Too bad I'm a city girl
Yikes, what a transition! See, I grew up a country girl, just 10 miles from our new place. But what a difference 10 miles makes! This is boondocks.
We cannot get cable television up here, and that was sort of expected. But we thought maybe we could get in some of the local channels with an antenna. Um..nope. So our only alternatives are a super duper big antenna, or a dish. I really don't want a dish (yeah I'm one of those people that prefers cable over the dish.) So last night, because we couldn't get anything but snow on the tv, I missed a new episode of LOST. My dad, my savior was going to try to record it for me. But we also don't have a vcr (only dvd) so once I do get my hands on that tape, I'll have to watch it either at mom's or dad's house.
The kids registration for school should be complete tomorrow and with any luck they can start back on Monday. But I'm also not happy about that. We're about 13 miles from their school, again not my first choice for schools. The kids are excited to go back to school though.
I've come down the stress high of the move, and encountered new stresses. Like the night I made my last post from my sister's house, we came home, jumped in bed, and woke up at 1AM with no heat. Apparently there was some air in the fuel line and the furnace wouldnt fire. We tried everything we could but had no luck getting it to kick on. We bundled everyone up for a cold night (below zero wind chills) with lots of blankets, then woke up at 6AM and made calls. The furnace guy was on the way when we found the reset button. It worked for all of that morning, then shut off again. Furnace guy came to the rescue, fixed "loose bolt" and it ran fine since then. UNTIL last night when it started again. OY! So, I'll be calling him again this morning.
Amdist all of this, I did manage to finish Dad's Irish Hiking scarf. It just needs to be blocked, and I'll be giving it to Dad this weekend. And my Jaywalkers....again, need to be ripped and restart. I got as far as halfway through the first foot, slipped it on my own foot, and alas, just way too small, with absolutely no stretch. I re-cast on last night on US2s and got as far as the cuff, and about 5 repeats. I'll work on that some more today. And I'll try to get a picture of it with our wonky camera to prove the Jaywalker status for the knitalong ;)
Some good news to end with, Richard got called back for a second interview at a college he initially interviewed with back in November. And the serendipitous job possibility that some of you know about, has come full circle and he has a meeting today with them. Think good thoughts y'all!
Update at 12:30PM: Richard called me from the cell. Serendipitous meeting went very well. We shall see!
You're back! Was wondering where you were.
Boy you do have all the luck doncha?
We have the huge big dish because it is much cheaper, you can order stations ala carte and any channel for a month or three months or whatever. Dinky dish is a major ripoff. We will get NBC for Feb for the Olympics otherwise we do not watch network TV...and we sorta get it with the rooftop antenna.
Good news about Richard, keep us posted. So you are hooked up to the internet now via dsl?
I will have some news about yesterday on my blog shortly. Not a good day for us here on the farm.
Posted by: Windyridge | January 19, 2006 at 09:14 AM
You missed LOST?!?!?!?!?! OH MY!
Try itunes you can buy the episodes there for $1.99 I dont know if they have the new one up yet though.
YAY on the interviews! Just as you get everything unpacked he'll get a great job!
Posted by: Krissy | January 19, 2006 at 09:43 AM
Yes, I missed LOST, so please, no one tell me what happened! I'm purposely staying away from all LOST discussion boards and websites!
Posted by: Carla | January 19, 2006 at 09:50 AM
Hey Carla - I hope that the interview leads to something positive. I am thinking those good thoughts for you!
Posted by: gwyneth | January 19, 2006 at 08:51 PM
Hey Carla,
I am SO excited about Richard's serendipitous meeting and prospects. Keep us posted. We had mahj at Sue's on Thursday. It wasn't the same without you. It was just the four of us as Sue's lab partners couldn't make it afterall. Due to very bad schedules and Sue being pushed very hard to finish her PhD by this June...we were not able to find a date until April. That means no mahj for 2+ whole months. We decided to do a "special" meeting on Thursday, 4/6, in Skaneateles...because you and Paula may do some yarn lecture or thingie - and we are planning to go for sushi to make up for lost time and mah jong cards after dinner for a round or two. I know - not much mahj - but sounds like a whole lot of fun to make up for the lost time.
Anyway- good luck with the furnace and stay warm. We went through similar furnace woes a few years ago and it isn't fun....
Posted by: Nan | January 21, 2006 at 08:21 AM
Oh goodness what a rough time of it. Good luck to Richard! Will be hoping for the best.
Posted by: Kelly | January 24, 2006 at 12:10 AM