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I knew this day was bound to come sooner or later. My poor little MacBook Pro is currently in the shop getting her ~~insides~~ logic board replaced as we speak. Ick.

So what does that mean? Pretty much that I’m dead in the water without my faithful workhorse. Luckily I use Carbonite so even if it were my hard drive, my data wouldn’t be lost. And now with Gmail, Google Docs and iPads, a crash doesn’t mean what it used to.

In the mean time I’ve been trying to keep myself from freaking out and going fetal by….

Doing dishes

Laundry

Making cookies (I may be 300 lbs. before this is all over)

Sketching Fall designs for Snapfish

Swimming (did I mention that it’s Fall break for my kids…and by Fall I mean it’s 90 degrees and sunny in AZ?)

So if you are waiting on me for some work (and I’ve probably already contacted you…), you’ll need to be patient with me until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Everyone has been so kind and understanding…thank you! I suspect they have felt this pain at one time or another.

Until I post again with a happy MBP…

UPDATE: The winner of the Carbonite giveaway is #73, Lisa A. Congratulations, Lisa, and thank you to all who entered!

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Everyone fears it. A lot of us have experienced it. You know what I’m talking about. The dreaded “blue screen of death”, hard drive crash, sizzling smell, smoke rising from the back of the computer…Ya. That one.

For way too long, I took my chances with clunky rewritable CDs, external hard drives and just plain ol’ wishful thinking that “Oh, that won’t happen to me”. And luckily it didn’t.

Did you know that 43% of computer users lose irreplaceable files, photos and documents every year?

Well, now I’m resting a little easier, my friends. Because I’ve discoverd Carbonite, a completely automatic online backup system. Now developed for both PC and Mac systems, Carbonite is a small application that runs quietly in the background. There’s no interface to learn and nothing to maintain after the initial backup. Carbonite searches for new or changed files and when your computer is idle, automatically backs them up. When your system is active, Carbonite takes a little nap as not to slow down your internet connection.

And you can be assured knowing your files are safe. Before leaving your computer, your files are encrypted not once, but twice. In the event that you lose a file (or all of them), a few simple clicks will get those precious files back where they should be.

Carbonite works on a yearly subscription and for $55 a year is a great value for the security and peace of mind.

Win it! The kind people at Carbonite want you to be safe too. They are offering a one year subscription to one lucky reader (and if you’re already a Carbonite customer, you will receive a one year extension on your current subscriptions)! Simply leave a comment on this post. Earn extra entries by tweeting up to once a day about this giveaway (and come back and tell me you did so). Entries must be submitted by Friday, May 22 at midnight.

Good luck! And if you don’t win, do yourself a favor and check out Carbonite!