Sunday

Good morning, it's a gray Sunday morning here as I sit at the kitchen table sipping my coffee. I love the first sip of hot coffee. :)


I'm happy to report that all is well with me. I went to happy hour Friday evening but it ended up being a bit lame. Part of it was that Darcy didn't go because she wasn't feeling well and the other part was that I hadn't been around these people in over 10 years so I found myself not having much to say. I tend to be relatively quiet around people I don't know too well and that's how I was feeling. My aunt Teri was there (we used to work together at the courthouse) and that made it a little more comfortable but it was still awkward. Then I had a few people ask me why I moved back to Lockport (EVERYONE asks me that!), I didn't feel like getting into my "story" so I just said I needed a change and was starting over. I noticed a few people glance at my left hand where there used to be wedding rings but luckily no one asked. Hopefully the "starting over" comment that I made explained the lack of rings. So, long story short, I was only there for an hour and a half, had a beer and got myself all 'gussied' up for not a heck of a lot. ha ha. Oh-well, it got me out for a bit. :)


Can I just say that I had originally thought I could live without tv but I now know that I cannot? Okay, here's the deal. I knew coming here that Teri (aunt) was bringing over an old extra tv that she had and I just naturally assumed that I'd get your basic channels...nbc, abc, cbs. I was wrong. Now, I am staying in my grandfather's house and let's just say he was born in it, so it's very old. My aunt attached an ancient antennae to said tv....when I first turned it on, I got 2 of 3 channels and all were quite fuzzy and I'd be in the middle of watching something and the picture would disappear. I remembered that there was some sort of dial that my grandpa had that would adjust the antennae on the roof....so I found said dial, plugged it in and at first it helped. Then the channels started not coming in again so I tried to adjust the dial....the little contraption made a god-awful humming noise and then I started to smell burning plastic. Not a good sign. I unplugged it and gave up.
Then, me being the not at all electronically inclined person thought that if I bought a new tv (which I need anyways) that perhaps a newer tv would have some sort of built-in antennae and I could at least get nbc, which is my favorite channel. So Darcy & I headed out to Target and I found a decent tv and we brought it back here and set it up. Thank goodness Darcy was with me as I can't carry that kind of stuff by myself with all this hardware in my back. So, I get the tv all set up, plugged in....cross my fingers and zilch. Still very, very fuzzy and awful. I then decide maybe the old antennae will hook up to the new tv. I remove it from old tv and notice that one of the connectors came off. At this point I become a self-appointed electrician. I grabbed my little tool bag and went to work. I spliced the cable (I was very proud of myself) and reconnected it to the little connector, attached it to new tv and it only improved the picture about 2%. I was so frustrated!
Needless to say I called the cable company today and I will have basic cable installed on Tuesday. The lady in customer service was a bit of a snot and she said "you know basic cable only has 22 channels, right?" and I told her that I'd be thankful for only 3 at this point. I can't stand rude customer service people.

So that's my tv woes.

Aside from purchasing the tv, I purchased a new vacuum cleaner as I left ours with Matt. I bought another Dyson, the DC07 Animal. I love it. I used it tonight and my back is killing me but it felt so good to get this place cleaned up a little.

Later in the day....

Today I went with my aunt Barb down to my aunt Teri's house, spent about an hour or two there. It was a nice visit but one of my aunt's dogs is a beagle and this beagle howls like crazy when he's around new people and I'm still considered a new person. He has yet to realize that I'm family.

That's about all I have for now...hope everyone had a good weekend!