Is anyone else getting tired of the stir created by the holiday season? Presents to buy, wrapping the gifts, holiday parties, family coming out of the woodwork with plans?
I just realized I had not been here to ramble since before Thanksgiving. Shame on me!!!
Last year Tony and I decided to participate in only the absolutely required festivities and get ourselves to our favorite beach, Gulf Shores, AL. What a wonderful and relaxing week that was. Shrimp for Christmas dinner, beautiful sunsets and long quiet beach walks. Just us and the seabirds much of the time.
We must have advertised the wonders of a winter beach awfully well, because this year the entire family has decided it is the thing to do. Should be *interesting* to have six so called adults under the same roof for an extended period. It won't be quiet, that's the one thing that's more than a wee bit certain. lol
One of the stirs was making sure we had internet access. There is an over abundance of [gasp] AOL users in my family, and even they don't have access when you reach *the island* [area south of ICW on the beaches]. I know Earthlink has connections I could use within 5 miles, but not at the beach. GulfTel has had a lock on local and internet services for some time now. You buy service from them or do without. I often opt to do without and just enjoy the beach, but we will be there a little longer than ususal this time and there are some things in process on which I need to stay in the loop. I also may need the peace and quiet of cyberspace to maintain a bit of what I try to pass off as my sanity.
In my beginning to poke around in weather checks and local happenings, I ran across an article from the Mobile Register that was of interest to me.
It appears GulfTel is getting some competition. Wonder how far behind them the big boys can be? It's all the buzz on local beach info sites. Whatever happens, it will be worth watching. And my bet is that the GulfTel rates for visitors might drop in the near future. [smile]
Back to the day and to fussing over *THE* Cat before he has to be bundled off to that prison know as the V-E-T's boarding area. Bless his furry little head. Maybe I will go stay on the cat's sofa there to keep him company while the rest of the family hangs out at the beach.
Farron
[and one ticked off _^..^_]