I'm just popping in to let everyone know we're still alive....we're just without internet.
So 'alive' as one can be in this day and age without internet, I suppose, is a matter of opinion......I'm of the opinion that the world does not go around without it and how in the heck did we ever live without it?!?!?!?!
I don't have any photos for you today because I'm trying to download a few movies for Eleni, and downloading movies while uploading photos equals just waaaay too much time waiting around for things to happen.
Why am I downloading movies? Because we also don't have TV at the house yet.....
Yes. I know. No internet. No TV.
And here's the really fun part: I've been told by my doctor that now I need to spend most of my time laying down.........so no going for walks, so trips to the park with Eleni, no bringing her to the restaurant to run around like a miniature maniac, no nothing! Just lay down, relax and watch the same kids movies that we have on DVD over and over and over and over and over again.
I'm.So.Freakin'.Bored!!!!!!!!!!!
So we don't have internet because we're on satellite internet out in the country, so that means we have a limit of 20 Gigabytes per month.....none of this unlimited internet access that we're so used to in 'normal life' these days....and what the heck is a gigabyte? I don't really know, all I know is if you want to check your email, go on Facebook, do a bit of Pinterest, look up some random info, watch a few youtube videos, talk on skype, write a little blog about your super exciting life, then you should be perfectly fine with 20GB per month. But when you don't have TV, and you watch more then a few hours a day of tv using your satellite internet, as well as all these other little things we do on a daily basis and take for granted......then you run out of gigabytes after just 2 weeks, and have to spend the next 2 weeks of the month waiting for next month's gigabytes to kick in again so you can get back to your 'normal life'!!
But we live and we learn. Right? Riiiiiight........
As for the lazing around on the couch as per doctor's orders....well, about 10 days ago I was in the hospital for a couple of days because the twins were trying to make their way into the world a little too early. I went into the hospital on a Friday afternoon, got put into a bed and hooked up to an IV of magnesium to stop contractions, and that's where I stayed until Sunday afternoon. I was allowed to get up to use the bathroom, shower, etc, but not much more then that. Everything's fine now but I'm not allowed to do any housework (awwww darn it! But I LOVE washing the dishes and doing laundry.......), no exercise of any kind, and I have to relax as much as possible so we can keep the twins in for at least 1 more month.
So that's what's going on in our lives, and why I haven't written anything in a while. I'm at the restaurant at the moment, using their internet, so I can add a few new kids movies to our daily line-up. Our next month's internet allowance starts on December 16th, so just 6 more days and I'll at least have a little more contact with the world again. Eleni's been sooooo good. Amazingly, she's perfectly happy to have her cartoons on and play with her toys in the living room. We play, we sing, we colour, we draw, we read books, watch the movies.....it's not super exciting but it's what we have to do for the moment and she's getting along with it without any problem or complaints at all. And actually in the last week she's learned to count up to 20 in English (she could do up to 10 before) and she knows the whole alphabet! So there's something to this no-housework-thing....think I can keep not cleaning anything even after the twins arrive? Hmmmm, probably not but I'll definitely be getting a little more lazy with it.
Alright, well the movies have finished downloading (A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Muppets Christmas Carol, some Sofia the First, some Peppa Pig, Shrek's Christmas special in Greek, Elf and Eat.Pray.Love for me....which I've seen about 100 times but still love it anyway), Antonis wants to use the computer a little, I'm going to fill my giant belly with something yummy (not sure what yet) and then it's back to the house to lay down again......
Talk to you all again in about a week!
Oh, I almost forgot, we did some renovations on the restaurant. Well, I didn't do any obviously, but anyway I'll try to get Antonis to take some photos of that so I can include that in the next blog.
So 'alive' as one can be in this day and age without internet, I suppose, is a matter of opinion......I'm of the opinion that the world does not go around without it and how in the heck did we ever live without it?!?!?!?!
I don't have any photos for you today because I'm trying to download a few movies for Eleni, and downloading movies while uploading photos equals just waaaay too much time waiting around for things to happen.
Why am I downloading movies? Because we also don't have TV at the house yet.....
Yes. I know. No internet. No TV.
And here's the really fun part: I've been told by my doctor that now I need to spend most of my time laying down.........so no going for walks, so trips to the park with Eleni, no bringing her to the restaurant to run around like a miniature maniac, no nothing! Just lay down, relax and watch the same kids movies that we have on DVD over and over and over and over and over again.
I'm.So.Freakin'.Bored!!!!!!!!!!!
So we don't have internet because we're on satellite internet out in the country, so that means we have a limit of 20 Gigabytes per month.....none of this unlimited internet access that we're so used to in 'normal life' these days....and what the heck is a gigabyte? I don't really know, all I know is if you want to check your email, go on Facebook, do a bit of Pinterest, look up some random info, watch a few youtube videos, talk on skype, write a little blog about your super exciting life, then you should be perfectly fine with 20GB per month. But when you don't have TV, and you watch more then a few hours a day of tv using your satellite internet, as well as all these other little things we do on a daily basis and take for granted......then you run out of gigabytes after just 2 weeks, and have to spend the next 2 weeks of the month waiting for next month's gigabytes to kick in again so you can get back to your 'normal life'!!
But we live and we learn. Right? Riiiiiight........
As for the lazing around on the couch as per doctor's orders....well, about 10 days ago I was in the hospital for a couple of days because the twins were trying to make their way into the world a little too early. I went into the hospital on a Friday afternoon, got put into a bed and hooked up to an IV of magnesium to stop contractions, and that's where I stayed until Sunday afternoon. I was allowed to get up to use the bathroom, shower, etc, but not much more then that. Everything's fine now but I'm not allowed to do any housework (awwww darn it! But I LOVE washing the dishes and doing laundry.......), no exercise of any kind, and I have to relax as much as possible so we can keep the twins in for at least 1 more month.
So that's what's going on in our lives, and why I haven't written anything in a while. I'm at the restaurant at the moment, using their internet, so I can add a few new kids movies to our daily line-up. Our next month's internet allowance starts on December 16th, so just 6 more days and I'll at least have a little more contact with the world again. Eleni's been sooooo good. Amazingly, she's perfectly happy to have her cartoons on and play with her toys in the living room. We play, we sing, we colour, we draw, we read books, watch the movies.....it's not super exciting but it's what we have to do for the moment and she's getting along with it without any problem or complaints at all. And actually in the last week she's learned to count up to 20 in English (she could do up to 10 before) and she knows the whole alphabet! So there's something to this no-housework-thing....think I can keep not cleaning anything even after the twins arrive? Hmmmm, probably not but I'll definitely be getting a little more lazy with it.
Alright, well the movies have finished downloading (A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Muppets Christmas Carol, some Sofia the First, some Peppa Pig, Shrek's Christmas special in Greek, Elf and Eat.Pray.Love for me....which I've seen about 100 times but still love it anyway), Antonis wants to use the computer a little, I'm going to fill my giant belly with something yummy (not sure what yet) and then it's back to the house to lay down again......
Talk to you all again in about a week!
Oh, I almost forgot, we did some renovations on the restaurant. Well, I didn't do any obviously, but anyway I'll try to get Antonis to take some photos of that so I can include that in the next blog.
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