and we're LIVE!

Finally! It's so good to be back. I can handle a day without connectivity, but a week and a half?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! Ridiculous! I seriously was about to begin a 12-step program.

Thanks to everyone for your emails and trying to stay connected to me. It was so exciting whenever I saw a familiar name from the blog world pop into my inbox. =)

First let me tell you that we love our house. I mean we really, really love this house. I am so glad that we were (sort of) forced into making this decision. We've been here for a week and a half now and I can see us staying here for a long time.

How do I explain how good this house feels? Well, let me try by telling you what happened when we moved into the last house. We moved in over a weekend and on Monday I called Freckle and HerbiFaery in tears. The house was horrible. The energy was terrible and there were so many things wrong with it that I just hadn't noticed before we moved in. This new house is the opposite of everything about the old house.

The energy here is fabulous. I love my yard. Yes, it's small, but it works for us. There is room for a swing set and for our garden (coming soon). The house is a good size, 1700 sf - not big, but not small either. The layout of the house is awesome. Space is definitely maximized. All the rooms are spacious. And now that we have internet and TV again it's complete.

The transition into this house has been the easiest by far for Princess. She loves it and is so happy here. We're all happy here. I didn't think I would say these words until we owned a home again...I really feel like we are home.

My back is doing really well. I'll talk more about that another time. I don't want to ramble on too long.

I know that I have questions to answer still, the biggest being about how I can be an atheist and a Jew. I will definitely address that and will go back and read all the comments again and reply where an answer is needed.

It's great to be back! I really did miss you all!

How to Blog Without an Internet Connection

I have been without an internet connection since Thursday evening. Verizon was supposed to install FiOS internet and TV Friday afternoon. Contractors spend five hours cutting holes in my garage wall, tracking mud all over the Jeep carpet the Lizard King had just washed, and doing who knows what, in an effort to run the fiber optic cable to the house. They were unsuccessful.

I have not been able to get a definitive answer as to how and when I will have a successful connection. I am hoping that we will be live by the end of the week. Keep your fingers crossed. I also expect to be compensated to this huge inconvenience and for the aggravation.

I really miss blogging and reading and responding to your comments! I promise that I will respond when I am able.

I also miss reading all the blogs I follow!! I have no idea what is happening out in the bloggy world!! Truth be told, I’m sort of going through withdrawal. It’s baaad.

I have an internet connection when I am at Village Home, but I don’t have a lot of time to be online. In fact I am writing this post in MS Word while home in bed (Monday night), with the plan to copy it to my blog when I am at Village Home in the morning.

I will be back as soon as I can!! I miss you all! Please excuse the tear stained screen.

Third Time's a Charm

Hello to all my bloggy friends!! I am sitting in a smoothie shop, after trying the local library and evidently the wrong Starbucks, before finding a free and effective WiFi here. I'm in a bit of a rush because moving is still in progress.

We were supposed have FiOS (internet and TV) installed yesterday. "Supposed to" being the operative words. They didn't have the necessary equipment and I don't have internet access!! Aaaahhh!!! I miss all my bloggy friends!

I promise to be back as soon as I am able to get online.

xoxo

How cool is that?!

I have to say that after our experience with our current landlady I'm a little cautious about approaching our new landlord.

So far though, he has been awesome! We signed the lease on March 29th and after paying a half month rent for April, he handed us the keys. How cool is that?!

After we noticed that the dishwasher in the new house is getting rather worse for wear, our landlord offered to buy a new dishwasher. I was stunned! He called the other day to let me know that after talking with his partner, they decided to go with stainless steel and will be changing all the appliances over in time. He wanted to make sure that getting a new stainless steel (inside and out) dishwasher would be okay with me. Ummm....YEAH! How cool is that?!

We asked about putting up a play structure for Princess and about doing a few other things around the house. His response? Just treat this like it's your house and put everything back the way it was when you are done. How cool is that?!

I posted a while ago about wanting to go home and although we aren't buying this house, it's really starting to feel like home.

Home Sweet Home

I had something very different in mind for today’s post and then it happened. As I lay in bed late last night, I put my book down and grabbed the TV remote. I was in the mood for a little giggle and I have episodes of Friends always at the ready on my Tivo box. At the moment I pushed the power button everything turned off. Pretty powerful remote, huh?

At first we thought we lost power throughout the house. But when I got out of bed I noticed that I had forgotten to turn off the hall light. Hmmm….so we lost power in the bedroom and the other bedroom. I know this because I lost my internet connection and that’s where all that fancy computer stuff is.

My poor husband, after getting to bed way too late two nights in a row, finds himself out in the garage checking the breakers. Nothing was tripped. After investigating (saying he knows a thing or two about electrical is a colossal understatement) he has determined that something has burned out somewhere in the walls. At least I think that’s what he said. I, on the other hand, know nothing about electrical.

That’s what we get for moving into an old house that has been poorly maintained. Here I sit with extension cords running all over the house to keep things powered up so Princess and I can stay cozy in bed. Did I mention the lack of insulation and drafty windows?