Aha!

I have an idea.

(Couldn’t resist the Aha picture. Children of the 80’s, can I hear you say ‘Take on me?’)

Ok, back to the idea.

After quickly realizing that 100 invites are not nearly enough, I brainstormed work-arounds for granting more people access when we go stealth.

So here’s the dealio: I created a dummy e-mail address on gmail, and a dummy Blogger account using that e-mail address. I will invite that “imaginary person” to our blog. Then I will send the login and password for that account to a handful of the "over 100" people. These folks can share the account to view the blog and still make comments.

As a test, Frank and I logged into a blog with the dummy account from 3 computers at the same time. There wasn't a problem, so I think it will work! (Plus my genius IT guru friend, Adrian, thinks it will be fine.) We will start off with a few users, and add more if it seems to work well. If it starts going haywire with multiple users, we will have to re-examine.

I must say that all the e-mails and comments we received from people wanting to continue following along have been so kind and thoughtful. And it’s nice to finally “meet” some of you lurkers out there. ;-)

The support we have enjoyed from everyone has been overwhelming. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your well-wishes, prayers, good energy, positive vibes, voodoo spells or whatever else you are doing out there really keeps us jazzed. We feel it all…we really do. And we are going to need it even more in the coming weeks!

Blogging has been so fun (and a lot of work) but we so enjoy sharing our journey with others. It actually reminds me of a quote…

“Joy shared is multiplied, pain shared is divided.”
- Spider Robinson

We do look forward to being able to open this blog back up to the public when we return.

By the way, we got to see the Kieffers again this week (the 'real live Kaz family' from North Carolina!) What awesome people they are. Rhys really took to Frank, and they were so cute playing together for a long time. LeAnne said Rhys is usually a little wary of men with facial hair, but he wasn’t with the Frankster. So sweet!

I forgot to take photos, but I did add some photos of Rhys to the Kaz Cuties post, along with another famous little one who lights up the page. Are all these kids breathtaking or what?

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Dear Habibi,

Yes, I realize that I haven’t written you a little note lately. I’ve been in such an information-sharing mode and get-it-done mode. Wow, are you ever keeping me on my toes. Guess I'd better get used to it!

Oh yes, I still feel all those mushy, gushy sentiments about you. I still think about you every day. Every hour. Every few minutes. It’s almost as if you are already here, tugging at my hem. But let go now, honey, 'cause mommy has to go post this blog entry.