Welcome To April

It's been awhile since I've posted...clearly! The move that has been hanging over our heads for how many months?...um, about 9 or 10 months, is finally behind us. We are feeling more settled in to our new place with each passing day. As you can tell we are also back online in our household.  Our original connection date wasn't scheduled until the 14th, can you believe it? The 14th! I have been calling everyday to see if I could snag a cancelled appointment time. Viola...success!

So here's something noteworthy, while we were still without internet in our place I needed to do a few things online this past Saturday. I figured Starbuck's was the best option. Everyone goes to Starbuck's to guzzle coffee and surf the web, right? I guess not the Starbuck's in our neck of the woods...I mean, our neck of the boonies! The two Starbuck's I went to offered no wifi. I ended up at a McDonald's after noticing their network pop up when I did a search for available networks. Personally, I prefer McD's any day to Starbuck's. I'm not a coffee drinker, unless my mother-in-law makes me a little cappuccino in her Keurig...then I'm a coffee drinker for one cup! LOL!

Worst part about the move...our TV is busted! Yep, a 65-inch flat screen is a done deal!!! I'm currently still working on our claim with the moving company. I can not believe how Texas law protects the moving company. Basically we are out a 65-inch TV and they can offer us in return the pocket change from a few sofas they move. Seriously! Texas law states movers are only responsible to pay 60 cents per pound. Let's do the math...a 50 pound TV, means we will get a whopping 30 bucks!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! I can't even begin to tell you how mad I was when I finally got online last night and I could read the finely printed Texas laws concerning items broken by moving companies.

I take a little solace, not much, but a little, in the fact that we live in the information age! The age of social media and internet reviews. It is absolutely guaranteed I will write a bad review on every site I can find. I will also send a letter to the BBB. Two BIG lessons learned...never hire All My Sons Moving, the official moving company of the Dallas Cowboys! And never let a moving company move your largest TV! We usually don't, this was the first time Brad decided to allow the moving company to do it all, except for the fish tank. The fish tank was carefully moved by Brad and a friend this past weekend. It looks sensational in the new place! A fish that was found in the fish tank tubing was even saved. That was a dramatic few moments not just for the fish but for us when we realized there was a fish stuck in the tube. He surprisingly survived a notable amount of time out of water and is now thriving with his friends in a new location.

Below are my treasured little fur-babies enjoying their new place...