Ever notice how, when one gets hiccups, it is never when you expect them. They can be a nuisance and disrupt your routine and flow of life at that moment, when they decide to happen.
This is how I would explain my last week or so...one big hiccup. Let's see....my computer crashed...bummer. But, hey that is not the best part....I was in the process that morning, getting ready to transfer all of my data, images, etc. over to a hard drive and right before I did...that darn thing crashed on me.
I had a friend, who is a genius with computers, look at it and do all sorts of things to it, but nope....no way to get my info and data back. So, what did Nellie learn....don't take for granted that just because everything runs smoothly, that we are not suppose to do our part...(download my data to a hard drive everyday, instead of once or twice a year)...I know...bad Nellie...lol.
Now, I have two ways to look at this situation...I could get upset and blame the world for something always happening to me or look at it as a blessing. Now, how in the world could this be any sort of blessing, considering that I lost a boat load of info. documents, images, mail, etc?
We tend to get ourselves into routines... totally human nature...Sometimes, we need a hiccup in our life, to remind us of things that are important and things that are not so important. For instant, if the world was coming to an end tomorrow, would I care about the info and data..nope. If someone I loved was hurt, would I care that I don't have images, nope. If my house was on fire, would I grab my computer to save this data or make sure that everyone was out of the house safely. So, you see, if at the end of the day...none of those things really are that important, then it is up to me to find the positive in it.
What could be the positive in this situation? I could grab my camera and go on some walks and visit nature again and remember once again how beautiful our world is. It will give me a chance to venture out and find new images to explore and experiment with. It will force me to come up with some new words to incorporate into my art. Since, I lost all of my e-mail contacts, it will force me to reconnect with friends and visit. We tend to put off little things, thinking that when I have more time, I will do it then, but most of all....it will once again remind me of what is really important, which is not the material items that we have in our life, but family, friends and our love ones.
You see, life will always give us hiccups now and then, but it is up to each of us to decide whether we find it as a nuisance or a blessing. Sometimes, we are in such a hurry, that we need a hiccup in our life to slow or stop us for a bit and open our eyes again.
Also, since I have lost all of my e-mail contacts...if you should find the time and would like for me to have yours, please send me a message at the address below and I will add it to my contacts.
wortman_n@frontier.com
Now, with all of this said...I did create a couple of new items





I have listed these in my etsy.
I have a few Halloween items that I hope to be able to show tomorrow....so until then...don't forget to back up your data every night...lol and make sure to enjoy each and every day of your life..for you only get one life to live, so make it count.