Monday my computer decided it didn't like Windows anymore...and it chewed it up and swallowed it. Much to my horror.

After trying (in complete vain) to restore my beloved computer's soul...I had to concede defeat and completely re-format it...*out-of-the-box* settings....(small tear).

Just about everything I had was lost...(I was planning on backing up this very weekend) except for the stuff I backed up two months ago. Good for me that I really hadn't done any major work since September...just doodling around....

SO this next week will be is all about reloading everything back on to my computer....making a 2.0 version of what it once was.

Good things that came out of this:

* I get to reorganize my pictures and files. Makes for a neater system

* I got rid of things I hadn't used in a lifetime. No more icons cluttering up my desktop.

* I get to try the new software I was afraid to upgrade for fear it didn't work with stuff I already had.

* I get rid of all that trial software that comes with everything you download these days.

Bad things that come out of this:

* All the time I have to spent reloading my baby.

* Not knowing or remembering all the cool indy software I had installed or was waiting to install.

* Having to go back and try to remember all my favorites.

* having to set up my computer for how I like it.

Oh..well....not much can be done about it now. I had my moment of angry-bite-the-head-off-everything-dumb-enough-to-speak-to-me-right-now craziness. But its over and I must move on. Sigh