yeah if your hoping for some racy little tidbit not going to get it here :)
My confessions are I've over ate a couple times this past week...mindless eating because I was bored. I did not turn to God, or clean my house when I felt this way. And I'm cold... well probably won't be too much today, but yesterday and the day before I didn't want to do anything cause I was so very cold. Now I know I'm in Texas... but I don't deal well with the winter weather. especially when the house is 65 in the warmest area...
I am in sensory overload already and it is just 7am. My 6 year old wants my phone to play bad piggies on, the house is a wreck (see above confession). Kenn just left to pick up some work. the 2 year old is screaming... 12 year old asleep (or pretending to be so) I feel mentally, physically and emotionally drained. So I am fixing to do my 15 minutes of Bible reading with my head phones on listening to Air1, then I will do my 4 challenges (day 13... haven't missed a day yet though I was tempted) take a bath and start cleaning. going to give myself 2 hours to accomplish it in (do able but will be close... but if I don't my stress level will just keep going up... been having stress pains in my shoulder and I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!time to buckle down and get things done. Praying a peaceful day here (more than it is starting out as)
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Delighting in Obedience
OH boy... that word... the word that sometimes makes people cringe... OBEDIENCE... Something that most people struggle with. Funny but true story first then I will get into the meat of this topic. When Kenn and I were dating (we argue about where this takes place I say it happened at my parents house he says his aunts townhouse... but seeing as it is me telling this I will go with my parents house :) ) It was a Sunday evening and we were watching America's Funniest Home Videos with my parents. (this was in the mid 90's) They were showing wedding clips, and in one of them the minister came to love, honor and obey and the bride said "I'm not saying that word no way!" I looked at Kenn and said something like "yeah I'm not going to say obey either" He said "that's ok you don't have to" then a few minutes later he asked "Hey, Andi, could you go get me a coke ?" So not thinking about it I got up went outside got the coke brought it in, looked at the coke, then looked at him sitting there with the cat ate the canary look on his face and it dawned on me just as he said " No... you don't have to say obey " He is lucky I didn't throw the can at him :)
Anyway obedience... not only obedience but delighting in it... that sounds impossible doesn't it. I know it is a struggle to get the boys to obey a lot (our oldest was even diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder last summer.) Hardened hearts are all around... I want to do what I want, when I want, how I want and the consequences be damned is how many people live maybe not about everything but about a lot of things. I'm guilty of this myself from time to time (yesterday is a GLARING example right now) obedience isn't what everyone thinks of... it isn't being a slave to someone else. it isn't being a dog waiting for a command... it is realizing that there is a reason that we must wait... and not waiting could have bad results.
As children we are to obey our parents. We learned pretty quick if we didn't do what we were told there were consequences, rather corporal or material the consequences of not doing what we were told to do were not fun. As a child I got spanked, I got put in the corner, I was grounded, and had things I liked or wanted to do taken away from me for various acts of disobedience. Part of having Free will allows us to choose to be obedient or not. But choosing to be obedient can be rewarding, it can have as many rewards and perks as disobedience has punishments and negative consequences. Still speaking from the child's point of view... if you obey (lets say doing your chores) you may earn an allowance, get to do something you've been wanting to do, maybe even get a gift that you had been wanting. Not to mention that in keeping your room clean you would also know where that toy (piece of clothing, book) was that you wanted to play with rather than having to totally tear up your room looking for it, and have some healthy amount of pride for a job well done.
As we grow up we learn more and more lessons on being obedient...Most teens learn to obey the rules of the road, so that they won't have their parents take away their driving privileges (not me... didn't start driving on my own until I was 24 and married). We learn more about becoming responsible for the things we do and don't do. We get jobs, and start making money and learn that in order to keep the job we have to do what we are told to do by our boss (we learn to OBEY our boss). Then there is the tough choices... the dating... learning to obey God and not our bodies... (I'm forgiven for the choices I made and you are as well, I wish some choices I had made differently, but I would not be who I am today if I had)... the bills and play ... I want to go to the movie, but this bill is due...
