So my #1 job today was to pay bills and have our phone/internet/satellite cut off back at the house. A simple task? HA!
We have or should I say had our phone/internet/satellite services bundled through ATT. I called them, they asked for the last four ssn#s on the acct which I gave then and ba da bing ba da boom phone service and internet disconnected! No problems! Dish Network...not so much! ATT connected me to Dish Network to cancel service directly with them. Well, they asked for my name. I told the truth," this is Patti White." Because I'm not James they wouldn't talked to me. Even though ATT connected me to them and my acct was through ATT they still had to speak directly to James. Stupid people!
Guess what I did next! I called back, tried to lower my voice, and said I was James White! Heh heh! They switched me to 3 different people each who said, "Are you really James White". To which I answered as deeply and indignantly as possible, "YES!"
So they finally got all my information and disconnected the service. When we were done the guy on the phone said with a smart-assed tone, "Thank you ma'am!" I said "Ma'am?" and the guy hung up!
I guess I didn't fool anyone, but still got the service disconnected!
Highlight of my day!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Back at the laundry mat
Here I am back at my second home! I guess going to the laundry mat is not the worse thing in the world...I always treat myself to a Rt. 44 Diet Coke w/lime and a grilled cheese sandwich from Sonic! There is also free wifi which allows me to update my blog.
Today I made friends with 2 ladies here. One of them lives here in Shreveport and is only at the laundry because her dog did his business on her bed! She told me to try her church. It's called "The Simple Church" and it meets in the movie theatre! I think we may give it a try. Who knows?
The other lady I met is a pipeliners wife, too. She is YOUNG! Her husband is a backfill foreman. It was nice to have someone to talk to during the day! She only travels with her husband during the summer because she is a nursing student from Nashville. I love her accent! We compared restaurants and she told me of a steak and seafood place near here that she really likes. The other lady I met joined in our conversation and said the owners of that restaurant were good friends of hers. I'm thinking we might give that a try one day.
Saturday I splurged and bought a convection/toaster oven for the trailer. We don't pay for electricity but we do pay for gas so I thought it would be better to use that than our gas oven. James was the first to use it. He made cinnamon toast yesterday to go along with the scrambled eggs with potatoes and sausage I made, MMMMMM!
Today I think I will make a peach cobbler. I am going to make pepper steak sandwiches for dinner and that should go along nicely. Tomorrow will be meatloaf. I have to plan my meals only 2 days at a time because I have very SMALL fridge and freezer space!
I am trying to think of something funny to say. Some of you told me to start this blog because It would be funny. I think it's boring. Help me out by asking questions and suggesting topics.
Gotta go check the dryers!
Peace!
Patti
Today I made friends with 2 ladies here. One of them lives here in Shreveport and is only at the laundry because her dog did his business on her bed! She told me to try her church. It's called "The Simple Church" and it meets in the movie theatre! I think we may give it a try. Who knows?
The other lady I met is a pipeliners wife, too. She is YOUNG! Her husband is a backfill foreman. It was nice to have someone to talk to during the day! She only travels with her husband during the summer because she is a nursing student from Nashville. I love her accent! We compared restaurants and she told me of a steak and seafood place near here that she really likes. The other lady I met joined in our conversation and said the owners of that restaurant were good friends of hers. I'm thinking we might give that a try one day.
Saturday I splurged and bought a convection/toaster oven for the trailer. We don't pay for electricity but we do pay for gas so I thought it would be better to use that than our gas oven. James was the first to use it. He made cinnamon toast yesterday to go along with the scrambled eggs with potatoes and sausage I made, MMMMMM!
Today I think I will make a peach cobbler. I am going to make pepper steak sandwiches for dinner and that should go along nicely. Tomorrow will be meatloaf. I have to plan my meals only 2 days at a time because I have very SMALL fridge and freezer space!
I am trying to think of something funny to say. Some of you told me to start this blog because It would be funny. I think it's boring. Help me out by asking questions and suggesting topics.
Gotta go check the dryers!
Peace!
Patti
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Hello again!
Sorry I had to abruptly abandon the blog last time. I was at the laundry mat (my new 2nd home) and the dryers were finished. I was tempted to go back there yesterday just so I'd have internet but decided I wasn't desperate enough for free wifi. I am using James' internet card now.
