Our computer's untimely death

So, I haven't put up an entry all week because on Sunday...my birthday...our computer decided to die an untimely death. Tom had finished the federal taxes and lost all his work...I had not backed up the 200+ photos of Sadie...so needless to say we are very upset about this. My brother is working on retrieving the files and I hope and pray he'll get the photos back for us! I'm just so sad about those. We've had to invest in a new computer and this is my first time using it this morning. Sadie is needing my attention so that's all for now!