My Worst Nightmare

No.....it's not looking at myself in the mirror. 
Although that is a close second... r e a l l y... early in the mornings.

I have been away.

We scooted off for a wonderful extended long weekend.

We left in a raging, end of May, snowstorm.  No lie.

But it only got better and better from there.
How could it not?

Family visits, great food, laughing, shopping, watching sports, good times.

I was so thrilled to return and share all 906 pictures with you.... really... 906 over four days. 

But my worst nightmare happened yesterday.

As I was trying to download the pictures off of my camera.  
My iphoto application refused to open.

I could not retrieve any pictures.

The day before we left, we bought an external hard drive to back up our computer, but it wasn't out of the box yet.

Luckily for me, the nightmare was one I was able to wake up from.
The pictures are safely in a little black storage box as I write.  
I've been assured they are there, and the program problem will be addressed.  

But for now I do not have access to them.

If you are reading this and have not saved your pictures somewhere other than on your computer's hard drive.

Stop what you are doing, and download them somewhere safe and then continue on with your day.

You can thank me later : )

I realized my pictures are my most prized possessions, after my family, of course. 

I take pictures to remember.
Unfortunately, my own storage facility upstairs, cannot be trusted. 
I've tried wearing a hat and putting in earplugs, but nothing seems to help.  

I don't even want to think about what it would have felt like to lose the past several years.
No more living on the edge and skirting with danger for me.

I have learned my lesson.  
Back up, back up, back up... and then back up some more.
As a blogger, I am looking forward to sharing many more of my pictures with you.

And I promise I will edit the 906 down to... just... a hundred or so.
It's the least I can do.

Over and Out,

From a very lucky blogger indeed!

     XO