When we get married we are suppose to obey our husbands... most modern women balk at this idea. I know that I have not been as faithful in obedience to anyone as I should. in April of 1993 I went on a women's retreat with the BSU of Lamar university. One of the ladies on the retreat told the story of the first time she met her husband the thought "This is the man you are going to marry!" hit her out of no where. (they met at someone's wedding) well she didn't give it much thought other than to deny it because he was not her type... they started corresponding a few months later, started dating, and eventually got married. The following Monday I was walking to class and there were two guys I knew from the Wesley foundation walking in front of me. My eyes locked on to the back of one of them. "THIS IS THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY!!!" I stopped dead in my tracks. NO WAY... power of suggestion... not my type at all. shook my head and kept on to class. That guy would occasionally ask me to lunch (which I never thought I was much to look at and the only guy I dated in high school I had to chase and practically beg to ask me out) I never really took it seriously. He asked a mutual friend for my number I told her not to give it to him and to tell him something like my parent's don't let me give my number out.... she just told him I said no. That summer his dad died (I remember seeing the obit in the paper and saying a little prayer for his family). Towards the end of the summer, after drinking too much at a party at a friends house I almost let a guy that I really thought I liked a lot go a lot farther than I should... my no's were starting to get very weak when his sister saved the day by coming to look for us. When classes started back in the fall I decided I was going to stop worrying so much about not having a guy in my life and concentrate on my studies. One day at work THE guy came in and I pointed him out to one of my friends that I worked with... "that's the guy that keeps asking me out!" she was like "Why don't you say yes... what is the worst that could happen?" So I decided on that day that next time he asked I would say yes... well he didn't ask again. One day I was sitting in the Wesley and talking to a friend about the Glamour shot pictures I had taken the year before... He over heard us and said something about wanting one :) so the next day I knew I would see him was a Tuesday. I had one of each pose (4 pictures) with my full name and phone number written on the back and handed them to him... needless to say he was a bit confused... probably even more so when at lunch that day I sat next to him and leaned back while listening to the speaker... but when he put his arms around me... I knew right then and there that the words I had heard 6 months to the day before were true.
I don't feel that being obedient to my husband is a chore (most of the time anyway), if he asks for something it just seems natural to do it.
Being obedient to God is what this topic is really over though, and I am getting better at that some days are easier than others. Yesterday however I was disobedient and listened to the part of me that wanted to eat when I was not hungry. I ate 4 egg rolls and 2 or 3 servings of fried rice that I had made the night before. (they were fairly healthy, but I was willfully disobedient in eating more than two of them because I was no longer hungry...) As a consequence I felt ill and bloated but could not throw up.
God wants us to have our hearts desires (after all it was HIM who put them there). All He asks is that we turn to HIM and give HIM our obedience, our time, our struggles, our pains, our triumphs, our victories, our needs... spend time with HIM in prayer, and in reading HIS word. He gives us nudges from time to time to let us know what HIS will is, which direction HE wants us to go... and by spending more time with HIM we can better learn to respond to these nudges, and hear these nudges more clearly. I will stop my cycle of willful disobedience now for today I will be obedient in the truths I know, and listen harder for those God nudges to lead me in the path to obedience. and I will do so with a song on my lips and in my heart, I will do so with delight, looking forward to the rewards that are to come if I am obedient.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
Anyway obedience... not only obedience but delighting in it... that sounds impossible doesn't it. I know it is a struggle to get the boys to obey a lot (our oldest was even diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder last summer.) Hardened hearts are all around... I want to do what I want, when I want, how I want and the consequences be damned is how many people live maybe not about everything but about a lot of things. I'm guilty of this myself from time to time (yesterday is a GLARING example right now) obedience isn't what everyone thinks of... it isn't being a slave to someone else. it isn't being a dog waiting for a command... it is realizing that there is a reason that we must wait... and not waiting could have bad results.
As children we are to obey our parents. We learned pretty quick if we didn't do what we were told there were consequences, rather corporal or material the consequences of not doing what we were told to do were not fun. As a child I got spanked, I got put in the corner, I was grounded, and had things I liked or wanted to do taken away from me for various acts of disobedience. Part of having Free will allows us to choose to be obedient or not. But choosing to be obedient can be rewarding, it can have as many rewards and perks as disobedience has punishments and negative consequences. Still speaking from the child's point of view... if you obey (lets say doing your chores) you may earn an allowance, get to do something you've been wanting to do, maybe even get a gift that you had been wanting. Not to mention that in keeping your room clean you would also know where that toy (piece of clothing, book) was that you wanted to play with rather than having to totally tear up your room looking for it, and have some healthy amount of pride for a job well done.
