I'm in

Well, I have arrived at the Bertaut blog and I think it is a great idea. Thanks Donna for setting it up. Kathryn and I are moved in for the most part with everything unpacked and put away except for hanging our pictures. She's been traveling and it has all the makings of a fruitless excercise to hang them without her input so I am waiting on that one. Dallas has been great with a couple of exceptions...1) It is hot. I mean like wow, hot...sun hot, wishing for the days of Africa Hot to cool off hot. There should be a another word past hot that applies to weather but most of them only apply to cooking--boiling, broiling, searing. I think I will invent one--Let's go with "core of the earth hot". Ok, not great but it may catch on. Maybe as an acronym--COTEH. I'll work on it. 2) It seems like everyone I have been dealing with to set up my house, utilities, cable, furniture, etc is trying to screw me over or giving us bad service. Example: Call the cable company--Time Warner--Of course I expect to get screwed on cost but I am told that the first call will not allow me to choose my options of my cable it is just a set-up call...can you connect me to the "option specialist, miss time warner nightmare" no, you have to call this number. Strike one. Next they want to run my credit...why, I ask I have a time Warner account in CA for 5 years and I pay (on time I might add) $150+. Can't you look at my account? No, can't help you. Strike two. Finally get to the set up installation stage, "Oh, sorry sir the previous owners have not canceled their account so we can't set it up until they do". Strike Three. Hello Direct TV. This is one of several different stories regarding the issues I have had with service and cost issues from my bank, cleaning service, furniture delivery, appliance delivery and I am sure a couple more I am not thinking about right now. I'll post my cleaning service story next time...it is my favorite. I'll look through my pictures to see what I have but I am not making any promises...I only use people in my photos for scale. Ron