5-9-14

1:50pm

Oh it was a fun evening last night and this morning.

They boys ended up flipping the switch on the wall

which in turn turned off the wireless router

and for some reason after

turning it back on I could not get the wireless router

working after that.  I tried everything from turning them off

again, rebooting, unplugging wires, checking wires, replacing wires,

you name it I did it and nothing worked.

Our wifi wouldn't recognize our router

or would say it was out of range.

Wouldn't even pick it up on any computer.

You would have thought the kids thought it was 

the end of the world by not having internet.

They were begging and pleading with me

to try and get it working today while we were sitting

at the bus stop this morning.

I came back home and tried everything again,

absolutely nothing.

I didn't have money to go out and buy a new wireless router

at $50+ a pop.

Last night mom had called and cancelled our plans

of going yard saling this morning.

Well she called this morning and said 

plans had changed and off to yard sales we went

before it rained.

A couple yard sales in and I find a brand new

wireless router still in it's package for $3.00!

It still had the Best Buy receipt in the box

which showed they paid $50 to $60 for it

about a year ago!!

Oh my goodness.  Someone is sure looking out

for me today!!

I know hardly anything about setting these things up.

Be lucky I figured out the old one we had somehow.

I wasn't even sure if it was the old router that had gone bad.

Heck to me it looked like it was still working.

It had lights and everything on it.

So I unplug that one and put this new one on

and it was very easy.  I changed out a couple ethernet cords

because I bought a couple of new ones at another yard

sale for .25 cents each just in case they were bad.  

Went to Netgear's website

and figured out the security password for it and all that jazz.

WHEW!

Just in the nick of time I had this all put together

and figured out 45 minutes before the kids get home.

I've been working at this for almost 24 hours now!

I dislike trying to figure out electronics!!!

I know we freak out about not having internet.

But when you have things listed on Craigslist trying

to make money and have no internet,

that's not good!

Plus I've been trying to make recipes

for this Eggo contest which is online.  I take my recipe

contests seriously after winning a few over the years!

I see there's a response or two from Craigslist about the truck

and one about the car hood.

Plus we had a couple people stop by last night

and another is supposed to stop by tonight

about the truck.

Waiting patiently for a buyer to come along.

Trying to make a little profit on this truck

to make some extra money around here

to pay off the doctor bills.

The car hood would be total profit considering

we found it in a vacated apartment at hubby's work.
Strange to find a hood in an apartment I know.

Hey if it brings us an extra $150

I'm all for it.

Other things I got at yard sales today...

7.1 megapixel Sanyo digital camera .25 cents

7.2 megapixel Samsung digital camera .25 cents

Yes they do work and are being put back

as Christmas presents for the boys

who've been wanting their own cameras.

Got the boys a shirt and pair of pants .50 cents each.

2 pairs of face masks for the pool .50 cents for both.

For Mother's Day I got 2 cards .50 cents each.

Mom coffee cup .25 cents.

Found in yard sale freebie box...

Large umbrella & wooden window bird feeder.

6:35pm

Got a deposit from someone who wants to buy our truck.

Woo Hoo.  They're coming back tomorrow morning

with the rest of the cash.

Hubby has talked to so many people interested

in the truck that he doesn't remember if he

told these people $1200 or if they are paying

the full price of $1500.  Ahhhh!

Oh well it's all good.

And this wasn't even a Craigslist sale.

It was someone who drives by everyday to

take their child to the Hispanic school

one and a half blocks away.

9:15pm

I might go color my hair while I have a moment.

Guess I'll stick with the red color.

Only this time the color is permanent

and doesn't wash out in so many shampoos.

Yikes.

Then to bed and get up early and hopefully

these people show up for the truck.

Then pack our truck up to go the lake to 

see the in-laws.  Will probably spend the night.

My son got a tent for his birthday and wants

to try it out.  Hmm wonder how long that will last 

before he's back inside.