The Insidious GREMLINS  Part II

OK, remember I mentioned pour a really BIG DRINK?  I am not a real drinker,
an occasional I will have a ladies drink (Kahlua and milk).  Well on Thursday,
right after downloading the unnamed program I left it and continued
working on my website www.newbiestopro.com.  Oh I was happy.  I put a link
on the site and guess what, it worked the first time I previewed the page.
I published it and when I went to look at it , IT WAS A MESS.  I went in to fix
the crazy characters that were there and redid it.  Now I'm cursing all the
Gremlins of the world.

Roger comes to my office door to remind me that we have 5 parrots and they
would be sounding like sailors if I did not calm down.  I tried to explain what
was going on, and of course he looked at me like I was crazy.  Then I showed him
what I had done (I actually deleted the index page and pulled it in from my
hard drive and put the extra features I had on.  Published it again, and sure
enough there was this crazy page facing me on the Internet. 

Now if you have ever had a chance to check out my site, its all about Newbies
to Pro.  That there comes a time when you have to stop thinking like a newbie,
because we really do know more than we give ourselves credit for.  (Though that                                          does not mean that we should not continue to learn.)  I mean at my site, I talk                                                         about Gremlins, and how they make people think that are dumb, can't do anything, etc. etc.,
because they want you to stop.  I am telling people NOT TO GIVE UP.
Stop Feeding The Gremlins.   Well here I am in tears talking about that was it.                                  I quit!!!!!!!    I went outside had a cigarette, major deep breaths and a complete mental meltdown.       Here I am trying to emphazis how not to given in.  Who did I think I was trying to tell anyone
else not to quit, and here that is just what I wanted to do.  I went back inside (we do not smoke in the house), went into the kitchen and poured me a BIG DRINK, went back upstairs and fixed most of the problems.  (I just went to my site and most of it back to where it is suppose to be except that                          my header is missing and there is a line of code that has no business there, but that is minor.)

Don't know if that drink had anything to do with it -but it certainly tasted good. :)

You know by the previous blog entry that, the following day we  found that my  computer crashed         overnite and lead to my find out that it was due to the program I  had downloaded the night before.            The only good thing about this was that we at least now  we now know what was making my website          go ballistic on me.

I will not say that I am completely back from my meltdown, would be a lie.  I will be picking up my          computer on Monday, and that makes me happy so that I can get off this laptop,  That will be a joy.

I will leave this note with you:  Do not download anything new (particularly a program)
unless you have talked with someone - anyone about the program, the ease of
installing anything, if there has been anything negative that you should be aware of before downloading.  There are to many forums out there to not take the time to ask if anyone has heard of the program,          have they used it, etc.  It will save you time and money in the long run.  I certainly did not adhere to my      own rule that I tell others. :(

OK this book is done for the time being.  Stay tuned to see how I try to resolve this
problem with asking for a refund.  ( I do not feel comfortable trying to redownload
this program, at this time.)

Until next time:  Sit back and Just Breathe.  I promise it will get better.  right?

Teresa Rothove
www.newbiestopro.com
www.teresarothove.ws