Well I didn't.
It took me forever and a day to rebuild the computer from the ground up.
(You're looking at someone who has never had any training in doing this sort of thing, so I had my work cut out for me.)
I thought thru the crash and burn scenario and then the entire rebuild that somehow, someway I had been able to save some of my files.
It took me a long time to figure out yes they had gotten saved and then took another long while to find where those files had gotten stored. Just a couple of days ago I found my pictures.
Most important to me were the pictures.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words.
Whoever "they" is... they are right.
I was going thru those pictures and came upon some shots of last year's garden.
Man oh man does it look lush and healthy.
I am starting to get excited about this year's garden.
Doesn't it look good? I only hope this year's garden follows in the same vein.
PS Seedlings under the lights now include; cabbage, brussels sprouts, marigolds, peppers, swiss chard, another type of pepper, dill and parsley. Ground is tarped where we will be tilling for some in-ground gardens. We will be doubling our garden space this year. I must be mad to do this I keep telling myself.
Gracie who I adopted out of the pound is so sweet. It's too bad she and I didn't meet sooner. She has some issues to be sure. Some solvable... some not as I found out just a while ago. One is she was never socialized with other dogs when she was a pup. Therefore she doesn't know how to play well with other dogs or, with humans. But, she tries. Oh, how she tries. The dog trainer whom we took lessons from... and I mean both of us took lessons from her (thanks Judy).... said she will never learn how to play as she is too old now. Now isn't that one of the saddest things you have ever heard? But, the good thing is Gracie passed her beginner's class with flying colours. Her other main problem which is disappearing is she is underweight. She is finally getting to the point where I don't notice her ribs sticking out so much. She eats three meals a day. Which she enjoys wholeheartedly. I think we will be cutting back to two soon as she is starting to fill out. The vet said to be careful and not to make her too heavy to compensate. I won't, I promise. I don't want a fat dog. 