A string of bad luck...

Ahhh! I haven't been able to post in a while, due to computer problems. Tonight marks my 5th visit to the Mac Store in 8 days. It all started over the Thanksgiving holiday, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I couldn't get my laptop to turn on. I took my laptop into the Mac store on Sunday, without an appointment because I couldn't access the internet... and waited for an hour to try and get a stand-by appointment. With no luck, I made an appointment for Monday. Monday the genius bar was able to get my computer turned on! Victory!

Monday night I took it home and no such luck. Failure!

Tuesday I took my computer back in and even the genius bar couldn't get it turned on. We sent it off for repair and on Saturday I got my computer back.

I lost all my files. Luckily I had backed up about a year earlier, meaning I lost everything I had worked on in a year. Freelance files. Blog files. Photos. Everything.

During the process of installing my programs, my CD drive errored and now won't read any CD/DVD I put in, after about 30 seconds it spits it back out. I took my laptop back to the Mac Store tonight for this reason, the genius who helped me was really apologetic. I will get my CD drive replaced as soon as they can get the part in. Hopefully this means only 2 more trips to the Mac store this year!

Anyway, I have so much I want to share, but need to wait a little longer until I have photos and programs and a working computer. Look forward to:

- My grandmother's 4 layer birthday cake with a fondant flower tutorial

- Thanksgiving photos

- 2nd Annual Christmas Cookie Party photos & recipes

- Christmas decorating & wrapping ideas

and more!