Exciting News!
September 23rd, 2006 by natalie
I just returned from a weekend at the annual conference of our Kansas Music Teachers Association to an exciting new development and just had to share the news. It’s official…(are you on the edge of your seat yet?)…we now have high speed Internet!! Hooray! And we’re only about three years behind the 40+ million U.S. households already using high speed.
I can already see so many advantages:
1. My e-mail inbox filled up in no time flat with all the messages that accumulated during my absence this weekend, including the 3 mb-picture-loaded one that one of my dear friends has insisted on sending me regularly, just to keep me continually and painfully aware of the slowness of my dial-up connection. Well, no more!
2. Family harmony will improve dramatically as we will no longer be simmering in irritation waiting for the current Internet user to finish up “just one last thing.” [It’s not like I ever hogged the Internet line or anything…]
3. I will actually be able to view on-line videos, listen to streaming audio and download files larger than 500k…and not have to block out an hour of time to perform any of the above.
4. I’ll be able to keep all the websites I maintain much better updated because it won’t take me hours on end just to synch them and upload new information.
5. Maybe someday I’ll actually get the wireless network running and then I’ll be able to do work from my favorite spot - the living room couch. 
The only downsides I see are:
1. I may not get through as many books - you wouldn’t believe how much reading can be accomplished while waiting for new pages to load on dial-up…
2. Hopefully the local Panera won’t go out of business now that I’m not supporting them with my purchases when I spend the day on their wireless connection.
All in all, I’d say the pros definitely outweigh the cons. A huge thanks to my dear Dad for braving this new path into the 21st Century…and for getting it all set up while I was gone so that I didn’t have to do any of the work. 
Wow, Natalie! It’s about time you emerged from the “dark ages” to join those of us already in the 21st century (intended sarcasm here).
No really, I am very excited for you and your wonderful family. Does that mean you will be updating your blog more often since it will not take as long to download a new post? I hope so. 
Thanks for the update on life around your house.
Have a wonderful week and may God continue to bless your efforts in serving those around you. We need to “do lunch” again soon. Will you be in town on October 20th? I hope so because a very important occasion will (hopefully) take place on that day and I want to include you.