As we grow up we learn more and more lessons on being obedient...Most teens learn to obey the rules of the road, so that they won't have their parents take away their driving privileges (not me... didn't start driving on my own until I was 24 and married). We learn more about becoming responsible for the things we do and don't do. We get jobs, and start making money and learn that in order to keep the job we have to do what we are told to do by our boss (we learn to OBEY our boss). Then there is the tough choices... the dating... learning to obey God and not our bodies... (I'm forgiven for the choices I made and you are as well, I wish some choices I had made differently, but I would not be who I am today if I had)... the bills and play ... I want to go to the movie, but this bill is due...
When we get married we are suppose to obey our husbands... most modern women balk at this idea. I know that I have not been as faithful in obedience to anyone as I should. in April of 1993 I went on a women's retreat with the BSU of Lamar university. One of the ladies on the retreat told the story of the first time she met her husband the thought "This is the man you are going to marry!" hit her out of no where. (they met at someone's wedding) well she didn't give it much thought other than to deny it because he was not her type... they started corresponding a few months later, started dating, and eventually got married. The following Monday I was walking to class and there were two guys I knew from the Wesley foundation walking in front of me. My eyes locked on to the back of one of them. "THIS IS THE MAN YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY!!!" I stopped dead in my tracks. NO WAY... power of suggestion... not my type at all. shook my head and kept on to class. That guy would occasionally ask me to lunch (which I never thought I was much to look at and the only guy I dated in high school I had to chase and practically beg to ask me out) I never really took it seriously. He asked a mutual friend for my number I told her not to give it to him and to tell him something like my parent's don't let me give my number out.... she just told him I said no. That summer his dad died (I remember seeing the obit in the paper and saying a little prayer for his family). Towards the end of the summer, after drinking too much at a party at a friends house I almost let a guy that I really thought I liked a lot go a lot farther than I should... my no's were starting to get very weak when his sister saved the day by coming to look for us. When classes started back in the fall I decided I was going to stop worrying so much about not having a guy in my life and concentrate on my studies. One day at work THE guy came in and I pointed him out to one of my friends that I worked with... "that's the guy that keeps asking me out!" she was like "Why don't you say yes... what is the worst that could happen?" So I decided on that day that next time he asked I would say yes... well he didn't ask again. One day I was sitting in the Wesley and talking to a friend about the Glamour shot pictures I had taken the year before... He over heard us and said something about wanting one :) so the next day I knew I would see him was a Tuesday. I had one of each pose (4 pictures) with my full name and phone number written on the back and handed them to him... needless to say he was a bit confused... probably even more so when at lunch that day I sat next to him and leaned back while listening to the speaker... but when he put his arms around me... I knew right then and there that the words I had heard 6 months to the day before were true.
I don't feel that being obedient to my husband is a chore (most of the time anyway), if he asks for something it just seems natural to do it.
Being obedient to God is what this topic is really over though, and I am getting better at that some days are easier than others. Yesterday however I was disobedient and listened to the part of me that wanted to eat when I was not hungry. I ate 4 egg rolls and 2 or 3 servings of fried rice that I had made the night before. (they were fairly healthy, but I was willfully disobedient in eating more than two of them because I was no longer hungry...) As a consequence I felt ill and bloated but could not throw up.
God wants us to have our hearts desires (after all it was HIM who put them there). All He asks is that we turn to HIM and give HIM our obedience, our time, our struggles, our pains, our triumphs, our victories, our needs... spend time with HIM in prayer, and in reading HIS word. He gives us nudges from time to time to let us know what HIS will is, which direction HE wants us to go... and by spending more time with HIM we can better learn to respond to these nudges, and hear these nudges more clearly. I will stop my cycle of willful disobedience now for today I will be obedient in the truths I know, and listen harder for those God nudges to lead me in the path to obedience. and I will do so with a song on my lips and in my heart, I will do so with delight, looking forward to the rewards that are to come if I am obedient.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
Monday, February 3, 2014
on ward I go
Well the scale says 198.8 this morning. I don't feel deprived at all (as I feared I would when I started eating less and watching my calories) I've also been reading the Bible 15 minutes everyday, and getting at least 10 or 15 minutes of exercise... I'm on day 8 of 4 different "challenges" where each day the reps get higher... the second and third day and a little bit of the fourth I really wanted to give up and stop... but you know what there isn't any more pain from the exercises... so might as well keep going. they are getting easier to do (even though there are more to do each day :) )each challenge is only 30 days though so once they are done I will consider what to work on next :) hope to be down to 190 if not lower by my dr appointment next month. But you want to know something... the number on the scale is just that... a number. Something I learned a long time ago is that it is how I see myself that is more important than those numbers... When I was 123 and no one believed I weighed that much (thought I weighed less) while I didn't see myself as fat I definitely didn't think I was as thin as I was...While I don't really care to be that thin again (as I was skeletal looking at that weight) I would like to be at 150 in the next year, and be able to maintain that weight. That is my ultimate goal... and at this rate it is very likely to occur, just got to keep the momentum up and giving the credit to God.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
#Determination
This is the word of the week in the Made to Crave online Bible study this week. What it means to me is that I am going to work through the pain of beginning to exercise and keep going. I am going to continue to make note of everything I put into my mouth... and try to keep everything that comes out pleasant...(not an easy task most days). I am determined to finally read the Bible through... 15 minutes a day I am devoting to this endeavor. Getting the house clean and getting rid of the bugs is another BIG priority that I want to see happen.
