New Title?

I am thinking of changing the title of this blog to "Peggy's Rant"...rather than "Peggy's Ramblings"...for reasons I won't divulge. I mean, it fits, right? I do get on a soapbox sometimes, trying to express my frustrations with the rest of the world, and I repeat myself because I can't always remember what I've already talked about, but most of my blog posts are self-serving and boring. I am absolutely fascinated to think that anyone actually reads it! On one occasion, I was going through the blog archives thinking of deleting posts when my daughter discouraged me from doing so. She seems to think that they are like history and that it all should be saved...so I left the blog intact. So, Megan...this is all your fault! :)

I haven't written a single thing on this venue that isn't true to my experience. I have said nothing with the idea of hurting anyone else, nor have I fabricated a thing. I am, however, embarrassed by the fact that I have read other blogs that are full of design and pictures. I just don't have the computer skills for that! With all of my time in retirement, I should work at getting better at doing those things... But what do retired English teachers do? They write. Or at least this one does. Sorry, folks. That's what I do best!

On to other things. Last week, I decided to take a little of my tax return money to put in a new storm door at the back of the house. One of my handy radio friends agreed to help me buy one and do the work. It took a couple of days, but it looks great! Meanwhile, I had decided to ditch Comcast and go with AT&T U-Verse because, according to the salesperson at the door, it was going to save me some money each month. The technician came on the same day as the storm door project. He had to rewire part of the house. Was here for four hours...got the phone and TVs going, and the Internet...then left. Unfortunately, he didn't give me the info I needed in order to log into wireless from my laptop. I figured it would take yet another phone call to AT&T to get that taken care of.

Two days ago, for reasons known only to God, the power glitched here at the house for a split second--just enough to knock out everything. Nothing came back when the power returned. One thing I didn't understand when I went with U-Verse is that even the phones run through the modem. When the power is out and/or the modem isn't working, the phones don't work, either. Yikes! I got on the cell phone and started working with a technician to get things up and running again. He determined that I probably had a defective modem and put in a service call for the next day, but we were able to get things going, temporarily. Meanwhile, I almost ran my Tracfone out of minutes...

Yesterday, a different technician showed up to give me a new modem WITH a battery backup (which the first one was supposed to have, but didn't), and we resolved the information about how to log into wireless with other computers. So far, so good! I'm still a little nervous about not having phone service during a power outage, considering that my health isn't all that good. He told me how I could get around that. I just have to call AT&T to figure out how much that will affect my bill. It's pretty unlikely that I would have a heart attack during a power outage, but stranger things have happened.

I think I'm in for some trouble. Am experiencing a toothache in a tooth that is an anchor for a permanent bridge that was installed in my mouth somewhere around the mid-80s. This isn't good. Wish me luck!

So...Peggy's "rant" for today is that I want a magic wand to use to clean my house!! Am looking after my neighbor's furball (cat) because his wife has had knee-replacement surgery, and he is finding himself coming and going. The cat is probably 16 years old. He's a lover. (The cat...not the neighbor!) In any case, I just keep on pluggin'!