A strange thing happened to me last week. As I worked on my Witchy Wednesday post, I noticed a steady uptick in my site views. By noon, I was convinced I’d been “attacked” by some new, intelligent spam bots that could mimic human interaction as they clicked through my pages. Around 10pm-ish, I checked my email, and found the following in the Dreamhost (my amazing web hosting company – I’ve written about them before here and here) monthly newsletter for December 2015.
I was so excited about it, I put together my own web badge (aka, blog bling) for my widget section –
Then I found out there’s apparently a limo involved in all this!
@TraciYorkWriter @Katrina_NH Um, sure…yes, that’s how it works! We’re just gonna go pull the limo out front, BRB! *runs away* 😉 Congrats!
— DreamHost (@DreamHost) December 31, 2015
@DreamHost @Katrina_NH Hang on a sec…the limo looks an awful lot like a mail truck. Weird. No matter, I hopped in & I’ll be there soon! 😉
— Traci Cavanaugh York (@TraciYorkWriter) December 31, 2015
So, hello and welcome to my new Dreamhost friends! I hope you enjoy your stay – I’ve put on a fresh pot of coffee, and there’s a new batch of cyber chocolate chip cookies on the counter. Please, help yourselves, and be sure to shout out if there’s anything I can do to for you.
“Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is?
Read the inaugural post which explains
the idea and how you can participate too.”
~ Melissa S. Ford, Stirrup Queens
Congratulations Traci! What a nice surprise! 🙂
Thanks, Catwoman (and since that was my nickname in high school, I almost feel I’m replying to myself! 😀 )
That’s so cool, Traci — and well-deserved!
Thank you, Lori!
Yaaaaaaaay! 😉
Thanks yet again for referring me to Dreamhost in the first place (way back in ’01, I believe), Thinky dear! <3
Congratulations, Traci! So very well deserved.
Thank you, Jo! I appreciate your support! <3
That is so cool. And I love their tweets to you. Congratulations!
Thanks, Em. One of the reasons I love this company so much is their sense of humor, and accessibility to their customers. But their limo service needs work… *grin*
This is wonderful. Congrats!
Thank you, Jessica!
That’s awesome sauce!! Go you! Well done!
LOL! I use the phrase, “awesomesauce” all the time, but I don’t run into many other people who do. So thanks for your comment – it was wicked awesomesauce! 😀
What an honor! Congratulations!!
Thank you so much, Cristy! Today, the Dreamhost SOTM – tomorrow, the Oscars! Well, since I haven’t done anything worthy of Oscar consideration, maybe the day after tomorrow… *grin*
Wow! Congratulations! Well-deserved recognition … they’re right about fresh content. 🙂
Thanks, Justine! Yeah, my mother always said, “fresh” was my middle name… 😉
What a great omen to start the new year off! Congratulations Traci. If I were you I’d buy a lottery ticket too. Couldn’t hurt 😉
Thanks, Diana and great idea! In fact, there’s a big drawing in my state tomorrow night.I see a lottery ticket purchase in my future. 🙂
Congratulations — what a wonderful honor to start the new year with! Very well-deserved. (A limo that looks like a mail truck would be a great idea, actually…you could get in and out without the pesky inconvenience of opening any doors…)
Hey, that’s an excellent point, Jess! Maybe I should give up the glamorous life of a writer, and start my own mail truck limo service… hmmm… *grin* Oh, and thank you!
Fun! What a cool hosting site. And congratulations on the win.
They really are awesome. Thanks, Mel. 😀