Changes...

Jeez... I can't seem to post more than once every month or so. I suck.

Lots of craziness and changes lately. First, we received the bad news from our mechanic that our van was, for all intents and purposes, dead. When a mechanic tells you to trade in your vehicle instead of paying him to fix it, you know its bad...

Ended up downsizing from a Dodge Caravan to a Hyundai Tucson SUV. Mind you, its not a big savings in gas mileage, but every little bit helps. Besides, with a family of four plus two dogs, with trips to Nebraska and back, a sub-compact is absolutely out of the question. Oh well. I still have the Saturn for work transportation. It does well enough.

Chelle talks a little about the truck in her blog.

Finally, we get to change ISPs. Been with Sprint Broadband for several years now, and they've done well. My only complaints have been that the upstream bandwidth is a measly 256K and they don't allow servers. Unfortunately, they were the only game in town for a while.

Well, DSL finally arrived and we've signed up with Qwest, although we'll be using their "bring-your-own-ISP" service via qwest.net. I refuse to inflict MSN upon my family. Besides, I need static IPs. We'll give it a try and see how it works out.