Network shares keep disappearing

So I have a MacBook Pro connected to my home network via an AirPort Extreme. The AirPort connected to a LAN cable that then goes to my network's switch, router, and modem.. so the AirPort is set to act as a bridge. A couple days ago I mapped a network share (a drive on my server which is a PC) on my Mac. So the drive "Nick" was sitting on my desktop. Then I opened up Quicksilver and told it to catalog "Nick". This all worked.. but then I go on my computer the following day (without turning it off in between) and my network shares have disappeared from my desktop and Quicksilver no longer finds things on "Nick".. Even if I remap the network share Quicksilver can't find anything on it. I've had this problem before with a Mac Mini I used to own.. Why does OS X seem to forget about my network shares after a short period of time? Any help would be great.. Thanks!

It should've fixed it really, but in the past, I've had trouble with Macs "partially Sleeping" after Energy Saver was once used to Sleep it... seemed like some component of the OS still thought it should go through the motions, even though it never was sleeping... at least it appeared that way to me!?
We did restart everthing right?

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