Let's Back Up . . .

So, our 5 year old (75 in computer years) laptop was working really slowly a while ago, so we decided to once again reformat it and start anew. We have to do this about twice a year. We backed up all of our new stuff onto our trusty external hard drive which holds all things digitally dear to us. Then reformatted the laptop - and - forgot to unplug the external drive - and - it got reformatted (read: erased), too. It's been a few weeks now, our wonderful computer geek friend is working on it. (We did the same thing, at the same time, to our mother-in-law's computer, and he was able to restore everything.) Ours has proved to be a little more stubborn, but there is a glimmer of hope. I am clinging to that glimmer, as that drive has - shall I repeat - ALL digital things that are dear to us. All of our pictures, music, letters, journal entries, notes, spreadsheets, and so on. Waahhh!

Here's hoping. So remember to back up - and unplug. And always have a good geek on hand.

More posts with pics later, when all is healed.

In other, more exciting news - We're going to China! Tomorrow!! So excited, so excited. We'll fill you in when we get back!