No TV ='s No Bueno

The storm last night lasted well into the morning, I was woken up around 5am to the power flickering on and off for about 20 minutes straight. I was kinda freaked out because looking out our bedroom window you could see the street pole across the way with sparks lighting off of it. It really looked like the whole thing was on fine. Having gas appliances in our house this made me a little uneasy. I called the hubbs but he assured me everything would be ok. Still no 100% relieved I tried to get a little more sleep before getting ready for work. With no AC that didn't really work. When I left for work, there was still no power. But when I came home at 1pm it was back on. Thank goodness!!!!!

 This view in our living room is kinda depressing :( we don't watch a lot of TV but we do enjoy our shows. At the end of a long day you can normally find us vegged out curled up on the couch. I dropped our TV off at a repair shop today and the verdict is in........it needs a new circuit board. I'm glad its repairable, because I know we wouldn't of gotten the full price we paid for it from the insurance company. Meaning we would have to come out of pocket to cover the difference on a new TV. The only crappy part is the part needed to fix the unit is on back order. Really how is that even possible, I just can't help but think its always been one thing or another since we've been here. I know things will get better, I know life comes with trial and mountains we must climb but why so many. I'm trying to look at the good in the situation because I know it could have been much worse. They are telling us 2 possibly 3 weeks on the part so we will see. For now I'm on the hunt for a temporary one to hold us over. Fingers crossed ours gets repaired sooner rather than later.

  ~DAY 272~

some crazy storm

There was a crazy storm that rolled through our part of town tonight. It all happened in a matter of minutes. Thankfully I had just finished up cooking dinner before the power went out. We hardly ever sit at our kitchen table and eat but since the storm knocked the cable out we found our self at the table watching the crazy storm poor down from the sky. It was just a little after 6:30pm and it looked like it was around 10 or 11pm because the clouds were so dark. Thankfully the power wasn't out for long, just a couple minutes. I was enjoying the storm till we realized it took out our TV, it won't turn on at all. This wouldn't be that big of a issue if it wasn't the only TV we had in our home. We made a agreement back when we got married, no TV in the bed room. I know it will be covered under our rental insurance it just sucks. I stepped out front after the storm died down a bit and our neighbor said the same thing happened to their TV. Wired thing is it's plugged in to a power surge protector and everything else plugged into it works just fine. The storm lasted well into the night, loud rolls of thunder followed by lightning lighting up the sky every couple minutes.

We stood out side watching the rain gushing off the roof, our backyard was flooded. We needed the rain (from what the locals say) but did we really need that much?!?!?! Oh well maybe the grass seed we planted last weekend will still grow. We have one small spot in the back yard we are still having problems with it growing. From what I've heard its suppose to thunderstorm for the next week like it did tonight. The only bad part about that means no outside time at school, talk about a BIG bummer.

~DAY 271~