Frustrating

That's what my summer has been, folks. From the rain nearly every dang day to losing the pictures and music (I know, Coastie Brother, you are sick of hearing about it but I have to explain why I'm so frustrated). Then, the kicker. I lost even more pictures. I stupidly deleted my google account. I reckon I didn't read the fine print carefully enough. It would appear that when you delete your google account, it also deletes your picasa web albums. And that, in turn, deletes your pictures from your blog. Now, to ordinary people, that is just an inconvenience. A hassle but nothing tragic. But, to me, it was adding salt to the wound. Some of the pictures that were deleted are also lost to me forever (luckily, I have children who humor me and we were able to recreate some of the pictures). We have run all sorts of data recovery programs and while we have gotten back more than I ever dreamed, we still haven't gotten ALL of them back.

AND! Big D finally wiped out the hard drive and re-added everything. He refused to re-add the AOL software as apparently it's bad for your hard drive. He added our aol & comcast addresses to Outlook. I was pleased about that, but, now, I can't send mail. I keep getting an error. ARGH!

Lest you think I am an unhappy bitter person, I'll tell you some bright spots. I have gotten A LOT of reading done, I have been able to spend time with my children, I have been able to watch my daughter do what she does best, I have gone to lunch & spent time with several friends, I have seen several movies, and I went on an awesome vacation to NYC.