Gone But Back For Now

I know it has been a very long while since I have sat down and posted anything. I had great intentions but somehow I let those intentions fly right on by. I have been thinking lately that there are so many things I want to share with my children, like my growing up years and memories of them and wishes for their future but my girls don't like sappy. So maybe if I start writing like I am writing a book or keeping a diary it won't come off as sappy. Today I met up with a friend from Tupelo who has also found her way back north and we went to see"Julie and Julie". I really enjoyed it being the foodie I am. Little things in the movie brought forward so much of my culinary school days and my sheer love of cooking. I actually was able to feel a bond with Julia at the end when she saw her published work for the first time. Thoughts came back to when "Celebrating Hospicetality" came to fruition. I know it wasn't my work alone but remembering the long 3 years it took to get it published, the work meetings, recipe testing, eating, eating and more eating, editing, spell checking made me feel so proud to have left my own little mark on the culinary world. Sometimes I feel I am really special. Somedays life is really good! Everyday since last Thursday has been an adventure. I have been given the chance to see if I can really cope without the TV. Answer: yes. I have listened to the radio, my IPod (thanks Jess), read books I have been piling up and just enjoyed the silence. My husband on the other hand has found it a little harder. He needs to watch the news and is so used to putting on the TV as soon as he gets up. He also puts more than one TV on at a time. He does need to remember it was his idea to cancel the service but if you get his version Direct TV was really at fault. I guess I should tell this story from the beginning. In August of 2007 we moved into our home and needed to find a TV provider. We chose Direct TV. We called, checked all the packages made our choice, asked for the monthly price said okay then when the first bill came the war started! Hidden Fees! or should I say we didn't read the fine print. My husband called said he would only pay the price we were quoted and then throughout our two year agreement we met with shut offs, letters to higher authorities and unpleasant feelings. Well this August we could get out and chose a new provider. My husband called to tell them that at the end of our contract we were cancelling. They figured otherwise and shut off one of our four TVs the next day. When we called to asked them to turn it back on we met with you have two accounts, no we didn't, then if we turn it back on it will extend your contract another two years so my husband said cancel everything. Called new provider can't come till end of this week so we will be without the "box" for 9 days. I'm doing okay as I stated before so I guess this was also a way for me to get back to my good intentions to blog!