Direct TV and your "so called" Customer Service

Dear Direct TV,


Since my husband and I have had your service for the past year and a half I have come to the conclusion that your customer service is severely lacking. Please explain to me why I have to pay you to come out when I have never even touched the satellite dish and all of a sudden we are getting a total of 15 channels and I have to pay you to come out and look at it? Doesn't make much sense huh? The technician who set up our dish initially left cables hanging in the basement, did a pitiful job pouring the concrete for the pole for the dish and could not program the remote with our TV. Really? What do you train them to do? I'm confused. We want nothing more than to cancel our contract but that is not option because of your ridiculous fees. Up until 4 months ago everything was working fine but now I cannot watch The Office and I am not a happy camper. And as for your customer service telephone number - I have never been more aggravated getting off the phone. Telemarketers get on my nerves less than your employees. I explain to you that our backyard is covered in trees and that I don't think the position of the satellite is effective. When the trees blow we lose signal. It's just that ridiculous. I have a feeling that if a leaf falls or a bird goes to the restroom we probably lose signal then too. For you to have the audacity to ask if I can remove some trees excuse me while I bust out laughing. These are tall pine trees idiot! Granted your fees are high we would come out cheaper paying you to cancel than paying a company to come out and remove the trees. You do the math. Seriously??? So thank you for sending out another technician yesterday who informed us we did not have a signal where it has been. We are so appreciative to you for explaining this to us. We were utterly confused as to why we were only getting 15 channels. I'm so glad he cleared that up for us. He wanted to put it on the roof but explained he could not guarantee that it would make it any better. So let me get this straight - You want to climb on my roof, nail a satellite dish to my roof and in turn voiding the warranty on my brand new roof without a guaranteed signal? No thank you. But he was able to find one little spot in the trees on the corner of the house so I now have not one but 2 areas of poured concrete in my yard. Thank you oh so much for that. Believe me when I say that I am counting down the days till April when we can cancel your awful service.



Sincerely,

Your unappreciated customer,

Laura

12 weeks with Little Bit :)

Courtesy of Baby Center:

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

When I read these weekly updates I sit in awe of how great our God is. Chad has been putting up with me complaining here lately and yesterday it hit me.  Yes, the first trimester has been challenging but it could be worse, much worse. Instead of complaining I am going to try something new.  Every time I catch myself about to complain I am going to stop myself and mentally thank God for the privilege of being able to get pregnant and experience this miracle for nine months.  It hit me that there are women who have difficulties getting pregnant or for that matter getting pregnant at all who would gladly take what I am dealing with so that they could have a baby. 

Thank you God for allowing Chad and I to have a baby and experience all that we are.

February 3 is going to be a Special Day!

In my previous post I explained some reasons as to why I have been slacking with maintaining my blog. Yes, work is keeping me busy. Yes, life has been busy. There is one reason I have been waiting to share. The first two reasons are pretty good and decent reasons for my laziness but this next reason is the icing on the cake. I'm sure as you are reading this you have probably figured out what I am about to share.

On May 30, Chad and I found out that we are going to have a baby!! 

Words cannot describe our excitement that night when we found out. We cried, laughed, jumped and down, we hugged and we smiled non-stop for the rest of the evening. We decided in January that we were ready to start a family so it didn't exactly take long :) We are so excited for this next chapter in our lives!! We will have our first sonogram on July 26'th. I'm sure there will be smiles and tears of joy. Each Thursday is a new week for me - Right now I am 10 weeks but not too far from 11 weeks! This puts my due date at

February 3, 2011.  Some of you may be curious as to how my first trimester is going...I have actually lost 7 pounds due to food not cooperating (I'm sure you know what I mean) and nothing and I mean NOTHING but bagels tastes good. Bring on the bagels I guess! And WOW am I tired. All of the time I am tired. I am recquiring a lot of sleep and when I don't get it -Watch out! I am not showing yet but I don't think it will be too much longer :) We are excited for our parents to become grandparents and believe me they are beyond thrilled!

Update on a church home: We have tried different churches in our area but after our search we have decided to go back to our church home at First Baptist of Jonesboro. We feel like this is where God wants us to be right now. With our recent news we know that a lot is going to be changing and it's a crucial time in our lives for our spiritual walk. First Baptist of Jonesboro is our family and we want to share this time and grow together with them.

We ask for your thoughts and prayers during these next 6 and a half months. I will be updating more regularly now - I just had to get through the beginning :)

WAHOO!!!!!!!!

I may be a slacker but atleast I have an excuse!

First and foremost I must apologize for the delay in my entries. A lot has changed and happened in the past month and I have been adjusting to my new position at Chick-fil-A. Now onto the good stuff:

I must do a small rant about one of my favorite tv shows that has let me down this season. If you have read in the past you know that I love writing about The Bachelor/Bachelorette and it has not happened yet for this season. I have found myself not as engaged in it at all this go around. I still watch but I'm just not as into it. I love Ali but I have had a revelation. Brace yourself. This show is about Ratings and Publicity. Shocker! I know but tis true. These producers are finding more and more morons to put on this show. Do I still watch? Well, of course but I guess you could say before where I would not dare miss an episode - I'm okay if I miss one now...But enough about that...

On Saturday evening we celebrated my beautiful sister's birthday with the family. We played a little water volleyball but the real competiton of the evening came down to the Wii. Jenn now has 4 controllers which makes it that much more fun. There were 4 of us playing tennis in the living room, wakeboarding in the living room (from what I hear I look pretty funny doing this one), sword fighting and canoeing. Tennis was not that exahusting nor was the wakeboarding. However, my family is slightly competitve (hence the exaggeration) and sword fighting was insane. I think we took it to a whole new level. Let's just say the controllers were getting disconnected. Then came Canoeing. Dad and I took on Chad and Daniel and I promise I felt like I was in a stinking canoe paddling my little heart out. Dad and I were chanting whether or not to go on the left or the right. It was exhausting! Such a good night until I woke up Sunday morning for church and could not move my arms nor the rest of my body. I kid you not I felt as though I had been given flu shots in both arms and my back thown up against a wall at 90 mph. Good workout? You could say that.

