The virus has struck...

Okay, this will be a short post as I have taken over Alex's laptop to type -- my computer has died, due to some virus, spyware, or some other thing I don't understand. Thank goodness I backed up all my files on an external drive ONE DAY BEFORE my computer crashed and burned. We have a couple more options to try to fix it, thanks to my brother-in-law who works for IBM -- if that fails, we will be doing some computer shopping. Yuck. I will post again once it is all taken care of...:(