I don’t know why I am using a horse analogy as I have never had a horse in my life, although at one time I confess that I thought Sarah Jessica Parker was attractive.  BUT, I am using one anyway because I now have my computer back and I am in the slow and tedious process of loading all the stuff I need back onto it to make my life function to the smoothest extent it can.

It however has been a disaster.  My hard drive FAILED.  AND, it was not able to be restored locally.  YES…..I had back up, for MAC but what I have discovered is that although Mozy backs up everyday and you THINK you are safe, in fact the Iphoto program (where all your PICTURES of let’s say your kids, your family, your life are) apparently does not back up or restore correctly, let alone well…..and that is something that Mozy fails to share with you.
Mozy

Needless to say, I have a new hard drive and my computer back, where my old hard drive has taken a trip to CALIFORNIA (just weeks before Scotty gets stationed there) and is sitting in a “clean room” with some engineers (not the train kind) where the meter is ticking to recover the ONLY copies we have of very momentous moments in our lives.  It is pricey, but it is our only option.  And quite honestly I am mad as a snake at the supposed back up we have had for so long.  We hopefully will get our stuff recovered (we will know by the end of the month) and we have made other plans for securing our future.  Ironically, it did back up all my work files……that I CAN replace.

But tonight I post a picture that will never go to Mozy, a picture of Ben’s music program at school.  We had the pleasure of being there tonight.  Being there was far better than a picture, but pictures are important, because in time we forget the details.  I am happy to have both……and intend to do my best to make sure this disaster does not happen again.

And yes, I mean the loss of files, not Ben’s singing.

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+