Determination=WANT TO+FOLLOW THRU. I want to accomplish something and am willing to follow thru to the end to accomplish that goal. Determination is planning and doing. it is getting off my posterior and accomplishing things that need to be done.
I have a few long term goals that I am working towards.
The first one is to be able to invite some good friends over for coffee on November 14, 2014... In order to be able to feel that I have accomplished that I need to continue with my cleaning everyday, in a few months contact an exterminator to get an estimate on getting rid of our bug problem, do minor repairs and painting in main rooms (living, dinning, kitchen, bath) tackle major repairs such as getting the trailer leveled and getting the roof repaired (and figuring out why the front bathroom won't flush)... maybe just maybe get some new furniture for dinning room and living room. it can be accomplished with in the time frame I have set I believe. And with God's help the finances will be available to allow it to occur.
2nd goal In Two years I want to be able to invite my family here for at least one holiday... This one takes a lot more determination than the first simply because it requires me to become the house keeper I want to be... nothing out of place and everything having a place... this one also requires more $ which is why I have given 2 years for this goal. It requires a continual deep cleaning of the house, new furniture in all the rooms, major repairs to some parts of the house (new counters and cabinets in the kitchen possible rewiring of the house...) but in this too I am determined to see accomplished... oh and having my family here means they will mostly be staying over night. By this time I will have at least 10 nieces and nephews plus my mom, sister and her husband, and both brothers and their wives... the nearest sibling lives 143 miles away. so to say I will have a full house is an understatement :)
and my last goal is for 3 years from now (well a little less than)it is to be able to fit back into my wedding dress for our 20 year anniversary. To accomplish this goal I will have to lose at least 8 dress sizes. how to I plan on doing this... by eating correct portions, including more fruits and vegetables into my diet, making less food for dinner so I don't feel obligated to eat more than I should. Exercise daily. and when my will power fades give it to God and spend time with Him to get past cravings and desires to hoover everything in the fridge.
I think my goals are all attainable... and reasonable to expect that I will be able to accomplish them. No they are not goals I can just sit here on my fanny and expect to have them just happen I have to work for them, I have to be DETERMINED to accomplish them... Determined to work past obstacles that are thrown in my path... things like lack of funds to do a project the way I want it done... Determined to give myself, my family and my friends the best I can, while also giving God the credit and praise for helping me through the obstacles and getting past set backs and getting back on track. Here is to DETERMINATION let's get 'er done!!!! :)
Determination=WANT TO+FOLLOW THRU. I want to accomplish something and am willing to follow thru to the end to accomplish that goal. Determination is planning and doing. it is getting off my posterior and accomplishing things that need to be done.
I have a few long term goals that I am working towards.
The first one is to be able to invite some good friends over for coffee on November 14, 2014... In order to be able to feel that I have accomplished that I need to continue with my cleaning everyday, in a few months contact an exterminator to get an estimate on getting rid of our bug problem, do minor repairs and painting in main rooms (living, dinning, kitchen, bath) tackle major repairs such as getting the trailer leveled and getting the roof repaired (and figuring out why the front bathroom won't flush)... maybe just maybe get some new furniture for dinning room and living room. it can be accomplished with in the time frame I have set I believe. And with God's help the finances will be available to allow it to occur.
