New Design!

I've given the blog an overhaul.  I thought it was time to "uncutesy" the site -- while I do like the old colors and elements, it was too "scrapbooky" for my tastes.  I learned how to do a new header from a tutorial on MADE.  This is one of my favorite blogs, and I got my inspiration from one of the entries she posted on her contest to redesign her header on her own blog.  There were so many impressive designs on there -- for a person like me, a little intimidating.  But here's where I landed and I like it for now!

Cost Cutting

So we're cutting costs here.  I've always been kind of a cheapskate at heart, but a weird one... Penny-wise and pound-foolish.  But I feel like maybe I have a jump start with the penny-wise part; now all I have to get is pound-wise.

I'm considering what to do about the internet/phone thing.  I only have two options when it comes to internet: cable broadband or DSL.  I don't think the DSL is fast enough, not nearly as fast as cable internet. But I can't get the faster internet without the cable tv, and I want to be free of that.  Most television I want to watch, I can get on the internet, and the kids don't need unfettered access to the inanity that is E! and MTV (or Disney, for that matter).  Rounding back around to the internet issue: if I'm planning to stream all my tv and other stuff, I need a fast connection.

I still need a land line for a house phone.  I feel like with two small guys here in the house and crap reception in my neighborhood (thank you, Sprint), I really shouldn't try to rely on a cell as the house phone.  But it's tempting.

So I'm stumped.  And that's just the internet/phone/tv thing.  I'm screwed.