Magical Holiday Home

It’s time for some serious organizing and preparing. If you haven’t already worked your way through addressing cards, buying gifts, menu planning, and decorating, never fear….There’s still time. Keep it simple and enjoy the holidays. The best time of the year doesn’t have to be stressful. Relax, get done what you can and make a plan to do even better next year. Here at Magical Holiday Home, we strive to make it the best holiday in our hearts…..

 Check out this Lego costume idea over at Family Fun!   Or how about this Bug Eyed Bug:

There are mermaids, and a chicken, and even a fortune teller….you can check out the whole list: HERE.   There’s sure to be an idea that appeals!!!

Jelly Fish

Magical Holiday Home friends, I want to give you the latest up to date news about our forums. There is good news and bad news.  The good news is that this evening, after a few more hours of work I should be ready to turn the boards back on. Now for some bad news and some instructions.

The bad news is that we had lost and corrupted data. What does that mean in practical terms. It means that quite a few of our posts are missing or had to be intentionally deleted to clean up the data base. I did not want to risk bringing any “problems” to our new board set up. Trust me when I say it was necessary. The good news is that we have the best most creative members on the internet which means once the boards are open and we start posting again we will fill any gaps and get things back on track quickly.

The other bad news is the membership list was also affected. We lost about 50 members in the transfer and I intentionally deleted about 150 members. The data for those members was affected and again, I did not want to bring any problems along with us. I can’t tell you who it affected but if you follow the directions for logging in and resetting your password and you still can not access the boards, please re-register. It is pretty painless to do so. I want each of you whether a reader or a poster to feel welcome here at MHH. Please know that the deletions had nothing to do with you on a personal level, It was only based on corrupted data.

PLEASE, when the boards open READ the IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT which I will post in the Welcome forum. It will give you instructions on resetting your password because passwords are encrypted and therefore did not transfer from the old board set up. Once you reset your password, have a look around the new boards. There’s plenty to see. I’ll be posting “how tos” at some point but meanwhile I trust you will help each other in learning the new set up and features.

Have a wonderful day…and I’ll see you this evening on the boards!!!

“The sun glowed, a bright ball in the sky overhead but a gentle breeze played through the trees, shaking loose leaves of red and yellow. Suddenly a small pile of leaves trembled and toppled over.  Out of the center popped a turkey’s head. It was Cranberry, Thanksgiving Turkey Extraordinaire. 

 Cranberry tilted his head to one side and listened intently…nope…no new sounds in the woods that might lead to danger.  Sounds like crackling leaves, snapping twigs, or a cough: all meant something was afoot.          

                Now he stood, ruffled his feathers, and strutted about. A sudden rustling of leaves caused him to jerk in surprise, but it was only Timid. The rabbit thumped his foot on the ground and glared at Cranberry. “Where have you been” he demanded, in a not very timid way. Perhaps as a newborn he had displayed some timid tendencies but Cranberry rarely saw them.”

Don’t forget The Story of Cranberry is available over at Cranberry & Company.  You may print the story for use in the classroom or with your own children as long as the copyright remains in place at the bottom of the page.

Boo has also been adding some autumn ideas. The first edition of the Boo Chronicles will publish October 1st! So be sure and check back to read the first in a series of Boo stories written as a newspaper. The Boo Chronicles will keep you up to date on all the goings on in the Haunted Hallow.

Remember this little Valentine’s Day bag I made and posted about over at Just Ginger? Tucked inside is the fairy tea complete with the poem. I’m planning to make a Halloween Fairy Bag also. There are plenty of orange and black little totes out and about. I’m sure there’s some spiced apple tea bags that will work nicely. Now I’m just working on a Autumn Tea poem to go along with the goodies that will be tucked inside. For Halloween I was thinking of a wand with black and orange ribbon with a rubbery bat tied in the end.

Okay things are rolling along…a few glitches but nothing huge. It make take a little bit yet before we can open…..a day or two. When you change software programs everything does not roll over completely in the same spot…so I am trying to tweak things and get them back in place. Right now I have to get my permissions set correctly so I can tweak.!!

Second of all…good and bad news….we saved most of the data (posts) but a few of the most recent ones are lost. There are also some that are not opening properly so we will see how to handle those the best we can. It was the best we could do and honestly most things can be reposted if necessary, so we will work together on that.

Third…good and bad….most of the membership rolled over…lost about 50…we think those are the most recent ones. So if for some reason, yours was lost, I apologize and invite you to re-register and join us for holiday fun. Also of note: passwords may not roll over perfectly, so we will be providing a link to a page where you can reset your password.

Last: there will be a learning curve here…for me and for you…so we will take it slowly. As far as reading and posting, I think that is something most will be able to do easily. There are lots of other features too however and we will learn about and start using them slowly over time.

As always I’ll be back and update you as more information is available.

I’ve been busy adding new content to not only the homepage but Cranberry & Company, Christmas Fairies, Magic Elves and The Creative Spirit. So check it out, while we are waiting to re-activate the boards…!!!