2nd goal In Two years I want to be able to invite my family here for at least one holiday... This one takes a lot more determination than the first simply because it requires me to become the house keeper I want to be... nothing out of place and everything having a place... this one also requires more $ which is why I have given 2 years for this goal. It requires a continual deep cleaning of the house, new furniture in all the rooms, major repairs to some parts of the house (new counters and cabinets in the kitchen possible rewiring of the house...) but in this too I am determined to see accomplished... oh and having my family here means they will mostly be staying over night. By this time I will have at least 10 nieces and nephews plus my mom, sister and her husband, and both brothers and their wives... the nearest sibling lives 143 miles away. so to say I will have a full house is an understatement :)
and my last goal is for 3 years from now (well a little less than)it is to be able to fit back into my wedding dress for our 20 year anniversary. To accomplish this goal I will have to lose at least 8 dress sizes. how to I plan on doing this... by eating correct portions, including more fruits and vegetables into my diet, making less food for dinner so I don't feel obligated to eat more than I should. Exercise daily. and when my will power fades give it to God and spend time with Him to get past cravings and desires to hoover everything in the fridge.
I think my goals are all attainable... and reasonable to expect that I will be able to accomplish them. No they are not goals I can just sit here on my fanny and expect to have them just happen I have to work for them, I have to be DETERMINED to accomplish them... Determined to work past obstacles that are thrown in my path... things like lack of funds to do a project the way I want it done... Determined to give myself, my family and my friends the best I can, while also giving God the credit and praise for helping me through the obstacles and getting past set backs and getting back on track. Here is to DETERMINATION let's get 'er done!!!! :)
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
OVERRULED
Ok as some of you know I am doing an online bible study right now.http://proverbs31.org/online-bible-studies/current-study/ This was what I wrote in response to today's assignment.
Excuses I have NOT to get stuff done/
overruled because
- Not enough time... I have plenty of time... instead of spending 4+ hours online I can do my Bible reading (15 minutes), exercise (at least 15 minutes) Big sweep (45 minutes at most sweep everything on the floor in all rooms to one room and clean that pile), Dishes and counters cleared (30 minutes max twice a day) fold clean cloths and put away (15 minutes max) and still have plenty of time to play around.... …
- Kids are driving me nuts.... Go outside (weather permitting) and walk around for 5 or 10 minutes spending time with God, and cooling off... in a few months I can use this time to work on the garden, and as it warms up the kids can start coming out and we'll unwind a bit together perhaps...
- I'm too tired!... I'm too tired because all I do is sit here behind this computer keyboard... if I get up and move around I will gain that energy and sleep better at night.
- Money is so tight buying healthy foods costs SO MUCH!!!!! Ok this one is a toughy, but I can and will make some changes. First stop cooking for an army (always have at least two or threeI servings left over... I do this out of fear that I will hear I'm still hungry. I can find ways to cut costs especially once we get the new freezer fixed by buying meats when on sale and stocking up. And I WILL PLANT A GARDEN THIS YEAR. And I can freeze or can the produce that isn't used fresh from the garden. Looking forward to being able to go pick several tomatoes and a jalapeno and make my fresh salsa from my own garden. Plus I will grow things I know my family will eat (squash, spinach, broccoli and bell peppers) and I can have an herb garden as well... fresh herbs make things taste sooo good :)
- I hurt... well the reason I hurt is I am exercising and using muscles that haven't been used in a very long time... once I start using them regularly they won't protest as much as they are right now... this is day three they still hurt but if I push through the pain and keep going in a few days they won't hurt, but if I let it make me give up then every time I start to try again the pain will start, and it will be a never ending cycle of quitting... I'm an OVERCOMER... not a quitter!!!!
- I just don't want to... don't like too... THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH OF THIS THOUGHT IN MY HOUSE!!!!!As I tell my boys there are lots of things in life that we have to do whether we want to or not. Things that have to be done that we would rather not do, or rather wait for someone else to do.... I have to start giving them a better role model. If I start living like I need to get this done first then I can do what I want to do... if/then... first/ then are big things in my family and I really need to be more consistent using them... my oldest two have Asperger's... and we strongly suspect my husband and I do as well...so routines and things like that are wonderful for us... once we come up with them and use them... the problem there is coming up with them and over coming the excuses.NO EXCUSE IS VALID I HAVE BEEN OVERRULED!!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
good day/ for the most part
Yesterday I started on 4 30day challenges... tricep dips, butt, abs, and wall sitting...
