Saturday, August 1, 2009

It's gonna be a while...

I am really behind in my blogging and I apologize that I have been too busy to attend to it. I have been (barely) keeping up with Project 365. I had a great time at the Keith Urban concert and Nathan had a wonderful 6th birthday. We are surviving swim lessons - many great triumphs with that going from crying on Monday to loving it on Friday.

I am in mourning because our computer hard drive crashed a couple of days ago. I have not backed up anything. Mike has backup files on the computer but not on an external drive and not any of my thousands of digital pictures. I have been sick since yesterday and am so incredibly angry at my stupidity for not taking the time to upload each and every month so they are in a safe place and just taking for granted that they are on the computer. I mean really how many horror stories do you have to hear to know this?! I am beyond upset. I am beyond disgusted with myself for not taking the time to back them up - I know better - even if it is time consuming and takes effort. All of Mike's work is on there too but I am just devastated about the thought of losing my photos. I have been in touch with some data recovery places and only time will tell if they can retrieve our data and at what cost.

Anyway, I can't post my Project 365 stuff or photos but will update soon.

By the way, Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! 39 years and counting!

4 comments:

Maggie said...

I am so sorry to hear that the drive crashed. I cannot imagine how you feel losing the pictures. I wish you the best with a quick and inexpensive data recovery! Good luck! - Maggie

Donna S. said...

Cathy;
Call me about your computer... Mark has recovered a bunch of stuff off crashed computers before. He said he might be able to walk you through it.

A Cupcake Life said...

I hope the cheap freeezer trick works for you!

annie said...

Man oh man, Cathy! That stinks! When Thomas was a little over a year old he kept messing with the power switch and crashed our hard drive. We lost almost all of his 1 year pictures. I was pretty devastated...so I know that sick to your stomach feeling. :( I'll be hoping for the best my friend! :)