Internet issues...

While all kinds of fun and exciting things have been happening around here, a working internet is not among them. =D Supposedly it's fixed now, but I'll still try several small posts as opposed to a newsy long one. That way I lose less if we have to shut down and start over AGAIN!!! I've written a few times in the last couple of weeks and been unable to post. But it's time to try again. So here goes the first try...