My thighs don't know what the heck is going on and they are protesting anytime I get up from sitting or go to sit...not fun :) but I shall keep going. Today I added 15 minuets of reading the Bible to my daily tasks... read from ch4 to ch 11 in Genesis...I had started reading Genesis a few weeks ago and just thought I would continue where I left off... Been doing really well at keeping up with what I am putting in my mouth, although I want to find an ap that can not only tell me calories, but how I am doing as far as the food pyramid goes... what I need to add (umm fruits and veggies... don't really need an ap for that silly :) ) and what I need to start cutting back on (here again don't really need an ap... bread, pasta, rice... grains!!!!) got a lot of cleaning done this morning (about an hour and a half to two hours worth of cleaning)
We bought a freezer a couple of weeks ago when we got our new washer and dryer... and it stopped working the 2nd or 3rd day... no problem right, take it back and exchange it... right???? WRONG had to call service and get them to come look at it (the man that came to look at it didn't speak English very well, so once he looked at it he called his supervisor and the supervisor told me to call the store and have the manager call his hotline and get it exchanged out..., I called the store the manager was like call back the tech just came out so the hot line would not have any information on it yet... ok... so Kenn went in on Saturday to talk to the manager who said that he had no idea why we were told to contact him because he had no way of getting them to authorize an exchange... yesterday Kenn got a call from service saying someone would be out yesterday morning to look at it... then he got a call that said, no they are going to authorize an exchange, then this morning they call and tell him that cooperate won't authorize the exchange that they have to order a part and fix it...So what did I do... I got irate, and I called (and if you know anything about me it should be that me MAKING a phone call is a BIG thing!!!!) first the customer service who told me that they didn't see any notes that told what was wrong with it, but that someone was scheduled to come out tomorrow to look at it... (I didn't cuss... I did raise the tone of my voice, but not the volume so she gave me the number to the service line (which my blond self dialed wrong TWICE) I did apologize to her letting her know that it wasn't her I was angry with, but the situation.... so I called service... they told me that no he was not scheduled to come out tomorrow but to call and order the part for the freezer tomorrow...I was a little more upset with her than I had been with the other one, but I still did not cuss, and I did apologize again because it is not their fault, they are not the top of the "food chain" at Conn's....but I also assured her that this would be our last purchse with them , and that I would be letting my friends and family (and FACEBOOK) know how unhappy I was and suggest that they not buy from Conns....
on a brighter note I am down to 202 now :) last week I was at 204... :) not a big loss but a loss never the less. God is good,
My thighs don't know what the heck is going on and they are protesting anytime I get up from sitting or go to sit...not fun :) but I shall keep going. Today I added 15 minuets of reading the Bible to my daily tasks... read from ch4 to ch 11 in Genesis...I had started reading Genesis a few weeks ago and just thought I would continue where I left off... Been doing really well at keeping up with what I am putting in my mouth, although I want to find an ap that can not only tell me calories, but how I am doing as far as the food pyramid goes... what I need to add (umm fruits and veggies... don't really need an ap for that silly :) ) and what I need to start cutting back on (here again don't really need an ap... bread, pasta, rice... grains!!!!) got a lot of cleaning done this morning (about an hour and a half to two hours worth of cleaning)
We bought a freezer a couple of weeks ago when we got our new washer and dryer... and it stopped working the 2nd or 3rd day... no problem right, take it back and exchange it... right???? WRONG had to call service and get them to come look at it (the man that came to look at it didn't speak English very well, so once he looked at it he called his supervisor and the supervisor told me to call the store and have the manager call his hotline and get it exchanged out..., I called the store the manager was like call back the tech just came out so the hot line would not have any information on it yet... ok... so Kenn went in on Saturday to talk to the manager who said that he had no idea why we were told to contact him because he had no way of getting them to authorize an exchange... yesterday Kenn got a call from service saying someone would be out yesterday morning to look at it... then he got a call that said, no they are going to authorize an exchange, then this morning they call and tell him that cooperate won't authorize the exchange that they have to order a part and fix it...So what did I do... I got irate, and I called (and if you know anything about me it should be that me MAKING a phone call is a BIG thing!!!!) first the customer service who told me that they didn't see any notes that told what was wrong with it, but that someone was scheduled to come out tomorrow to look at it... (I didn't cuss... I did raise the tone of my voice, but not the volume so she gave me the number to the service line (which my blond self dialed wrong TWICE) I did apologize to her letting her know that it wasn't her I was angry with, but the situation.... so I called service... they told me that no he was not scheduled to come out tomorrow but to call and order the part for the freezer tomorrow...I was a little more upset with her than I had been with the other one, but I still did not cuss, and I did apologize again because it is not their fault, they are not the top of the "food chain" at Conn's....but I also assured her that this would be our last purchse with them , and that I would be letting my friends and family (and FACEBOOK) know how unhappy I was and suggest that they not buy from Conns....
on a brighter note I am down to 202 now :) last week I was at 204... :) not a big loss but a loss never the less. God is good,
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