Skip to main content

Lost

Earlier this week, our computer started having some issues. My husband decided to back up everything onto the external hard drive and clean up the computer. Well, the computer is now working. BUT....not everything was saved. As in, all my lists and folders of websites for homeschool, knitting, blogs, Church, etc. all gone! We have an Itunes account and my playlist and the kid's playlist no longer exist. Plus lots of music is gone too. I realize that in the grand scheme of things this is not even a blip on the radar.

Yet, I feel so lost!

I think about the time it will take to find and organize all my websites and I don't think there is enough coffee available to help me through this.
Labels:

Comments

  1. Jamie JoSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    do you remember when I went that whole lice thing? Our computer crashed and the same thing happened to me!!! I was without a computer for what seemed forever!!

    We lost everything, except our pictures, thank God. That would have been tragic to lose all our memories. Hope you didn't lose any pictures.

    You can get through it. Take your time, only find the things you NEED to find, and slowly you will be back to where you were with what you have.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Margaret in MinnesotaSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Been there. We lost a TON of iTunes stuff which means buying it over again or not having it anymore. My husband is not fond of Apple for this--okay, for several reasons.

    Meanwhile, don't try to think about the time that it will take to get everything back. Babysteps! God will give you the graces that you need to get through this day...one hour at a time.

    (And trust me, I use those graces! :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. BarbaraSeptember 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Our Mac has a "Time Machine" function which backs everything up every hour -- automatically onto an external hard drive. It is wonderful to know everything is there if I lose it, for just the cost of an external hard drive.

    Sorry that happened to you! Computers are great, when they work just the way we want them to! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  4. ElisaOctober 1, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    OH man. I need to get on it. I have over a years worth of pictures on my laptop. I've been meaning to make my favorites into a blurb photo book before my laptop dies. Sigh. Sorry to hear about your stuff. Such a bummer.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Door Table

Once there was a store in Georgia. It is no more, but how I wish it was. I likened going in there to treasure hunting. One never knew what was going to be in there, and you had to dig through and wade through all the "other people's treasures" to find your own. I once found a set of blue and white teacups and saucers from England. I found lace handkerchiefs, a rocking chair, and an end table. But by far the best find was my kitchen table. I had stopped by one day while the kids were taking horseback lessons and the then little ones were asleep. The store was not open, but I went up to the window to see if anything new was there. And it was there. The table. And six chairs too! We were in need of a bigger table with Jack on the way. My mom had offered to give us her old one, which I was going to accept if I didn't find something I liked better. I didn't want anyone else to even see the table because I knew it was supposed to be ours, but one can never tell abo...
9 comments
Read more

Walking a New Path

 Well now. It has been quite a while, hasn't it?  I have kept silent about my struggles for the past four years, mainly because I was in the midst of something that I never imagined could happen to our family. And it wasn't just my story. It still is not.  A friend once told me I am an external processor, and I suppose she is right. I find that saying things out loud help me find the answer, if there is one. There was no good answer, as it turns out. And so, I am sad to say, that I am now divorced. A single mother, navigating a life I never imagined.  But there are some things that haven't changed. My faith, for one. I know that God is with me on this journey and that He is way smarter and wiser than I could ever be. He has held me close as I wept and grieved the end of my marriage. He held my hand as I packed up what would fit in a moving truck and drove our belongings to a new home. He has led me to new jobs and I can only trust that all will be well if only I cont...
4 comments
Read more

Fog and faith

 I stepped out into the coolness of the November morning to start the car and defog the windows, preparing to take Jack to school. Daylight had yet to appear. As we drove the many miles, the sky lightened, and we could see the mist hanging out just above the grass. We usually listen to a story together on our drive, adding commentary, exchanging a knowing glance or a shocked expression as the twists and turns unfold. I relish this time with Jack. I know that all too soon he will be preparing to leave the nest, like his sisters before him.  On the drive back, I pull my rosary from my purse and pray. By this time, the sun is just about to appear, making the sky a beautiful orange-pink on the horizon. I am pondering much as I pray, for the path I am on is once again rocky and uncertain. Such is life, whether we have faith or not. Faith makes it bearable. For the most part, the road home is a straight shot and I can see the ribbon of road laid out before me, narrowing in the dista...
3 comments
Read more