tv saga continues...

the nice tech from dish discovered that netflix/hulu...aka any streaming app could not be seen on my NEW tv.  whaaat?  found out that the design on this tv meant an app would have to be downloaded onto a smart phone, then every time i would want to use the new tv i would have to use my phone to access apps like netflix.  again, whaaaat?

so the nice dish tech patiently waited for me to call Microcenter's technical support team to see if this could really be true.......that this visio set was only a "smart tv" if used with a "smart phone".  acccckkkkk, awful really, poor design from my standpoint.

i don't want to have to depend on my phone to see a show on tv........crazy.  sam was busy elsewhere, so i called my neighbors Kari & Ryan for help.  they came over last night after dinner and boxed up the new tv........loaded it into my car.  so sad. 

i gave them the majority of the nanner bread & brownies......seemed only fair to share since they were soooo kind and helpful.

so now i had to return the tv to microcenter......headed down there & got busy "splaining it all" to the manager.  he organized things well......got a nice guy to bring in my return........got another salesman to get the TV sam recommended instead.......this time we went with a samsung 4K ultra smart tv.....it was more, but the store manager gave me a decent discount to salve my hurt feelings......and tender my frustration. then a nice guy loaded it into my car.  i have been assured that this set truly is a smart tv.......i went with refurbished to save moolah.......and went with a fancier tv so i would be sort of in the technology loop over the next by and by......advice from sam.  Sam has been very helpful making this possible.......he's a wonderful son!

so back up the freeway i went......stopped to get more salad fixin's, fresh bakery bread and RIBS.  yup, in honor of Labor Day Krogers' was outside grilling spare ribs, the smell was intoxicating.........this is when i realized i hadn't had breakfast or lunch......so i got some of their ribs fresh off the grill for dinner tomorrow night........

which is when sam is coming back to set up yet another tv & re-install my first floor air vents.......which look like brand new after some serious scrubbing and fresh paint......! 

hopefully tomorrow night will be a success for all things TV in Sparrow Cottage.........never expected this to be so complicated.  the salesman apologised, he wasn't aware of this design "feature"......to me it's a FLAW, but ya gotta move on.......the manager didn't know either, but somebody named Johnny did.......he even downloaded the installation info and other details to make life easier, with a refurbished tv you get zero info........so his help was a real plus.

Debbie cleaned today and then she helped me get the giant box out of the geezermobile and into the garage.......it wasn't all that heavy for two people to deal with, just big and bulky.......as we're lugging it along i leaned in and whispered in a conspiratorial tone that my dearly departed uncle morty was in the box.....& that i had dearly departed him!  as if......i have a hard time killing bugs around here!!!!!!!

we both started to giggle, that kind of giggling fit where you just lose it...........i was really punchy cause i've been waking up at 4 am lately & can't get back to sleep........she hasn't been sleeping well either, and the situation with her daughter is totally stressing her out.........so well we lost it to stupidity for a while.....laughter is goooood medicine.

i am starting to teeter .......achy, sore, stiff, feel like a serious bout of pitiful is coming my way........but that's normal for kids like us......excitement and then blammo, we wipe out.............pray that this goes well and there is no more tv SAGA for years and years!

the end. hugs, night!