Wednesday Wishes

Hi everyone! Yeah, I know I am late, but I have not been on my normal schedule lately. Hopefully I will be back on that soon, as Doug has to go back to work. So, you know how this is done, you can play along in the comments or do your own entry. If you do your own entry, please stop by and leave me a link. On to the wishes!

1. I wish that I was back on my normal schedule. It was nice at first to be on a different schedule, but I know I will have a really hard time getting back to normal.
2. I wish that I had this peace earlier.
3. I wish that my mom would lay off my daughter on Face book.
4. I wish that I did not have to do my final papers for school.
5. I wish that there was not so many great things on to watch on TV.

Tuesday and The American

Today started out nice. Quiet. No stress. Wonderful. Last night Doug, his cousin Michael and I went to see ‘The American’ with George Clooney. I am going to have to say some things that I never thought I would about a George Clooney movie.

I really did not like ‘The American’ and this is why, first off, there was like only fifteen minutes of action in the whole movie. The rest is dialog and scenery. I will admit that the Italian scenery is beautiful, but the movie is billed as a thriller. It is not. Not even close. My advice is to wait until it comes out on DVD to see it if you want to.

I am disappointed that we wasted money on this movie…. Ciao!

Lazy Sunday

I have to admit that having two TV’s in the house is so very nice. While living at the house, I had to watch whatever Doug was watching. If his dad was not home, I could go upstairs and ‘commandeer’ his dad’s TV for a bit, but usually not long. So, this new found ability to watch what I want to watch all the time is wonderful!

Sandy came over today and surprised up by taking us to lunch at a rib place that is not that far away from here. It was really yummy! We left with some food left over and a carry-out menu for a later visit.

Made some more progress on getting stuff put away. In the process finding things that we need from Wal-Mart as well. We will need a storage space I am sure for those things that get little use, but we can not totally get rid of either.

Came upon an issue last night, the oven did not work. Called this morning and within 20 minutes the maintenance guy was here to fix it and it works great now. So, that was taken care of quickly. Which is nice.

I have to call Tuesday to have the phone turned off at the house. No big deal. The cable and internet should be off Monday or so. It is so strange to be in our own place all the time now. It kind of feels like we are on vacation for now.

I will take some pictures soon I promise. Ciao!

Saturday

I am waiting for the Comcast guy to come and install the other DVR box. Of course it is between 12-3pm. Not like I have any place to go, because I do not.

I am tired today because I am having a difficult time sleeping here. I will get used to it eventually. Hopefully soon.

Today was an exercise in futility with Comcast. As the first part of this entry was written earlier today, the Comcast person never showed up because I wanted to upgrade my service to what I wanted in the first place, they cancelled my DVR box. When I called about it and they put the work order in for the DVR box for Weds, I was told that my programming update would have to wait until then. Um, I think not.

I had the email for the Operations Supervisor in Southfield. So, I emailed him and let him know I was upset. Not only did my DVR box arrive today, but so did my programming update as well. LOL. I hate being like that, but I was pissed because no one said anything about the installation being cancelled because of the programming upgrade. So, I was waiting on someone who was not coming. I had no idea that he was not coming. That is what pissed me off.

I am happy now because everything is as it should be now. Yay! Ciao!

First Whole Day In Our New Place

Last night was a rough night. It is hard to sleep in a new place. There are new noises to get used to and new lay outs to get used to. All in all, I am happy to be here. We have 90% of all the stuff that we need.

I knew that the whole Comcast thing went way too smoothly. Of course there have been small issues, as there always is when new technology is set up. That is not the issue. The issue was and still is that I was very clear about the channels I needed and wanted and the dingbat I dealt with did not do what I wanted. Ugh. So now, I think that I got it all fixed today.

I do not have the space I thought I would for a table and chairs, so I have to look at bistro tables with chairs. Not what I wanted, but it will be a table and chairs. I just had a great idea too. LOL. Funny how that works sometimes. The kitty is a happy camper today because she has a window to look out of and a new kitty condo thing that was given to us for her. She totally loves it!

I will take pictures in the next couple of days when I get some more of the boxes gone. I like it. It is nice to have a kitchen again. Well, I am gonna go. Ciao!

Cat and Furniture Day

The cat has landed. It actually was better than I thought it would be. She did freak out in the car, but I think that was because she does not like the car. Doug carried her in the elevator and into the house. For a while she would not leave the bathroom, now she is hiding in the closet in the bedroom. I got her to come out for a few minutes of petting a bit ago.

I am waiting on the boys to get back with the furniture. We are not supposed to use the freight elevator until 2pm today, so they may be here and sitting in the truck waiting to be able to bring up the stuff. There are some things still at the house that we can get later. I am exhausted! My back is killing me and I sure did not get enough sleep last night. I was tossing and turning all night. Ugh.

We ended up getting another DVR box for the bedroom, because with the other box apparently we would not get all the channels in there. I don’t care really. I am just happy that we are almost done and totally here. I am tired of living between houses. I am so over this moving thing too.

We are talking about seeing The American tonight with George Clooney. It looks good. Not sure if we will be able to see it tonight though. I have a lecture that I can not miss at 7pm. We will see. If not, we will see it Saturday maybe.

I almost have all the bathroom stuff put away. Would you believe 5 boxes?!?! I have thrown so much stuff away since I have been here. Old shampoo, old medication, that kind of stuff.

I think that is it for now. If we go tonight I will let you know how the movie is. Ciao!

It Went Well

So, I am back online now. Today went well. Better than expected actually. The Comcast guy was amazing and here a bit after noon. He had to leave in the middle, but I was okay with that. He just had a son about eight weeks ago and his son needed to get his shots today and he wanted to be there. So, I was fine with him leaving to go there and come back. The doctor’s office was close anyway. He actually had most of it done by then too.

I got lucky, apparently Comcast is trying out these new modem gateways. Kind of like AT&T’s gateway. So, I did not need a router as originally thought for wireless. Which made me really happy. I got caller ID on the TV and my lap top , which is kind of cool. So far, everything works great. I think that I have it all set up to where I will only have to plug the gateway into the computer.

Tomorrow is the moving the furniture and cat day. The cat part I am not looking forward to really, but once she is here, she will be fine. It is just getting her here without me being ripped to shreds. LOL. I have done a lot today, my back is rebelling against me. We are going to eat later and then go back to the house for one more night. Tomorrow will be the first night in the new place. Ciao!