Absentee Excuse!

OMG! Totally disspeared, sorry! This post will be short too as I just wanted to say we are alive! So it is my husband's responsibility once a month to stop by our internet provider's office and pay our bill. It is located right next to his workplace and is ridiculously easy to do on his lunch. He has kept up with it in the past, so Ive never had a reason to give it much thought. We;; this past Friday, I woke up a little before the kids and sat down to peruse my facebook/emails, like I generally do...it's like my coffee and how I wake up...I came to find, no internet access! Upon asking my husband, it turns out that for 2 months, he had blanked on taking care of this. Of course, the man never checks his voicemails(an ongoing conversation in itself, as I often leave important things on it) or he would have noticed multiple reminders from the company.

At the time of finding out this, we were coming to the end of the pay period and werent in a position to pay the fees caused by this. Luckily, today is payday so I went when the office opened and took care of it. I also put it on automaic withdrawal, so this doesnt happen again! Although, I wasnt completely cut off, since I have a phone with internet, I was missing the things that are much easier to do on a full sized computer, like writing my blogs. In a way, though, it was also nice to have kind of a mind cleanse from it all. We have a smart TV, which also doesnt work without internet. It doesnt have cable. We watch Netflix and listen to music on it. So it was kind of an electronic cleanse for us. The kids were still able to watch DVDs in their room occasionally when I needed to do chores(which by the way were done a lot more without distractions, haha). Otherwise, it was quality time with them. We spent a lot of time playing, coloring and just whatever we were drawn to. We would have spent more of it outside had it not been cold most of those days. I do feel we made the most of it, for sure!

So that is the reason for the abscense. I look forward to catching up on the blogs I like to read! I will probably be posting a few picture only blogs, just to show what we have been up to. I am glad to have all this back. I missed my full sized pinterest page and the ability to look up things in preparation for our Disney trip! The kids and I are about to be back out the door. Finn needs a hair trim and Stephen needs cheesy Dinsey shirts!