One of the good things about GH is that we CAN vent and get our frustrations out and no one is going to be banned for putting in their 2 cents worth. If that were the case..I'd have been booted long ago!!!  GH is not perfect yet but it's a ..oh shucks..what's that word!!!! My dementia is kicking in... well, it's a good thing and it's still in the makin!! It's slowly coming together and I remember what it was like to come to GH and everything worked and it was wonderful and it will be that way again very soon I think.

Latebloomer..I understood what you meant when you said you stopped in to see who to pray for and what the GH status was. You meant nothing against prayer for friends. Just that  it seemed that was the only forums active at the moment. I've made a comment similiar to that about games. I meant no harm... just frustrated at the time. And believe me..I vented....just ask Susan. Bless her heart, she takes everything so personally!! I love that about her..she's so dedicated to Gh and such a dear friend to me. 

We're very close to being back to normal now. I think pm's are still missing but if we're close enough to our gh friends ..we have their email addy. I like that we got a lot of comments to this thread..it shows that we're all concerned and love our GH forums.

Thanks and hugs to all of our leaders and AL for keeping us going..Now it's up to us members to put in the info, pics, articles, blogs, friendship, and all else it takes to make a great gardening site.

GH has been a blessing to me. During the past months I have endured some very hard times, but YOU GUYS were there for me. When my family needed prayers, I knew where to go for that and all your wonderful support. I have found new friendships. I don't really know how to express my gratitude towards everyone for all the support and prayers. But what I do know is that, as was said before, the people are the site. If it was not for all the wonderful people here, it would just be anouther site, not home. I do find it frustrating also. Sorta afraid to go to the effort (I have dail up also!) of reposting things, but I love this place and want to be part of it and if I have to repost a pic 100 times I will! We make this the AWSOME place it is, so lets not fret about a lost post and just keep making it a better place!

And now that I have done some of my own venting....Goodnight everyone!!

What can a God fearing fella say?  With all these womens around saying good things I guess he best keep his trap shut.

Well said everyone... being open and communacative when we do have troubles goes a long way towards building trust in one another and the GH site. 

Velvet, I'm not sure what your referring to regarding seeking prayer, but i sure hope you always feel welcome to seek solace and offer prayer support in the "corner" as I call it.  I don't post there much, but I sure lurk there a bit everyday. 

I've been one of the biggest venters here..hehe. But I will say that GH and it's members is such a big part of my daily routine.. that when it's not exactly right I get frustrated. BUT... us members are what makes GH and it's up to us to make it better.

I know it's irritating to post a pic, recipe, blog or article and have it disappear never to be seen again. But surely all that is over and won't happen again. But we have learned that unforunatly this can happen on any site. It's good to make copies and save them somewhere on your computer just in case.

My biggest problem is a dial up connection and the time it takes to show a pic or the fact that I get booted off ..which is all in my service provider. Then there's the site not running just right to add to that and I go off the deep end. I've got to have more patience..I've seen other sites go to nothing and jump back up and go again and we can do it too. ..just got to put the ambition into it.

I hope we can count on each and every member to put forth a little more effort and lets get some gardening info posted and get our selves back to digging in the dirt at GH. I'm going to give it my best shot.

I know I am probally going to be told im in the wrong here.and might even be asked to leave but I have to ask this!!I know this is a gardening site and people come here to share their passion and love of flowers and gardening.They come here to learn,I know I learn something new here everyday.They also come here to make friendships and share their garden ideas with their friends.And when you become friends you begin to share personal things because you feel as if this is your family,at least I do.Then I feel when family and friends are in need who better to go to than your family or friends.So the comment about finding out who to pray for really bothers me.If your family and your friends wont pray for you ,who else will.Who knows,you may need the prayer one day!!As far as the old site,I dont know how it was.Even though we have had some trouble here lately,which Al is working diligently to fix,I think this is the best gardening site there is.I have made a whole bunch of friendships here and they feel like my familyI hope I dont offend anyone here but I guess I had to vent too!....velvet

I bit the bullet and invited someone to check us out. I explained that we were in transition after a bad crash on the site.

Thanks for your comments everyone. I'm good at weathering storms but not so good when I feel alone. Thanks for reminding me to share the commitment to GH. 

Latebloomer glad you stopped by.  GH has come a long way but have a long way to go.  It's good to be able to chat with the folks here at GH and post comments of interest.  GH is not like it was and we may never get back to where we once were.  I am just looking forward to keep on keeping on here at GH.  Dale

Latebloomer, you seem to be reading my mind. Now, I must agree with Susan that the site itself is looking up and working pretty well, but where are the members who are supposed to be posting things about gardening? Myself included! I haven't posted any new topics on the forums since we lost everything last. I seem to have lost the motivation. Ugh...it's hard to start over, I know....but we must! We need gardening topics, tips, articles, photos, and stories to help balance comfort messages, chat, and games. As I see it, if we all pitch in together for GH, and start some interesting and imformative posts about our gardening experiences, WE WILL THEN HAVE THE SITE THAT YOU REMEMBER, AND ARE HAPPY TO INVITE OTHERS TO COME TO. I'll try to do better, myself. maw

We've weathered a lot of troubles here. But as I see it, things are always looking up. We've had some pretty major problems and some whopping streaks of bad luck. Al is working as hard and as fast as he can to fix things back up for us. We can post photos again -- even in posts, blogs, etc. We've even got the chat area back....The biggest problem we have right now with things not functioning properly is PM's, and I can assure you that Al and I are working on it and testing it.  

From everything I have seen and tried since we switched back to this software interface from the Drupal one, we're looking better than ever. The site is visually appealing and we can do almost everything we always used to be able to do. I don't know what to tell you other than to hang in there. This is such a great place with so many great people, and I know of no place more fun or better!