tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127115195559673817.post209934913545163149..comments2023-06-19T04:56:13.429-04:00Comments on A Military Family Blog: In Which I Post a Bunch of Photos and Videos and Update You With Our Wild and Crazy Antics.Jolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511682180313702603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127115195559673817.post-35225947886646595792009-10-26T13:03:13.332-04:002009-10-26T13:03:13.332-04:00Our phone line would do that whenever it rained al...Our phone line would do that whenever it rained also. It would get fixed and then start up again. I think this last time they changed out the box completely and it has been good ever since.<br /><br />Loved the vidoes of the kids reading. They both read with such expression!Carmennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127115195559673817.post-52256835825188484412009-10-25T13:55:43.026-04:002009-10-25T13:55:43.026-04:00Regarding the internet, I'm tempted to trash t...Regarding the internet, I'm tempted to trash the whole thing and start over. It could really be anything. Here's what we know: 1) Both computers are over 4-6 years old and not really doing so well; 2) The phone lines in the house are 35+ years old, and since we have DSL, the AT&T guy is surprised it works at all and recommends "re-wiring the whole house" - sweet!; 3) We have a Motorola DSL modem and a Linksys wireless router that seem to want to fight over the same IP address. Plus, I'm finding out 5 weeks later that most people have serious trouble getting Linksys routers to work, and it takes a network specialist to get them running. This is not what they need to be selling to the average person to take home and plug in. I have diddled with every setting on it, and it refuses to provide a reliable connection, and if you want wireless, you have to sit right next to it. Is it the phone line? Is it the computers? Is it the crappy, brand-new router? The answer is probably - yes!<br /><br />So there ya go. No quick fixes, but definitely some spending ahead for us if we want to, you know, be able to call people and use the internet.J-to-the-Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127115195559673817.post-45106885875559799122009-10-24T00:45:26.657-04:002009-10-24T00:45:26.657-04:00Hey, Jolyn,
I laughed and laughed sympathetically...Hey, Jolyn, <br />I laughed and laughed sympathetically! Hope you all feel well soon. I think one of the reason kids are healthier with an at home mom is just what you describe: people can get the best medicines of all which are rest and love. When I was at home, my friends who had to work would dose their kids with cold medicine so that they wouldn't register as sick at school (suppress the temperature and cough even tho the kid felt like a dying coyote). After about four hours, it would wear off, the kid would be burning up and coughing again and the harried mom would get a call at work from the nurse...The kids tended to get sicker in the end, poor things. <br /><br />Also, no shame in resting and OJ etc. preventively. A friend of mine's 18 year old just had swine flu and it nearly killed her (she is young, otherwise healthy, recovering now). Pneumonia and couldn't breathe.<br /><br />I'm only awake now because I am coming down with some cold but had to drink coffee to stay awake at my union dinner, and am still wired. I'm sure all those who drank beer instead are now peacefully slumbering... <br /><br /> The problem with the internet may be with some incompatibility between your operating system and the router and modem? Then again, we have DSL thru the phone company and it gives problems with some network mixes (once we were a mix of both Apple and Windows machines, we were only able to get reliable connections with an overpriced Apple router. But that was a while ago...Then again, sometimes it will work with one but not the other...Depending on if one didn't pay off Microsoft...er...communicate appropriate information/share code, etc. <br /><br />What adorable pictures! <br /><br />BLather, blather, but best wishes...did you get any news about d or not?Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127115195559673817.post-23140910377477156392009-10-24T00:12:48.731-04:002009-10-24T00:12:48.731-04:00Tell Olivia I hope she starts feeling better very ...Tell Olivia I hope she starts feeling better very soon. I'm so glad she likes reading so much. <br /><br />Sean Peter will be really reading soon. The pictures of him are always so angelic. Glad he is progressing so well.<br /><br />I think there is something untoward going on between your router and modem. I have an outdoor electric outlet that if it gets wet when it rains, trips the circuit breaker to the bathroom and garage.<br /><br />Hope the whole family starts feeling well very soon.G'manoreply@blogger.com