PANIC STATIONS........

......this morning when the venerable Mac insisted on booting into safe mode (and yes, before you ask, I DID turn it off and turn it on again.....more than once!) after it had been playing intermittent silly buggers for the last few days. Luckily, after several frenzied texts and a phonecall from my dedicated computer support professional (aka the-boy-in-the-attic!), I think I'm back in business and it lives to fight blip another day;-) 
(but if I 'go quiet' tomorrow you'll know it was just a temporary reprieve!)