring you with photos.....for now. lol!

Free Kit from Nibbles Skribbles!

Download wordart here

Are you a facebook fan of Nibbles Skribbles? Well, you should be! She is giving away a brand new kit and all you have to do is like her on facebook. Check out the kit....

Sibling Love is being given away in parts and right now the solid papers are posted.

Check out the other parts that will be given away during the month of August...

There's also a word bit part that you can earn by simply making a layout with the kit, posting it in a gallery and then putting the link on the Nibbles Skribbles facebook fan page.

Here's a layout I've made using Sibling Love...

Let The Games Begin collab kit

Download wordart here


OK guys, I'm a few days behind in telling you about this kit, but it's awesome and it's huge and it's still on sale for another day!

Nibble Skribbles teamed up with Moon Designs, eqrAveziur, Let Me Scrapbook and Studio4 Design*Works to create this HUGE Olympic themed kit.

I won't even try to tell you how many papers and elements you'll get with this kit, but I promise you won't be disappointed! Make sure you check out the bundle and you'll save even more money!

Here are a couple of layouts I put together...

7-29-12

Download wordart here

7-28-12

Download wordart here