My Favorites

Last night I was minding my own business (isn't that the way these things always start?), editing my bookmarks; managing "My Favorites", if you will. Just seeing what was there, removing the obscure ones that I didn't remember the reason for bookmarking, trying to make some semblance of order. I had just started alphabetizing my blogging buddies (don't laugh, you should see my pantry shelves after my daughter has decided to line things up for me... I guess she comes by it honestly). Anyway, that's when the power went out. Or should I say, a circuit-breaker broke, or whatever it does. Yes, I had my trusty electric heater going, and yes, I had a few lights on, and of course the dehumidifier was humming away in the crawl space, and maybe the washer and dryer were going.... But the final straw was that PR had just re-filled the water distiller and turned it on. Now, I'm not blaming him. That task could have fallen to me, and I'm grateful for all the things he does around here.
Anyway, it wasn't a big deal. Just turn off a few lights/appliances, unbreak the circuit breaker, or whatever it is you do, and then re-boot the old Sony. Right?
Well, you don't want to be editing your "favorites" list when the power goes out. My bookmarks were gone. Totally, consummately, entirely, fully, thoroughly, wholly, altogether, purely, quite honestly gone. And I mean gone AWOL, gone elsewhere, gone missing. Vanished.
But I've discovered it really isn't that big a deal. Through my blog, and comments from blogger friends, I've recuperated the most important links :-) and I get to start with a clean slate for all my yet-to-be-discovered favorites.