Inernet Malfunctions

Well, I have done my time, and it should be over, but it's not!

I still do not have internet.  I feel disconnected from the world.  I'm in the dark.  I don't have any idea what's going on around me.  I feel like I am in isolation.  I am drowning in the sea of the unknown.  Please help me!!!

Ok, so it's not that bad.  But I have felt very lost and will feel very lost for the next two days. 

AT&T was supposed to come and hook up my internet on saturday, between 8 and 10.  They didn't come.

I called the AT&T store and they said they would be there by 12.  So I continued to wait around.. My parents were coming to see the new house anyway so I would be around.  Well, 12 o'clock rolls around and we're ready to go to lunch; except AT&T still had not shown up.  I left a note on the door and we all went to the local restaurant. 

Again, I called AT&T.  After about 1 hour of making calls, I was informed that AT&T doesn't make service calls on saturday!  No one told me.  I guess they thought that I wouldn't notice when no one showed up.  After I had waited around for someone to come.

So, to make a long story short, I have to wait until Tuesday to be reconnected to the world.  I unfortunately, won't be able to write until then, unless I stay late at work, which probably won't happen because I have spring fever and as soon as the Whistle blows I am running out the door as fast as possible to enjoy the beautiful sunshine.  Or, I'll go to my in-laws house to use their internet (like I'm doing right now).  Which is sometimes hard just because of after work and cooking supper and doing chores, by the time I have time to blog, it's to late to go over.  So, We all will just have to wait until tuesday.  Like my husband says, "it won't kill me to have to wait".

So, till tuesday,
Amy

Important Information

Long time, no see.

Well, I have some important informtion that I felt would be very helpful if I shared it with you:

      If you ever move from one town to another, you have to have your internet    
      disconected and reconected at your new place, or you won't have internet.

So there you have it!  Proof that what I said in my last post is true.  I am a ding-a-ling.  So, for those of you who have been worring over where I've been, afraid that something terriable has happened to me to keep me from writing a post, you have no need to fear.  I am healthy and alive.  And for those of you who have been biting your nails in anticipation for my next blog, here it is. 

I am so dissapointed that Ihaven't been able to write this whole week.  I have had such important information to share with you.  First,  I am officially moved into my new house.  I am now a homeowner.  My mother-in-law and I worked all day on Sunday and Monday cleaning and getting ready to move in.   Monday night after all the paper signing and key exchanging, LB and I moved into our new house.  With the help of the Mechanic and LB's Father-in-law, of course.  

Second, LB and the Mechanic brought my new furniture from the city.  Which was wonderful, because I had already given my old living room furniture away and now with the new couch I finally had a place to side besides the floor.

Third, I have apricots.  Well, not yet it's to early.  But, my new house has two apricot trees and right now they are so beautiful.  They have bloomed so wonderfully!  They were so exquiset(i'm not sure how to spell that word) that I took a break from unpacking to take some pictures for you. 

Arent they beautiful!

Now for those of you who sit on the edge of your chair white knuckled until my next blog, you should know:  Because of my lack of brains on the whole internet at my new house thing, I will not be having internet hooked up at  my house until Next Saturday!  Yes, eight whold days without internet.  and I thought these past five days were bad.  I will write as often as possible.  But I may not be able to post something everyday until then. 

Your disconnected from the world friend

Amy

Handbells

I play the handbells.  My church has a handbell chior.  A couple of months ago, the handbell chior director asked me if I'd be interested in joining again.  I had previously been in the chior when LB and I first got married, but we moved soon after and I had to drop out.  But now that we're back I took the offer and joined up again.  So, yes, I am an official ding-a-ling!

I have lots of fun!  There are a total of 12 members of in the chior.  I play 4 bells.  I play B-flat, B, Middle C, and C-sharp in the bass cleft.  Sometimes it's confusing because I'm not good at reading music. But we muddle through.  I have a great book partner who keeps me in-line and is a lot of fun to play with. 

Right now we are working on 3 pieces to play for Easter.  I came in at just the right time, because I started learning the music with them.  Sometimes I play the wrong note.  Sometimes I play on the wrong beat.  Sometimes I just miss my note all together.  But, they haven't kicked me out yet. 

It's kinda neat how 12 people, each having only two or three notes a piece make one song.  It definately takes a lot of team work to make the songs come out right.

Your ding dong

Amy

Boys And Their Toys!: Sand Blasting

Sand Blasting

The boys discovered a new toy today.  LB and the Mechanic decided to rent a sand blaster.  They have been servicing all their machinery this winter and decided that their wheat truck and cattle feeder needed new paint.  So, in order to repaint the truck, they had to remove all the old paint first.  And just like with the track hoe why not do it themselves.  How hard could it be?  They are pretty good hands at running all types of equipment; and this piece of equipment seems especially fun!

First, you have to put the sand into the blast pot.

Next, put on protective clothing.

This protects your eyes, ears, nose and mouth from being filled with sand.  And your skin from being torn by flying bits of sand.

Finally, turn on the biggest air compressor you can find.

(big box thing on the right)

Now you should be ready to hurtle sand as fast as you can at anything that needs to be striped of paint.  Make sure you keep arms and legs away from the stream of sand if you would like to keep wearing your skin.

NOTE:  Do not stand down wind from someone who is sandblasting!

This picture is not out of focus, that is a haze of sand.

We are less than 5 minutes in and you can see that there is not much green paint left!

In less than 30 minutes LB sand blasted the whole cattle feeder. 

Now we're ready for paint!

After watcing these last 2 experiences with rented machinery, it makes me worry about what would happen if they got their hands on a bulldozer!

Your Farm Friend

Amy

New Furniture!

My life in the slow lane has been so slow that I fell asleep last night without even putting up a post.  Which I guess really wasn't that big of a deal (except to those who took time out of their precious day to see what I was up to!  I'm so sorry for wasting your time) since there wasn't anything new to tell you anyway.

But today, today I got new furniture.  LB and Idecided that since we were getting a new house we probably didn't need to drag in our old dusty furniture.  So today we went to Mathis Brothers and found a couple of new pieces. 

I for one was shocked.  I had never bought new furniture before.  So, this was an experience for me.  I have never seen so much furniture in one place.  And there was so many people in there, it was a mad house!  And the price of new furniture, well, we won't go there.  Let's just put it this way.  If you are married to a Banker, you probably shouldn't take him with you to buy furniture.  Unless it's used, or in a garage sale, or at Good Will, or on the side of the road...

Any way, I picked out two nice pieces.  I got a new couch.  I wanted one that was wide enough to lay on without your arm falling off and long enough for my 6'3" husband to lay on.  And it had to be soft and cushy.  So here is a picture of my new sofa.

I also bought a new bed.  We got a King size sleigh bed and a tall chest of drawers.  This is the best picture i could find online.  I forgot to take my camera.  We didn't get the accent furniture shown in the picture.  The piece we got wasn't pictured.

 Well, this is all the news I have so far.  I figured that since it was such good news you would for give me for wasting your time yesterday by not having anything to read. 

With uncontained excitment about my furniture,

Amy