Thank you for your assistance. I did send a message to CBS. We do have a new outside antennae and all other equipment is new. I just want to share this. My husband and I laugh about the "progress" we have made. Just yesterday we were unable to get either the Ravens or Redskin games on TV. One was on CBS and the other was on Fox. We get a Fox station but it is from PA so of course they had the Eagles game on. I am dial up PC customer - that is all that is available to me as we are backed up to a mountain and no signal available unless we cut massive trees. So I don't watch anything on PC as I get cut off frequently. We love where we live and wouldn't trade it for any reason, but I just want some folks to know how "progress" has affected some of us. Fortunately, we have a life other than TV!!!!

A friend has a Vizio TV and it's great. Has better sound than my Dynex. I've noticed Vizio's price going up lately compared to other brands so they must be getting popular. I've used Tracfone for years and see little reason to consider changing. Costs me about $5-$7 a month. I have the double minutes for life on it and it came with a promo for a bonus 30 min each time you add a card. Tack on a promo code for usually 30-60 more minutes and a small card gives a lot of minutes. Mine is on Verizon and I have better coverage than most contract phones of Tmo, AT&T or Sprint. A friend is paying about $130/mo for his phone that they promised "if this won't get service, nothing will" but he can't get service at his farm. I pulled out my Tracfone (that he laughed at), dialed his phone, put it on speaker so they could hear it ring and answer and I left a message. After he changed his underwear he didn't criticize my phone again. If I didn't use DSL, I'd seriously consider dropping the landline and use this all the time. BTW, for reference, you can get another 10 min if you activate your phone online. Not a big thing, but 10 min is 10 min. Another little tip is sometimes you can get deals on the small cards. For a while they had a deal where you could buy a phone and two 60 min cards for $20. I'd activate the phones and give them to people to try out. They'd have 20 min time and for short talkers, it gave them a chance to see if they'd like it. Or I'd keep them and use them for disposable numbers when I needed to give someone a contact number and didn't trust them. Some would just call and have the minutes transferred to their main phone but I didn't bother with that. Then I'd use the cards myself and they'd add 210 min per card with the bonuses. So for the $20 (plus tax but no shipping) I'd get a net total of 430 minutes of talk time which would last a long time for me. Occasionally a promo was for additional days too and that's usually more valuable to me. I usually spend the $50 and buy an extra year of time since I don't use many minutes.

I pretty much have to go with tile because it's about the only thing that will hold up to my rolling chair. I have had tile in all of my previous kitchens so I am pretty accustomed to it. One thing I definitely wanted was a non slip surface and this tile has that. Several reviews by people with it had very positive feedback. I considered linoleum, cork, and all alternatives, but each one said using rolling chairs would cancel the warranty. Definitely could not use laminates or real wood and no carpet! Lol I made sure to only look at tile with the highest hardness rating so it's rated for inside or outside. I love having y'all give me feedback because I have never done this before. I have picked tile for a previous home but that's it. I need feedback! I am thinking of darker wood cabinets. My previous ones were light natural wood. My living room TV counter and bookcases were java and I love the color.

I should submit some pictures. They ask for stories about dangers. I should submit about the county not clearing the drainage and drains. Oh this happened yesterday. One of my neighbors was so upset about flooding again because the drainage ditches have not been cleared, she called the county and asked again for them to come out, we have all done that numerous times with no response, so when they told her they would put her on their list (normal answer). She said OK well if someone is not here at my house within the hour I am calling every news channel and reporting why we keep flooding and have them come out so they can see what we are constantly dealing with. They had two trucks at her house in 30 minutes. They cleaned her ditches and left! Did not touch any of ours. My husband was actually running after the truck to stop them and they just kept going. The civic club is going down there in person to present a letter notifying them of their lack of response to the community and our continued flooding because of their lack of response and to be prepared for legal action unless the situation is corrected immediately and continued monitoring and maintenance is done.