Good news from NJ, Mama gots TV

I had Mama call Korman communities in Somerset yesterday to see if there has been any activity on the apartment we vacated in late October. I have called every two weeks only to hear that we still had responsibility for the lease. Which is disappointing since the cost per month is $2250. She was told yesterday that there is a couple who will be signing to take over the lease as of today.


Our check for the rent for December will be returned as soon as ink is put to paper on the new lease agreement. Praise the Lord! We do miss our many friends still there, but the apartment rent was not a tie that I wanted to bind us to New Jersey for any longer than absolutely necessary. The NJ license plates are gone. Our NJ driver’s licenses are gone. The EZpass tags have been cancelled and returned and now the apartment issue is settled. We are not done with New Jersey but our accounts are finally settled.

Speaking of settled accounts, Victoria transferred her Direct TV account over to us so we could help her use up her time in the contract – counting down on two years. I was not thriller with the prospect of holes being drilled in the walls and wires being run through the house, but Mama was pretty set on the idea.

Turns out the guys doing the installation were very conscientious of providing a neat looking connection and they did a very presentable job of it. I was impressed. Of course, we only installed one receiver since we do not have a TV in our bedroom - the movers are still looking for it – but at some point we plan on replacing it. We only need two so Mama can watch HGTV while the rest of us watch real TV.

Chase was secretly hoping Victoria was right in the middle of an exciting movie when the service was disconnected in Hot Springs just for the “gotcha” bragging moment. He was almost right, Grandpa was right in the middle of a good movie when the TV went blue. Chase almost felt bad.

Mama was really excited to get to watch NCIS for the first time in almost a month. We searched for the channels, couldn’t find the right one, called the provider to have the local channels switched over to Amarillo from Hot Springs, only to discover that NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles had been preempted by Christmas programs.

So for her first night with TV, what did Mama watch? How the Grinch stole Christmas