Cooking and sewing

Wednesday the girls and women spent the day making food for the tea party planned for tomorrow. But first, our good friend Doris served us a country breakfast of biscuits and gravy, grits, redeye gravy, hot applesauce and juice. The meal was great and was just finished when the men from Dish Network came to switch us from Direct TV. They worked swiftly but tracked some mud into the house, an irritation. They showed me how to work the remote, but I know it will be some time before I am comfortable with the new system. I went to the nearby drug store to get some pills to relax Emily’s legs while sleeping. She has trouble with her muscles at night. The cooks made crepes, reeses squares, raspberry candies, and small sandwiches without crusts (a requirement for tea parties) and rested a short while. Then they decided to go to the indoor water park at the Recreation center. Evelyn had slept little the night before and was exhausted from all the sewing and cooking projects, so she used the time to catch a few minutes of sleep. The Cubs played again on TV and we watched--Rosalie and I. I also spent much time on the phone with Direct TV. I called to cancel our service, thinking things were fine. The agent told me that we owed a $300 disconnect fee because we had not finished our 2 year agreement. I hung up with him and looked at our records. We had been with them since July of 2006. I called back and got someone else. I explained our fulfillment of the agreement but was told that last December we had gotten a new receiver, requiring another 2 year agreement. I explained that the new one was given because the old one didn't work. Finally I convinced her to waive the fee. I went to bed much happier.