Anyone else alternately hugging and kicking Earthlink?

OMG, it's been a LOOOOONG two days. Earthlink was down when I got up on Saturday, and when I called, the foreign-sounding (Indian?) representative told me it was a "nationwide" outage. When I tried to find out if it was planned for an upgrade, or a repair, or did they even know what was wrong, he dodged the question and told me that it should be up again in 24 hours.

Oh, what a long day it was. Ya never realize how many times you go to the computer to check stuff (love that Google) until you can't.

And now, can I enjoy? No. The SO went skiing with some friends adult kids, but that was after he invited three people over for dinner. And the house? Messy, messy, messy. So while I've got to work from 12-4 today, I also have to clean house before and after work.

Oh, and I need to put together a bench that I bought (for people to sit on when they get here, we have minimal seating since there are only 2 of us), build my strawberry pot (gotta make the irrigation system, and plant all the plants as they've been sitting in the box now since Wednesday), and I bought some new clothes yesterday and really need to clean out my closet, so I have someplace to put them.

So much for a restful Sunday!

Anyone else alternately hugging and kicking Earthlink?

OMG, it's been a LOOOOONG two days. Earthlink was down when I got up on Saturday, and when I called, the foreign-sounding (Indian?) representative told me it was a "nationwide" outage. When I tried to find out if it was planned for an upgrade, or a repair, or did they even know what was wrong, he dodged the question and told me that it should be up again in 24 hours.

Oh, what a long day it was. Ya never realize how many times you go to the computer to check stuff (love that Google) until you can't.

And now, can I enjoy? No. The SO went skiing with some friends adult kids, but that was after he invited three people over for dinner. And the house? Messy, messy, messy. So while I've got to work from 12-4 today, I also have to clean house before and after work.

Oh, and I need to put together a bench that I bought (for people to sit on when they get here, we have minimal seating since there are only 2 of us), build my strawberry pot (gotta make the irrigation system, and plant all the plants as they've been sitting in the box now since Wednesday), and I bought some new clothes yesterday and really need to clean out my closet, so I have someplace to put them.

So much for a restful Sunday!

I just opened a bottle of wine...

... using my VacuVin wine opener... or at least, I tried to.

Why tried?

Well, when I used the foil cutter, I was surprised how hard I had to push, and how many turns...

... and then there was the little "pfft" of released pressure...

... and then I realized...

... it was a screw off.

I cut the top off a screw off bottle of Hogue wine...

All I can say in my defense is that I didn't want to turn the light on in the kitchen, because it might shine on the TV...

I just opened a bottle of wine...

... using my VacuVin wine opener... or at least, I tried to.

Why tried?

Well, when I used the foil cutter, I was surprised how hard I had to push, and how many turns...

... and then there was the little "pfft" of released pressure...

... and then I realized...

... it was a screw off.

I cut the top off a screw off bottle of Hogue wine...

All I can say in my defense is that I didn't want to turn the light on in the kitchen, because it might shine on the TV...