Taste of Kiwi: Blog of Author Shelley Munro

One new laptop later, I’m back in business. I had to dip into my holiday fund, which is a big pain, but the new laptop is very good. I’m not finding Windows Vista too bad so far. I also have a new external hard drive to use for backups along with my old flashdrives.

Mr. Munro and I had a busy weekend. We computer shopped – boy, what an experience that was. You really have to shop around for the best price. The service varies so much from shop to shop.

I threw away my old crosstrainer shoes when I was in the US since they were worn out. Rebel Sports had a sale so I’ve replaced them with a pair of running shoes. Yes, it’s true. I’m going to take up running again. When I was younger I used to run up to 10km a few times a week. I don’t know why I have the urge to start running again, but I decided to go with the flow. Any other runners out there?

Yesterday we stopped at our local Farmers’ Market before heading to visit family. The weekend just seemed to vanish. Suddenly it’s Monday again. The good thing is that I seem to have my writing mojo back. It’s returned from holiday and I’m looking forward to completing the book I’m working on at present.

Christina Phillips interviewed me a couple of weeks ago. You can read my words of wisdom here.

My Dynamic Trio buddy, TJ Michaels is having her annual Holiday Hotties contest. I’m giving away a download of Cat and Mouse. Find the details here.

I’m going to be offline for a week or so. My computer caught a trojan yesterday and despite my virus checker picking it up, things aren’t good. Luckily I have backups of all my writing stuff, but I’m going to lose photos and some other stuff. Meanwhile I had a new release yesterday and can’t do any promo or update my website. Grrrrr! I’m currently at an Internet cafe to check my email and do a couple of important things that can’t wait.

I’m cranky. I stomped around our block twice yesterday and it didn’t even take the edge off my grumpiness. Neither chocolate or wine helped. Hubby wasn’t here since he’s away playing golf – probably safer for him at the moment.

Anyway – I was just surfing the net, so be careful out there! It’s a big, bad world on the Internet.

I’ll leave you with a couple of questions:

How do you backup all your important stuff? What methods do you use and how often do you backup? What virus checker do you use?