Friday, July 31, 2009

Checking in from PA

We're back in PA for a couple of days staying at Granny's house. Still don't know when we'll have our own internet, but Subway has free wireless, so we've been lurking around their parking lot. The move was stressful, but everything is there except us, the cars, the kids and the cat. We're all heading out for good on Sunday morning. Two friends from church came down with us and helped us with the move. The four of us moved everything in except the piano, for which we enlisted the help of a guy down the street who made the mistake of standing on his front stoop. While the garage is piled pretty high with boxes, everything is physically on the property, so now we just have to figure out how to arrange it. As a welcoming gift, the AC wasn't working in the house, so it was a pretty steamy move in. They SHOULD have it fixed by the time we return. Overall, things went remarkably well. We met up with the realtor today and received our check from the closing, so that end is tied up as well. Chugging right along! Still left to do, besides all the unpacking, is find new health insurance, car insurance, renter's insurance, driver's liscenses, car registrations, enroll the kids in school, find new doctors, dentist, eye doctor, and figure out how to get a good deal on phone/internet/TV. Don's being a little obsessive about that last one. Oh yeah, and he needs to find a job. Really fast. So, other than that, things are going great! I'm so grateful to Butch and Evy for coming with us, and to all the other folks who helped out on the Pittsburgh end. Moving bites.

6 comments:

SMNYC said...

Well done on step 13. Onto step 14....

M.M. said...

I feel for you all. Good luck on the next few steps forward.
M.M.

Melissa said...

My vote is, if you have a cell phone, don't get a land line, don't pay for tv, and hold off on internet for a while. That takes some stress out of things. Get a big honking antenna on freecycle or craigslist, and get nothing but PBS stations like we do! Usually, one insurance company can give you a deal on all that stuff if you insure everything you have through them. No problemo. You're doing great - Breathe!!

Amy said...

I needs me some internet. The other stuff is nice and would be missed, especially by the kids, but I need the internet. (And no, L., not for porn.)

SMNYC said...

I don't have a phone or tv anymore. My internet's $30/mo. And I haven't missed TV at all. Recently discovered plugging the cable directly into the TV gets me a handful of channels which is nice so I can catch sports.

But really, you don't need phone or TV anymore. Most of TV is available online.

Blackbird said...

I have a land line because to get a reasonable price on my intergoogle, I had to sign a contract on a land line, too. Otherwise it would have cost 4x as much. But, because I waited 90 days and then typed a secret code into a special web site, in 6 to 8 weeks I'll get a $150 debit card to use on products from Verizon's special commercial partners, whoever that is. So it's a bargain, really.