Online!

Howdy, hello and HI!  Can you believe it?  We are actually online here in our humble little Arizona home.  Who'd a thunk it possible?  Certainly not us.  But, yea verily, tis true. 

Obviously, we figured out how to fix our computer, too.  It's still "acting up" as computers are sometimes wont to do.  But at least we have the rudiments of an online connection.
We've been with reliable internet access since we left home in Idaho Falls. It's the longest online access drought we've experienced in many years.  We gave up on using the local Beaver Creek Library.  The laundromat turned out to be a dud in the suds.  Basically, we've just done without and that's been a very "trying" experience.

The story of our getting online would be a very long story--perhaps I will try to tell it in a separate blog spot.  It's quite the "jury-rigged" connection.  The cable is still lying on top of the frozen ground.  We finalized the details with the installer while standing around a mesquite campfire in the darkness last night.  Our modem was mis-delivered by UPS and a
neighbor brought it by late last evening.  Luckily, we had a VERY good tech support guy who talked us through the step-by-step procedure of getting over the final hurdles. Viola, here we are.

We have a very busy day ahead and no time to write more in this or other blog posts.  However, you can bet your antique bippy that we will be writing more stuff at every opportunity.  Thanks for your patience and thanks for reading!