PLEASE remind me NEVER to agree to consider having another housesitter/renter look after our place in winter... UNLESS they are TRULY a trusted friend. This year we set up a housesitting arrangement with a new 'friend', Kate, whom I met last spring and who needed a place to stay come November because she couldn't stand her nephew-in-law, whose basement she had been staying in until her deal was … [Read more...]
T-Mobile: Mobile Internet Hotspot Plan Horrors
Ed and I decided to forgo the convoluted and time-consuming setup of our big Internet satellite dish and the very expensive Hughesnet Internet service this winter, opting instead to use a mobile Internet hotspot. I'll begin by saying that T-Mobile's Mobile Internet hotspot service works REALLY well, once you get it working. Getting it to work, however, was (and in some ways remains) a … [Read more...]
The Garage Door
Our garage door hasn't worked properly since its installation on the new house back in May of 2016. It frequently fails to open all the way, i.e. goes up 6 inches and just stops. Push the button a few times and it does the same thing repeatedly. You end up having to go and 'help out' by pushing up on it while it's negotiating those first 6 inches. The door also doesn't much like to be … [Read more...]
U.S. Health Care SUCKS
I've had a number of experiences with health care while traveling in the United States - none of them good. The most recent episode happened while we were camped at McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Fountain Hills, Arizona. I was experiencing SEVERE jaw pain, that prevented me from being able to either eat, sleep or have a moment's peace. So, we found a doctor's office in Fountain … [Read more...]
Remediation Went Well… Only a Few Items Outstanding
In an effort to finally fix everything Karoleena broke on our new home, Horizon North (the company that bought Karoleena in 2016) brought in a third-party contractor to go through the list of deficiencies to determine what still needed to be done and 2 construction guys from Alpine (remediation specialists) to get the work done. Honestly, if Mike and Rick, the construction guys, had been … [Read more...]
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