Last night my mom and I set out on an endeavor that I am paying for greatly today. It is now secret that I loved the Twilight Saga books so it is only fitting that I go see the movies as well. I have seen the first two at midnight so why not the third? So last night mom and I hung in there yet again for the midnight showing of Eclipse. I thoroughly enjoyed this time with my mom. It is time that I do not get as often anymore so I treasure my time with her that much more when I do get it. Mom was however cracking me up. We arrived at 9:30 to get in line because you have to be able to get a good seat. I did not pay for these tickets to sit on the very front row. As we were standing there, Mom is telling me, do you see how young these girls are? You are 25, Smiling the whole time. I just reminded her of how much she loves me. :) As far as the movie goes; It was the better of the three but I still prefer the books over the movies. The movies continually get better and Taylor Lautner's abs don't exactly hurt the movie but I am still an Edward fan. I just keep going back to how captivating the books were. Last night was also worth while because I was able to see the new Harry Potter Trailer and let's just say I am super pumped!

As far as the holiday weekend is concerned- Chad and I will be heading down to Panama City Beach, Florida on Friday and come back Wednesday with my family! It is a much needed vacation and we are both looking forward to it. We are looking forward to doing.....absolutely....NOTHING!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful 4'th of July weekend!! Be safe and have fun!

Loving my new job!

I thought I would give an update on work, life - well just a little bit of everything! I have been in my new role at work now for about two weeks and it has been an amazing two weeks! I am learning a lot and I must admit a big plus is NO PANTY HOSE! That alone is a bonus and just in time for these hot summer days in Georgia. I wish I could give a job description of my different tasks but honestly I can't. I'm doing a little bit of everything and everyday is different - which is a nice change! This was the plan from the beginning; that I would be doing a little bit of everything.

Life at the moment is going wonderfully! Chad and I are enjoying First Baptist of Peachtree City. It's a big decision so we are taking our time and listening to the Lord on seeking membership.

We received our Master Bedroom Furniture and our room is coming together nicely! New bedding, new television for the bedroom (Thank You Rooms To Go)!!  I will post pictures tomorrow! I did some new things with the Mantle in the living room and I personally love it! Got the idea from some different blogs - Let me know what you think!

That's all I have for now! Please keep me in your prayers as I start this next chapter in my career! Oh yea - Go get your Chick-fil-A Spicy Sandwich!

Dancing at Screen on the Green

Moving to Marketing

So I wanted to share with everyone that I have my official start for my move to the Chick-fil-A Marketing Department!!

And the date is....

Drum Roll Please.......

June 1'st!!! Next Tuesday!!!

I am SUPER excited about this move and the doors of opportunity that it is going to open :)
God is so good and I am so thankful that He and He alone has a plan for my life. My patience was tested and there were days that I failed on that test. All in all I knew there was a reason and even though I may not see that reason at the moment and I may never see that reason I know it was all for the better.

Too much for this age group

I was in total shock when I watched this. I personally think this is wrong on so many levels. The dance teacher should not be allowed to teach dance classes to this age group ever again and the parents need to have their heads examined. They are robbing these little girls of their youth. What do you think?

Trees are falling

So tonight Chad and I went out for our run before dinner and we came back home something really random happened. We were sitting in the living room talking when all of a sudden we hear this very strange noise. Chad looked in the kitchen and I glanced outside from the couch and I was like what in the world??? I saw a limb falling - a big limb...I thought the whole tree was falling. I guess I am a little confused because today was perfect; sunny, no wind and def no rain...I am perplexed...

I did what???

Saturday morning was a great way to start off the weekend! We headed up to Atlantic Station at about 6:20 am and whoa was that an early Saturday. When we got there we met up with our team for some Team Pictures and then made our way to the start line. I was trying to prepare myself mentally for running the 5K. I had committed in my head to run the race no matter what. I told Chad that if he got first place then I would go to his go kart race that night. So he was determined to say the least. He and Daniel sprinted when the gun sounded. Nicole, Jenn and I paced ourselves. We ended up splitting up for various reasons. I need to say that I am not a runner by any means. Being surrounded by runners made me feel like one though. As I am coming up to the water table I am watching the pros as they throw the water in their mouths and keep going. So I followed their example and threw it my mouth but ended up with water all over my face and on my shirt while I think one drop landed in my mouth. After that; I saw Daniel near me and hollered at him and he and I ran the rest together. Once I saw the finish line I felt a sense of accomplishment and pride that I didn't give up. I finished in 33:05 and time didn't really matter to me I just wanted to run the entire thing and not quit. When I stopped running my legs felt like JELLO. Mission Accomplished!

We got back to the house and we all crashed. Nobody wanted to move but we had to. Chad and I headed over to his Dad's because it was time for a night of Go Karts. We made our way up to Dalton, GA for the evening. Bradley was able to bring Emily and I love getting to spend time with this little chick. She is a mess and I love every bit of her! Lindsey and I spent most of the evening laughing and cutting up with Emily while the boys worked on their karts. They made a huge improvement during the practice and qualifying but the main was not too good. Not sure what the missing piece is to this world of go kart racing but I hope they figure it out soon!

This is Emily and she is a bundle of energy with a very vivid imagination. I love her to pieces!