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I was trying to edit the functions.php file in my template when my site disappeared. I tried everything to bring it back, but I could not access my login screen or the actual blog. I had my databases backed up so I didn’t lose any posts, but I messed up bigtime while restoring my site. I saved copies of all the php and css pages that I had modified, but two very important folders were deleted forever. I accidentally overwrote my image directory and my plugin directory with the original template folder.

What really burns me is that I have backups of everything on a computer that quit working a couple of months ago. I cannot start the computer, although I have Read the rest of this entry »

Father’s Day is just around the corner (June 21, 2009 to be precise). As a child I used to make cards for my Dad on Father’s Day, but as I grew older I could never see the use in supplementing the real gift of a necktie or aftershave with a $4.00 hallmark card. And it just seems silly to keep making cards out of construction paper, magic markers, and Elmer’s glue past the age of ten. Well, thankfully the digital age came along and made things a bit easier.

When I first began using technology to save money, it was by replacing the standard purchased cards with cards made in photo-editing programs. The only problem, is that besides using precious ink it took so much time to make a custom card that usually didn’t look much better than the construction paper cards from yesteryear.

I don’t remember when I first began sending e-cards, but they seemed almost better than the Hallmark variety. Not only does an e-card make a great compliment to a real gift, it allows the receiver to be surprised twice in a day. I always presented my Hallmark cards at the same time as I was giving a present. With E-cards, the first surprise arrives in their inbox and then the tangible gift is presented to them later.

The only problem with e-cards is that as with most things, we always had to choose between quality and price. Sure, free e-cards have been around for as long as their pricey counterparts.  But most sites that offer free e-cards  only offer low-quality cards for free in order to lure unsuspecting customers to their site where they can be presented with more expensive options.

GotFreeCards to the rescue!! This company allows users to personalize and send high quality animated e-cards for almost any occasion. GotFreeCards has hundreds of cards to choose from and they only take a few moments to select, personalize and send. They also allow you to upload photos to create and print your own free printable cards at home. Best of all, everything is free and no registration or download is needed.

I discovered Got Free Cards at a wonderful blog called Life in a House of Blue. This blog featured the free e-card site in a review that also included an Amazon  giftcard giveaway!

One Life In A House Of Blue reader will win a $25 giftcard, and out of approximately 15 blog giveaway winners, as additional $100 giftcard winner will be chosen. The giveaway lasts until midnight, June 18th. To participate, just click here and follow the instructions given by Life in a House of Blue momerator, Susan.

Using Got Free Cards is easy enough for a small child to do. So Moms, have your children send Dad a Got Free Cards e-card for Father’s Fay.. and save the construction paper for homemade neckties.

TheMommy-Files is giving away a Toshiba Portege A-600 in celebration of father’s Day!

This is a very impressive giveaway from an awesome site. I have read articles at TheMommy-Files, but this is the first contest I have entered at the sites. This is because a laptop is something that I want dearly, and the sleek, ultraportable, Toshiba Portege A-600 is better than Read the rest of this entry »