2010 August — A Southern Fairytale

I got the scare of my blogging life tonight.

I came home from an AMAZING Meet the Teacher night at school. We are in love with Princess’ teacher. She’s adorable, enthusiastic, sweet and *just* *love*

Princess actually used the phrase: “I adore Mrs. K” (SCORE)
I made dinner, I sat down at my computer to begin the process of compiling pictures and video into a scintillating, fun, quick little slide-show video on how to make a quick and delicious garlic tomato pasta when I was SMACKED in the face by my internet.

404 error

nothing matches this search

So, I logged into my dashboard.

only to see this.

0 posts

0 pages

Cue me dying.

THREE YEARS (nearly) of memories, tributes, letters to my children (not to mention the hundreds of recipes and pictures) stories only stored here, in my online home, my online heart.

gone. wiped out.

Obviously, since you’re seeing this… you know it’s been fixed.

HUGE kudos to HostGator and their supremely amazing and FAST online Live Chat support (BIG ups to Bear aka Lorne Na {sorry I called you ma’am})

They had updated my server and there was a glitch in the something-something.

Within 10 minutes of contact.. “Bear” had my memories back up and my heart resumed beating.

The Lesson:

Daily Back-Ups should be e-mailed to you. DAILY. Maybe even TWICE, daily.
Twitter friends are amazing, their reach, their support, their knowledge
Live Chat Support: if you don’t have this… find it.
back up. back up. back up. back up. back up.

Fresh Herb Mayonnaise

Oregano, basil, dill and green onions combine to make a delicious and refreshing mayonnaise that will change the way you look at sandwiches forever.

I know that I totally missed Mouthwatering Monday last week, sorry y’all We didn’t come back from our camping trip until late on Monday and then I didn’t even turn my computer on until Wednesday.

Now without further chatter, here’s the recipe for my new favorite mayonnaise I’ve added it to ham and cheese, grilled cheese, toasted roast beef and sauteed onion sandwiches and more.

Recipe: Fresh Herb Mayonnaise

Ingredients

2 C mayo
2 Tbsp fresh chopped dill
2 Tbsp fresh chopped oregano
2 Tbsp fresh chopped basil
2 Tbsp fresh chopped green onions

Instructions

Chop your herbs and mix them with your mayonnaise
Place the mixture in the refrigerator and allow the flavors to incorporate and get all yummy for at least 4 hours

Quick Notes

* you can absolutely change the amounts of each ingredient according to your personal palate or even add or change the herbs

My favorite way to use this: Smoked Ham or Turkey with swiss and salad greens on toasted whole grain bread.

SO yummy! Nathan’s favorite; Smoked Ham and Cheddar with Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Here’s the recipe for my Roasted Red Pepper and Basil Mayonnaise

Trying the image linkies this week, I’d love to hear your thoughts about this vs the typical word only link list.
Y’all know the Mouthwatering Monday rules; Link only to your recipe URL, not your general blog URL. Link your recipe, leave a comment, visit the other participants and make sure you link back here in your post so that others can find the Mouthwatering fun, too! I can’t wait to see what y’all have been cooking up!