Category: Life at Ash-Shi’ra

  • It’s HUGE!

    It’s HUGE!

    There comes a time in every appliance’s life when it is time to say goodbye. Last week that time came for my 22 year old Bosch front loader and dryer. Because I am space constrained and the new front loaders are bigger than the old Bosch, I had to go with a top loader. And…

  • Home Phone!!! And Happy B-Day, Gary!

    Home Phone!!! And Happy B-Day, Gary!

    This time the setup went seamlessly. 🙂 Happy 2nd birthday to Gary and his siblings!

  • Cold Days

    Cold Days

    Yes, it is that time of year, and yes, cold and snow were long overdue. Compared to a lot of the country, we got off easy with around 8″ of super light, fluffy powder snow. The cold on the other hand. . . brrrrrrrrrr. The sun came out today, and that made everything right in…

  • SpeedTest, Baby!

    SpeedTest, Baby!

    After jumping through more hoops than I want to talk about this past week, I have moved off of my ancient AT&T DSL and on to their fixed wireless Internet Air. Yes, I am close enough to a 5G tower to actually have it work well. I was getting maybe up to 10 Mbps download…