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Food from your hearth made for your soul at the hearth and soul hop!
Lots to be thankful for this week on the hearth and soul hop!
Hey everyone, oh what a bullet I dodged on Sunday night! My computer got infected with a major virus called Windows XP Security 2011 which is like a fake security warning that mimics your own windows security and then when you click the box to either close the warning or register as it asks you to do you basically give them your computer. I knew what was happening immediately upon discovering the infection, but you are not going to believe how I got infected!
On Saturday I was cruising around the internet and decided to check out a few Youtube videos that were posted in different blogs about health and nutrition. I watched a few and then my husband called me in to watch the Red Sox game (go sox!) so, like a total ninny, I left the browser open with the Youtube window open. Now, I use a firefox add on called Web of Trust, which you should all use that helps to detect unsafe websites, but Web of Trust only works if you are actually looking at the screen when a bad website comes up. In my case, I wasn’t in the room, but my cat was.
Seems the cat, who has messed with my computer a few times before because the keyboard is warm to lay on and why I USUALLY close the door or the computer when I leave the room, decided to walk on the computer keyboard and lay on it. It clicked on a link on the Youtube page and then entered a bad website that downloaded the virus to my computer.
So, my cat gave me a virus! I knew immediately what to do, which is to visit my wonderful friends in the Intensive Care Unit of Virtual Dr. which is an absolutely wonderful website filled with folks who know exactly how to cure what ails your computer and they do it as a community service which means it is FREE. You have to do all the work, and it is a LOT of work, so if you do not have time, you should certainly seek out a professional, but if you do have the time, you will learn a lot about your computer and feel a huge sense of accomplishment when you finally clean things up! If you have a virus or computer problem, please visit my wonderful friends at Virtual Dr and they will help lead the way for you!
I am feeling so grateful that everything is squeaky clean and I can share in the Hearth and Soul Hop with you all this week, so let’s get to hoppin!
The Hearth and Soul Hop was born of our beliefs that food not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! To really get clear on what we are talking about, please check out our nifty Hearth and Soul mission statement!
Please share the hearth and soul hop badge listed below to promote the Blog Hop. We would ask you to subscribe to our feed and Tweet the Blog Hop as well if you would be so kind! One of our lovely hosts will visit your blog to comment and share your foodie joy, ideas and knowledge and tweet your post to their followers so more people can share in the fun.
This is the code for the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop. If you wish to share the love by using a Hearth and Soul badge, we really appreciate it! Please copy and paste it into the bottom of your blog post or you can choose to simply place a link back to the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop:Remember to highlight the HTML code and right click to copy it. You can then paste it into your blog posts, or put it in your sidebar to share the real food love!
Important Stuff: One link only each week please! If you link up you MUST include a link back to the hop host. Some folks have started putting up a page of blog badges but that is not the point of the link. The link is a courtesy and goes both ways. You get a link from your blog to at least 6 other blogs and those blogs get a link back. This backlinking is the way blogs benefit from networking and the more backlinks you create the more exposure your blog gets. Linking back to the hop is important and courteous to the folks running the hop and all hop hosts expect it. Folks who continuously choose not to link back will be deleted in the future, as it is not fair to all the folks who are following the rules. Hate to be a pill but this is the point of the hop, mutual exposure and benefit for all.
Please drop me a line if you have any questions or suggestions, and if you are new to blog hops and linking please check out our full set of rules for linking on my Hearth and Soul Hop Information Page. Let the fun begin!!! Thanks! The Hearth and Soul Hop Team!
Jason at Alternative Health and Nutrition
Alea of Premeditated Leftovers
April of 21st Century Housewife
Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen
I hope you enjoy this blog hop and see an increase in your traffic as well. Please visit all the hearth felt blog community sites for tons more wholesome and passionate food inspiration! You can also check out some of my previous soul nourishing recipes on my Featured Blog Hop Recipe Page and if you missed earlier Blog Hops you can also check them out! Bon Appetit!
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May 17th, 2011 on 5:36 am
HI,
I shared my delicious grilled grass fed tri tip roast.
Jill recently posted..Recipe- Grilled Grass fed Tri Tip Roast
May 17th, 2011 on 8:29 am
A little late to the party, but here now! Sharing a homemade light salad dressing, thanks for hosting!
Melynda@Moms Sunday Cafe recently posted..Boiled Dressing- a work in progress
May 17th, 2011 on 9:18 am
Hi! Sharing my Chicken & Cream Cheese Egg Rolls with all of you…
Have a nice day!
Tina recently posted..Another Award and Chicken & Cream Cheese Egg Rolls
May 17th, 2011 on 9:44 am
Hi Alex, I posted one of my new FAVES, a spicy peanut butter tomato sauce that goes with just about everything under the sun. I can’t wait to see the other great real food recipes on here this week!
Outlaw Farmer recently posted..Senegalese Peanut Butter Tomato Sauce
May 17th, 2011 on 10:21 am
Thanks for hosting! I couldn’t help but think of “the dog ate my homework” while reading about your cat. I’m glad everything is fine now!
Michelle recently posted..Mudbugs Go Mexican
Twitter: andreasjewelry
May 17th, 2011 on 11:16 am
Hi Alex! I’m so glad you were able to get rid of that virus yourself! It is empowering to deal with it yourself and not have to call in a “professional”!
I am sharing my recipe for Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad With Curry Dressing. The flavors are amazing together and it is so healthy too!
Thanks for hosting!
Andrea (Andreas Kitchen) recently posted..Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad With Curry Dressing
May 18th, 2011 on 1:42 am
Thank you for hosting all the great recipes and information! This week I’m sharing my recipe for gluten-free (grain-free) red enchiladas. We think they taste like the authentic version.
~Karen
Karen recently posted..GF Red Enchiladas
Twitter: helladelicious
May 18th, 2011 on 3:22 am
Wow that sucks about your computer. Our cat is always sitting on my partner’s keyboard and nearly emailing people and whatnot as well. By the way you should check into Ubuntu as an operating system. It is open source and free! I am using it, also I never have to worry about viruses! Here’s an interview with our Ubuntu community leader here in Vancouver that explains it better than I can.
hellaD recently posted..Epigenetics- Is Our Health Determined By Our Genes
Twitter: CruisePictures
May 18th, 2011 on 5:47 am
These days the virus are spreading pretty fast. Last week my papal account was hacked and went away with $100 from my account. Luckily Paypal suspected the unusual activity and blocked the account and alerted me. I went on a dispute and yesterday the claim was finalized and paypal refunded all the three translations and refunded money to my credit card.
So keep changing your paypal password too often.
Sailor recently posted..Cruise Ship Travel Anxiety for First-Timers
May 18th, 2011 on 8:37 am
Great and fun blog hop! i am definitely joining in with my lime grilled sweet corn! Love your blog girl!
Twitter: FitFoodista
May 18th, 2011 on 8:51 am
Hi Alex
So glad you got your computer fixed. My mom’s cat stepped on her keyboard and rotated all the images on the screen 90 degrees. Gotta love those felines!
May 18th, 2011 on 4:49 pm
Hi Alex,
I am so sorry I am so late with my comment this week. I got my food here on time but before I could come and say hi, I fell in a hole, so I am running late. Oh my goodness, what a computer nite mare you went through. At least you knew what to do, I am so glad you did and everything is now ok. I am sure hoping that this week will be a better one for all of us! Thanks for hosting and hope you are having a fun day!
Miz Helen recently posted..Chocolate Cream Pie
November 4th, 2011 on 7:27 am
Thanks for sharing this. I loved number 73; Chicken Nuggets. It has been 2 days I am fixing these and having them during rest hours at work.