Pioneer Woman at Heart

  It's not hard to believe that we are traveling closer to the winter holidays.  I'm trying to focus on enjoying every single day until then, but I am fitting in a few snippets of holiday preparing.  Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year.  It's hard to believe it's the last day of August. I have not yet gotten rid of the links to all the advertisers using my blog posts, but again, still working on it. However, my profile has gone from my blog, and while I am in settings, it is not able to add as a "gadget" to the blog.  Weird things are happening.   Google had a data breach recently as well, so gmail users were advised to change passwords.  Not sure what else is going on, but just in case you are wondering why my "profile" is not on my blog any longer.   Okay, back to the Christmas countdown post . . .

  I have yet to remedy the websites using my blog for whatever they are using it for.  The views cut down by about 200, but considering I posted a very, very short post yesterday, it's still getting 300 views from advertiser businesses and other businesses.  All to read about how they are using my blog too. It is very annoying to be honest.  I have not had a lot of time to work on putting a stop to it, but I did look into a few of the sites to "opt" out and there were no options to remove my blog.  Not sure what to do next.  If I do remedy the situation, I will remove the page breaks on my posts. The majority of viewers are from Hong Kong and Singapore (huh?).  Like it's been suggested, AI may be the reason, and one we cannot avoid, as Blogger has very little privacy options.

The blogger view issues continue.  I see that many of you are also dealing with the same thing. I've added page breaks again, and I know they are annoying.  I may have to add some google ads to make some money off of this, if it continues.

  Blog issues not resolved just yet.  One follower jumped on the band wagon, but it does not show who (hidden somehow?), and the last post has 600 some views (I rarely get 100 or even less). Someone has put my blog onto a website as advertising or whatever, and I will put a stop to it.  If not, well, we know what that will be.

  Along with an experimental baking, this is my experimental post to see how things go too.  Thank you for all of your advice on the blog issues.  

  I am having issues with stalkers, hackers, and now my blog is somehow being shared to a website with a lot more views than it should be getting.  The analytics are being installed now to see where the numerous views are coming from and why. It may be the end of this blog, and possibly starting a newer one elsewhere, or ending this one all together. If any of my followers have insight on other ways to track the views (and locations specifically), and how to get that done, I would appreciate it. Thanks if you are able to comment any assistance on these issues.  Specifically, more information on who is viewing and for where.   Until next time, and maybe not until next time.  I loved writing this blog, and it started over 20 years ago, and mostly all about growing our garden and self sufficiency.  I included handiwork, and sometimes other misc. info, but to cause me this much headache is not worth the time and effort any longer.

  We finally got rain, after 20 plus days of 90 degree plus weather.  Despite watering the garden, it was looking fried by the heat, humidity and sun.  The zucchini plants are starting to die off with little harvest already.

  (picked one for canning) All in one day's picking.  The bell peppers are on, but not all  ready yet (very late harvest year).  Those pickling cucumbers can hide so easily, even after making a thorough attempt to check for any.  The chickens were happy with their treat, and the kitchen was busy again. Both went into meals.  The kale went into a breakfast, and the beans went into a dinner. The English type (will have to look up the actual name) cucumbers we planted are about between 11 and 12 inches long. Two large cucumbers went into making a cold salad with some cherry tomatoes from the garden, along with some fresh parsley, dill and peppermint. We have been pretty creative in consuming the cucumbers.  Needless to say, I am finding some nice salad recipes that we are really enjoying.   Canning season officially started this late month of August - sweet pickle relish.  We did not get enough of our cucumbers last year to can this, but we...