Internet, Nightstand and Book Winner

I cannot live without internet. I. Just. Can’t.

Thursday we kept getting kicked off of our wireless, so I assumed our ancient router was breathing its very last breath. We headed to the AT&T store to get a new one. Got home, plugged it all in, and nothing.

Except this blaring red light:

NetgearNoService

No service. So I called technical support and learned it wasn’t going to work for another 24 hours. To say I was displeased would be an understatement of monumental proportions. Even after it was back up (the servers were being maintained and there wasn’t a darn thing I could do about it), I had to reconfigure every single device in this house, as well as have a lovely 45 minute conversation with AT&T about why my email address had been disabled. Just shoot me.

During my day of no internet, I worked on my nightstand.

NightstandBefore

I’m not super happy with the nightstand itself. It was inherited from my parents, which is better than what I had before, but this one is too narrow and not really my style. But it works. So for now it stays.

Most of what was on top went to the recycle bin. Some went to the bottom section behind the closed doors. Books, mostly. Which I need to go through another time. The drawer had a bunch of receipts I’d shoved in there, which also found their way to the recycle bin.

But, this looks better:

NightstandAfter

I also need to get all of the wires and stuff sorted out. Any tips on how to deal with that? There’s a power strip behind there, which is ugly, albeit functional. I’m accepting suggestions for how to address that problem.

The Book Contest Winner

So, I put everyone’s name on a piece of paper and asked the Girl to get a bowl from which to draw. She chose a tissue box. Alrighty then.

BookDrawing

And the winner is:

ponygal

 

Congrats Ponygal8! I’ll contact you to make arrangements for getting the book to you.