My internet went down last night. One of my pet peeves is being without internet. It didn’t bother me too much last night, I just figured I’d get up and post to my blog early this morning.
This morning my internet was still down. I was not thrilled. So I called our ISP. Over an hour later I was finally off the phone and a new modem was being shipped. A couple of days without internet? Seriously?! GAAAAAHHHH!
During the phone call my daughter knocked my iron on the floor and it broke to smithereens. Well, not quite, but it is beyond repair. So no internet and no sewing. Cause you can’t sew without an iron.
So what to do? Springfield flea is coming up in less than TWO WEEKS! Rings hands and stresses. Actually, I reacted rather calmly if you can believe that. I didn’t get mad about the iron, I called my hubby to see if he still had the old one just like it. He did and said between the two he could probably get me a working iron. Check that one off the list for now. With the marathon phone call to the ISP over, I proceeded to take some photos (in the rain) of the rusty fence project that my hubby helped me with this weekend.
I also styled and shot a tablescape – also in the rain! It was just a bit of a mist and I really wanted to do it outside. My teenager helped me and we got it done before the big drops of rain came. I edited a bunch of photos – cause you don’t need internet access to do that. I went to town and got groceries for my food swap that is coming up in 2 days. Yes, I grocery shopped – I never grocery shop! I stopped at Goodwill and found some really great stuff to add to my pile that will go to the flea with me. I fixed spaghetti for supper. And then I went to a friend’s house to use her internet so I could let you all know where I am and what is going on in my world! Thanks a bunch Janice!!!!
So there you have it. I’ll be back in a couple of days hopefully! And I’ll be coming by to catch up with all of you as soon as I have a few spare minutes 😉
Sew a Fine Seam
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Oh my goodness your yard looks so pretty!! Love your trellis pot hanging cool thing-a mah-bob! 🙂 And I adore your lamb!
We have our phone, internet and cable bundled and I feel like every other week I am on an hour long phone call with this company because something isn’t working right. It is very frustrating! So I can relate to your irritation.
Yay, that you found some good stuff at the thrift store. Look forward to hearing more about the Flea Market you’re participating in!
Thank you Lisa! I love that lamb too – it was a Christmas gift from my Mom one year. A friend of mine had a boutique she sold them at. It’s heavy – like 200 pounds so once it gets put it stays put! There is no moving him to a new spot every spring!
Those hour long phone calls are such a time waster it seems like – not a fan!
You poor thing! You got a lot done though. Sometimes things work out for the best.
Brenda
You are so right Brenda! It really did all work out so well. I’m glad to have it back but it showed me I can function very well without it and I don’t have to run to the nearest wifi spot all the time when it is down!
I know how you feel – while I was in Virginia our furnace died – 25 years old. Bummer! Hopefully you will have things working soon!
OH yes, that is a bummer 🙁 And that isn’t very old for a furnace is it?? Hope it’s not too costly to replace.
Love that trellis – I have done something similar with an old shutter. Our Internet rarely goes down but we’ve been having trouble with it so Mr. Steady switched to UVerse & we’re paying $20 less a month than we were before. Yippee! Hope your modem comes quickly!
Wow 20 less? how much were you paying to start with? we pay about 54 per month for ours. last time we checked that was the best deal we could get in our area.
Jill I’m so sorry about your internet! What a bummer. But boy, you kept busy. And I can’t believe how cool the trellis looks. I look forward to hearing about the springfield flea.
Thanks Leslie! I’m getting more and more stuff ready for the flea! I can’t wait to share the chair I finished today! I’m so in love with it I can’t quit looking at it!
Love that vertical planter Jill. Super cute! xo Kristin
Thanks Kristin! I found the idea on another blog and I will be blogging about it more and linking to the original source!
Love your unique planter! 🙂 Sorry about the internet, nothing like being forced to take a blogging break! Enjoy!
Thanks Pam, I love it too – it wasn’t original – I need to blog about where I found the idea!
You poor thing. I hate when the internet doesn’t cooperate. We are all so dependant on it anymore. Hope they ship your new modem gets there quickly. I love the trellis you made. Very cute. I am so in love with your lamb!!!! What a sweet piece for the front yard. Good luck and hope you week turns around for you. 🙂
You are so right Diane! It’s sort of like you feel like you can’t even function when the internet goes down! I keep wondering what in the world we did on computers before we had the internet! LOL! I did get a lot of photos edited but there wasn’t much else to do 🙂
So lovely! No internet is my pet peeve too. So annoying but you really are turning it into a positive.
Thanks Jane. It is very annoying but I had so much other stuff to do I just focused on that! Very thankful it wasn’t any longer though!
I feel really bad for you…our internet went down a few weeks ago and I had to wait about 4 days for someone to come out and fix the outdoor cable that a squirrel chewed through. It really messed up my routine! I like my coffee with my laptop, no cream, thank you!
Your wire trellis is awesome…so rustic and sweet! It sounds like you have kept really busy. You don’t grocery shop? If it’s your hubby that does, he has to have a talk with mine!
XO,
Jane
Thanks Jane! We managed, and it wasn’t near as bad to be without it as I first thought it would be. Yes, my hubby does the grocery shopping. It’s kind of a detailed story of how that came about – I need to blog about it sometime! It’s great and I don’t have any desire to take over the shopping again anytime soon!
What a darling way to dress up a porch! Clever!
Hope your internet and iron woes are over. 🙂
Thanks Laura! The iron was the second one like that I’d had and the switch went out on the first one. My hubby had kept it so between the two he was able to get me a working iron. I will order a new, better one after this flea market is over. I was so thankful he could make it work because I didn’t have time to deal with no iron right now! Internet was down from Sunday night till Wednesday mid morning. Could have been worse – I got lots done without it though!
I like the porch fix-up too – it wasn’t original, I want to post more about it soon and link to the blog I saw it on. Just didn’t take all the time that would have taken when I wrote the post using my friend’s internet! Have a great weekend!
It’s good to be forced to do other things sometimes. I have to share a bad connection now all the time and can’t be online much until we get the new upgraded service. I feel your pain. But more than that, I feel the joy of your garden and love that we got to see your planter. That is so cool! What a sweet home!
Liz
Thanks Liz! And it did all work out just fine. I never even really stressed about it – I went to a friends that one time mainly because I needed to send a few emails and since I was doing that I put up the blog post. If I had been stressed about it I would have been a permanent fixture at McDonald’s for 3 days 😀