We're now satellite connected and wireless - wow!! Now anyone coming to visit can stick their wireless card in their computer and access our internet connection and anyone using our computers will notice a big difference in speed. It is so exciting to be able to download podcasts without waiting for 30 minutes and often being disconnected before the download was complete.
Last week we had a big ice storm and it was beautiful to look at but not good for the trees. We have bunches of tree limbs in the yard which we will need to clean up when the weather is better. We were without electricity for 3 1/2 days - the first two days were kind of fun and interesting, by the third day it was annoying. It gets dark by 5:30 pm; we read for a few hours but were in bed by 8:30 or 9:00. We lit two of the burners on our stove and heated the den/kitchen pretty well by closing all of the other doors. It was really chilly when we went to the bathroom or to bed. I thought of the ancestors that lived in the stone house several times while the electricity was out and was glad I wasn't one of them!
Comments (6)
Hallo Ihr lieben Karls,
I hope, you have had a merry Christmas. Willi and I whish you a happy New Year.
3 1/2 days without electricity, horrible!!! What was a matter with your frezzer? All the meat and vestibles? Had you have to eat all the foot?
Many greatings from Germany
yours Gunda
Posted by Gunda | January 1, 2008 2:05 PM
Posted on January 1, 2008 14:05
Hallo Ihr lieben Karls, 3 1/2 days without electricity, horrible!!! What was a matter with your freezer? I have so a lot of meat and vactibles in my freezer. What would I do with this?
Happy New Year from Germany.
Your Gunda
Posted by Gunda | January 1, 2008 1:56 PM
Posted on January 1, 2008 13:56
yipee! now when I am there I can enter my coke reward codes in minutes instead of hours.
Posted by rita | December 19, 2007 1:15 PM
Posted on December 19, 2007 13:15
Very exciting that you all finally got it and that's it is what you hoped for. Think of all the genealogical research Daddy can do from home now!
Posted by Daughter | December 18, 2007 9:22 PM
Posted on December 18, 2007 21:22
You are finally on the Information SUPERhighway...and just think...nobody had to steal your land using "eminent domain" to put it on your property!
Posted by Mermu | December 18, 2007 1:40 PM
Posted on December 18, 2007 13:40
I wondered if you were one of the thousands who lost electric service. Three and a half days is a just a tad too long. And, congratulations on the satellite internet. Merry Christmas!
Posted by Leah | December 18, 2007 1:17 PM
Posted on December 18, 2007 13:17