Yesterday, our Internet connection was out for approximately eight hours. And it was glorious.
After my 5-minute OH MY GAH WHAT SHALL I DO! NO INTERNET! period, I realized there are plenty of things to do away from the Internet. Like enjoying your life without crouching over a 15-inch screen looking for your cyber buddies.
Let’s take a walk through Whoorl’s Day Without Internet. (In list-form, of course!)
1. This is huge. Almost 2 YEARS LATER, I finished Harry Potter #5. Yes, the same Harry potter I wrote about in October of 2005. It seems I took your advice (your advice? Are my 2005 commenters even reading this blog anymore?) and took a break from Harry Potter. A very long break. Finally, I can move on to The Half-Blood Prince and put #5 on the shelf for good.
2. I took care of my new black eye, which I explained over here.
3. I shipped back the Wheely Bug that I was SO intensely excited about. Turns out, if your baby is taller than the average 2-year-old, he will end up looking like an old man with secondary osteoporosis pushing a walker. Seriously, his upper body was parallel to the floor. Not good. (BUT SO HILARIOUS TO WATCH!)
4. I sorted through a 24-pound Fed Ex delivery of Wito’s birthday presents shipped from my mom in Oklahoma. Needless to say, Wito had a great day.
5. Dude! I did some crafty crafts! Look at these cute ponytail holders I made!
I even attempted a photo of the back of my head.
As you can see, back-of-the-head photography is not my forte.
I needed yesterday’s breath of fresh air. Of course, the result of the outage has forced me to be shackled to the Internet for the remainder of the day, writing Parent Dish posts and working on Hair Thursday.
Oh well, it was worth it.
Courtney
September 28, 2007 at 8:10 amIn order to save Whoorl from one of her many duties, I am going to take a stab at the How-To for the ponytail holders.
**I am not a licensed profesional…I will not be held responsible for any hair band related tragedies**
1) Buy fabric covered button making kit. These come in varying sizes, available at craft stores. make sure to get one with the tool. Then you can get refill and just use the same tool to make more.
2) Buy pretty fabric (you will only need small swatches.)
3) Follow directions on button making kit.
4) Thread a plain hair elastic through the hole in the shank of the button. Loop it through itself so it is secured to the button.
Voila! You are crafty AND chic!
Jummy
September 30, 2007 at 7:53 amI think whoorls super spam protector holds comments with links in them in moderation so Elaine’s wasn’t up when I posted mine (and I know mine was moderated before being posted) :)
Heath
October 1, 2007 at 6:34 pmHey, did you notice that the super cute wheely bugs come in two sizes – small and large? Maybe the large one would be big enough for the Wito?
Daisy
October 2, 2007 at 3:30 pmCute ponytail holders! next time my internet goes down…No, I’d better not even think about it.
Tzitos
October 9, 2007 at 3:25 pmOhhh the ponytail holders are sooo cute and lovely :D:D