For all of you who routinely visit Firth Essence and have faithfully done so over the past 6 1/2 years; I thought I'd share a bit with all of you.
About 2 weeks ago my brand new HP PC (have had it just 4 months) crashed and burned. I took it to a Tech Shop and they were able to replace my hard drive and replace my operating system. What's the deal then? This happens to a lot of people, right? Well, the plain truth is they were unable to retrieve my data. Simply put, I lost a lot but not everything. I have had the good fortune and foresight to have things stored online and an external hard drive. I also saved things to DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives on a routine basis. I did lose a few new CF pictures I had obtained but I can get those back.

What I did lose was any emails received in the past 4 months and my entire email address book. If you have been in contact with me in this timeframe and have not received as response, please revisit the email and I hope to get back with you all soon.

I also lost many, many programs I had purchased, that I used in building the website, making and converting videos and a few other small programs that will take time to replace. This, in turn, will make it a bit harder to get new or updated info to the site. It won't completely stop it but will curtail some new things I had intended to add. Minor updates will not be an issue.

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As I continue to "rebuild" my PC, I am pretty much relegated to using my laptop for a great deal of the time. It may be well after Christmas before everything is back to rights. I do hope you continue to visit Firth Essence and, as ever, I thank all of you for stopping by, and your support.

Diane