Problem: Internet

While my husband doesn't really think the lack of the internet is a dire emergency, as a family that homeschools, we do rely heavily on the internet and not having it would be a real problem.  The problem is, we don't want to have cable run to our camper and then out to the house once it was up.  I started brain storming and comparing ideas.  Finally, we decided that with the new plans and a discount for being a military veteran, Verizon's unlimited plan for the whole family would actually be a great plan.  It was actually cheaper than what we paid for our phone/internet (we have DSL and bad cell coverage at the old house so we had to have a home phone), TV (we had the lowest plan possible with Dish), and cell phones for myself and husband.  I suggested IPads at least for the younger two but my husband said it won't be long before they will be going places and will need a phone for us to pick them up or something.  Plus, they can tether 10GB each line for laptops and tablets.  I told them they should stream from their phone so they use the bulk not through tethering.  Also, I got an HDMI plug for the iPhones so we can stream from the phone onto the tv.  It hasn't worked seamlessly yet but we are getting better at it.  They don't even really mind watching from their phones.

We got it all switched around which was a little bit of a pain but we got it done and I am kind of loving being able to text the kids rather than yell for them.  I usually make and print a weekly checklist for school.  This time I used their reminder app.  That was fantastic.  I am making them really use them for good purposes- alarms, reminders, chore lists, language learning, and multiplication fact practice.  Our internet is better now also than the DSL we did have. We also won't be far from the library either just in case we have another internet need.  One problem solved.