It all began about a year ago when I decided to leave my former broker. I had a desktop computer with no CD writer and needed a way to get my files that were stored on the companies shared drive. I didn't want to send them to my email and I know I didn't have enough floppy drives to save everything, so I decided to take the plunge and buy a flash drive.  So off I went to Staples to do my research. I purchase a 1GB PNY Attache Model, plugged it in to the USB port and saved away.

It's been a year now and I carry my flash drive with me everywhere. I am sometimes worried about what will happen if I lose it (heaven forbid), so I have now backed up the files I don't use anymore and put them on some CD's (I have since purchased a laptop with a DVD/CD RW drive). My 1GB drive is getting pretty full (I can't seem to part with some files I use daily) and I like being able to take my files with me from work to home, so I decided to tell Santa that I could use another flash drive and maybe a nice universal reader for my SmartMedia card for my Olympus Camedia D360L digital camera (circa 2000). Well Santa was very good to me and instead of buying me a universal reader, he bought me a Kingston Data Traveler Reader with 2 GB that reads a SD/MMC/MMCM and a new Kodak EasyShare C613, with a 1GB SD Card. I have some much storage space now I don't know what to do.I think my next project will be to scan all my 2007 files to pdf and save them to the new flash drive. I sure hope my first love won't be too heartbroken.

One thing about the slowdown in our area is that I have a lot of time on my hands to learn this stuff. Happy Blogging and Happy New Year!

 Sharon Curtiss