I'm Back Online!!!

And this time I have purchased an external hard drive to back up the computer! I had that on my list to do, and I should have known that the hard drive had problems, but I didn't and I didn't. So, I have lost everything that I had on my computer. Everyone needs to e-mail me so I have your address again! I was feeling very cut off. I could read my e-mail at school, but this site and others I usually go to are blocked on school computers! Boo!

Anyway, here I am again. DH and I have been working very hard on the house. Yesterday and today I primed and painted his carving shop while he worked on the bathroom. He needed his shop painted before he could move things back in that shop and then he can start making my storage spaces. I have sh... I mean stuff... all over the place down here. My Nolting was delivered and set up about 10 days ago, and I haven't been able to even thread it. Too much in the way. But this week I am going to move things and get at it. I was waiting and waiting for it, and now I haven't been able to use it. I unpacked all of the things that came with it and read the book and I am ready to FLY!

Tuesday I am taking a half day personal day to help chaperone DGD's school field trip. She asked me if I would, so how could I say no? =-) We are going to the Botanical Gardens here in GB. Should be fun. Today she was here and DH took the training wheels off her bike and she rode it! She caught on really quick after a summer of the training wheels up at the trailer. She rode it wherever she went up there. Today she came and asked to have the training wheels taken off and woo hoo she did it! We live on kind of a hill, so DH took her down to the park near the school a couple blocks away and she rode it all around the flat parking lot for an hour. She was so proud of herself! I was so proud of her! Grinning from ear to ear... all of us!

Speaking of training wheels, it takes a moment of just jumping in without them in order to ride the bike. I feel a bit nervous about using my Nolting, so I will have to take the lesson from DGD! LOL Maybe fear is part of my hold up. But it is silly, really. I will put my practice piece on first anyway! DO IT SCARED! A motto of mine which has come in very handy for me.

When I picked up my computer I also bought the back up drive and also a new combo printer, scanner, copier, and also a flash drive. I love technology... when it works! I still have to put programs back on the computer. All my quilting stuff, and photoshop stuff. I lost photos, too, tht I hadn't uploaded to the web. Darn. BUT... I have it back, and I am glad. I won't worry about what I had and lost. No use crying over spilled milk! Well, better get going. I need to get to bed early tonight. I am mucho tired.