We had some excitement today! Shreveport received a lot of rain earlier today. James and Dustin witnessed a woman being rescued from the top of her car in high water. Of course they stood out in the rain (and lightening) and video taped the whole thing. What do you think they did next? Yup! They took it to the local news station. We just watched it on TV. It was the lead in story! They even gave James and Dustin credit for the video. If I can find a link to the news story I will post it on this blog. Sarah may have to teach me how to do this. Haha!
That's all for now!
I promise I will finish telling about my trip back home and the fabulous trip to the beach...one day!
Peace,
Patti
Sorry I had to abruptly abandon the blog last time. I was at the laundry mat (my new 2nd home) and the dryers were finished. I was tempted to go back there yesterday just so I'd have internet but decided I wasn't desperate enough for free wifi. I am using James' internet card now.
We had some excitement today! Shreveport received a lot of rain earlier today. James and Dustin witnessed a woman being rescued from the top of her car in high water. Of course they stood out in the rain (and lightening) and video taped the whole thing. What do you think they did next? Yup! They took it to the local news station. We just watched it on TV. It was the lead in story! They even gave James and Dustin credit for the video. If I can find a link to the news story I will post it on this blog. Sarah may have to teach me how to do this. Haha!
That's all for now!
I promise I will finish telling about my trip back home and the fabulous trip to the beach...one day!
Peace,
Patti
Thursday, July 15, 2010
July 15, 2010
Hi and welcome to my blog!
At the request of several friends and family members, I am going to give blogging a try! I hope it's entertaining and informative and not too boring.
Here goes...
This is the summer I have been waiting for for about 2 years now! It's the summer I get to start traveling with James full time! It has been fun so far even though I haven't spent as much time here as I thought I would.
The last week and a half I was back in the Tomball/San Antonio area! What a trip that was! Major 1stomach trouble accompanied by a fever then 3 days later breaking out in hives all over my body. The next day i woke up with my left eye swollen like I had been hit! Then I hit myself under the SAME eye with my dad's wheelchair! Holy Cow! I was a mess! All is better now I think.
The trip to Tomball evoked nearly every emotion I have! I never dreamed cleaning out my kitchen cabinets would be so hard! I freaked Shelley out I was crying so much! She called for reinforcements and Sheri and Tim soon appeared! I got to thinking....I never was in love with my house. I could take it or leave it, but I lived in my kitchen, That's where I visited with friends and family (I think it's the room that connected me to Mom the most). Cleaning out the cupboards was bittersweet. Time and time again I would pull out a coffee mug and laugh or cry depending on who gave it to us or where it came from. I even got Shelley misty-eyed when I showed her the mug from Petit Jean State Park in AK. That's the park where little Beaux nearly died falling off a cliff. A lone tree planted directly in his path broke his fall! that was how we spent most of last Thursday! That night the rashes showed up! Stress-related? Could be!
The house is empty now except for a mattress James's dad sleeps on. He is staying there helping with renovations and the sale of the house.
Well, the dryers are finished. There's more to this story I will tell later!
Peace!
Patti
At the request of several friends and family members, I am going to give blogging a try! I hope it's entertaining and informative and not too boring.
Here goes...
This is the summer I have been waiting for for about 2 years now! It's the summer I get to start traveling with James full time! It has been fun so far even though I haven't spent as much time here as I thought I would.
The last week and a half I was back in the Tomball/San Antonio area! What a trip that was! Major 1stomach trouble accompanied by a fever then 3 days later breaking out in hives all over my body. The next day i woke up with my left eye swollen like I had been hit! Then I hit myself under the SAME eye with my dad's wheelchair! Holy Cow! I was a mess! All is better now I think.
The trip to Tomball evoked nearly every emotion I have! I never dreamed cleaning out my kitchen cabinets would be so hard! I freaked Shelley out I was crying so much! She called for reinforcements and Sheri and Tim soon appeared! I got to thinking....I never was in love with my house. I could take it or leave it, but I lived in my kitchen, That's where I visited with friends and family (I think it's the room that connected me to Mom the most). Cleaning out the cupboards was bittersweet. Time and time again I would pull out a coffee mug and laugh or cry depending on who gave it to us or where it came from. I even got Shelley misty-eyed when I showed her the mug from Petit Jean State Park in AK. That's the park where little Beaux nearly died falling off a cliff. A lone tree planted directly in his path broke his fall! that was how we spent most of last Thursday! That night the rashes showed up! Stress-related? Could be!
The house is empty now except for a mattress James's dad sleeps on. He is staying there helping with renovations and the sale of the house.
Well, the dryers are finished. There's more to this story I will tell later!
Peace!
Patti
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