Can you live without the internet?

This may sound like a bit of a strange title, given the subject of my blog - however, at the moment I feel that I need to have a bit of a rant, and let you all know what is going on.

Keith and I are suffering a bit at the moment, as we still have no internet access at home (although I may find that this issue has been resolved when I get home this evening). It's been a long old struggle, and despite getting in touch with the Chief Executive of BT 10 days ago and having had a message left from someone in the Chairman's Office saying that she would be ordering the broadband for us last Monday, when I phoned to find out the status of things on Friday, I was not told that someone had already ordered the broadband for us. In addition, it seems like we are paying more for a package, as we can't have our previous package, and so we are paying for the inconvenience of it all - no-one has mentioned compensation for the loss of internet access (we have managed to get some for the lack of telephone, and having to wait in for 5 hours when no-one turned up - and didn't bother letting us know).

So, the question - can you live without the internet - and what about without a microwave? Well, those are questions that I am now in a position to answer. I don't feel that I can live without the internet - as this blog demonstrates! I'm also unable to do any internet shopping, check bank balances, see if I've been lucky on the premium bonds, produce more daily powerpoint presentations - on this day in history - for my tutor group (it's a little bit of fun that I've used to try and get them involved - and because I love trivia!), I'm limited with my lesson planning, as things that I would want to check, and pictures that I'd want to use - I often look for them on the internet.

I have been able to do a bit more sewing - some quilting, which is great, and I'm still trying desperately to catch up with all my marking, and I shall endeavour to make a real dent in it tonight. So that is a bonus of not having the laptop on my lap the whole time.

As for the microwave - well, how many people can be bothered to steam the Christmas pudding on the stove if they can just put it in the microwave? How many ready meals need to be cooked in a microwave and not in the oven? The microwave we can live without, and have done so quite happily, but it is nice to have one again - it makes life a little easier.

Anyway - that's enough ranting. As for the house - well, it's coming along nicely - I shall go and have a look at the progress in about half an hour, but as it's raining here and I don't have the camera - and the fact that it will be dark by the time I get there, I shan't be taking any photos. They may have to wait until the weekend.

I may try to add a post tomorrow - let's see how busy I am first; if I do update tomorrow, we shall be playing a little game - it's called 'Spot the Cat' - except his name is Joey! Do add your comments - when you click on the add comments link, you can type in your comment, but then make sure you also type in the password that is shown on box on the right hand side - type the exact characters that are shown in that box - don't put your own personal password in! The website just wants to check that you are a real person adding a comment, and so you need to copy the characters exactly. I look forward to seeing more comments!