Long time

It feels such a long time since I last wrote my last blog post, but since moving to a new home I have had no internet for over a month due to BT letting us down, and then changed to sky broadband instead, and finally since last Thursday (10th October 2013) finally I had access to the internet again.

It got me thinking how times have changed, it isn't that I have just realised that technology and the internet have taken over the world, but that it is surprising how I felt without having the internet. I felt restricted and now I do have internet back I feel I have access to the world again.

I have when I needed to, borrowed a family's computer to use the internet but it not the same as using your own as you feel that you can't use theirs like you would at home. Now I have internet back at home I feel like life is normal again.

I do think with the internet now and because of online shopping and the information you can access without buying a book for example, can make you become lazy and so what I have done is not allowed myself to search the internet all day or watch YouTube all day, but have made slotted times for myself.

The advantages is that when I want to make a dessert for example I don't need to search through a recipe book but go online, and get a recipe from BBC cooking website, or all recipes website (as examples) I don't have to go far to search for any information I need.

How would I cope if I had to write letters again instead of emailing or use my landline to call a friend instead of texting on my mobile?

It would be strange and felt that it would take too long and the internet is a convenience station that I call it.

The bad side to the internet is people can easily commit fraud, which has happened to me recently and a few times before then, and I know it has also happened to other people I know too. Someone decided to take my bank details and top up their pay as you go phones, and this was not just the odd £10.00, it was a few £10.00 and £20.00 mounting to £100.00. Then today I see checking through my recent transactions as it has made me more vigilant even though I have always been careful and taken care of my money, that the persons who had taken the £100.00 had taken a further £30.00 too, before I had changed my card details. Thankfully the bank have refunded me the £100.00 and will be refunding the £30.00 aswell. It is just so frustrating because there is no way of finding out who it was.
However it is good to be able to blog again and to access recipes and other information I want, and feel that as long as you take precautions, it is good to use and welcome the change of life as it is now, and glad to be back on the net.

Many thanks for reading,


Carrie X