First off I apologize for not being a faithful blog neighbor the past few days. Gary's been in the thick of cancelling Comc*ast and has been boxing up the gadgets that needed returning. Did that today. Then went to T-Mob*ile, who we have our phones with and got a hotspot set up in the house for our Internet connection, to replace the one from Comc*ast.
Now here's the cool thing about our television connection since the cable was disconnected along with the Internet. Gary researched online and found out how to build a homemade antenna (though you can get them at Best*Buy). Our reception is better and while you don't get all the cable channels, and besides, who needs them, there's a decent amount of stations coming through. He said he scanned 19 channels the other night. He even gets better reception. I say 'he' because he tends to watch in the evenings, and I only do on Sunday nights. The kids are sporadic in watching, since we're pretty strict about their tv watching.
So, with canceling Comc*ast, that bill is gone. And oddly enough, our phone bill is less, partly because we got a deal, and because we've been with T-Mob*ile for 17 years (even before they had that name), and they love us. Pays to stick with companies sometimes.
But what blows my mind is using an antenna and getting more than local stations, and for free. I never knew that was even possible, so maybe partly that's my steep learning curve. And while it looks like we're becoming more archaic, we're happier. Spending less really is amazing. One son commented that with our re-doing our housenote and having that less, and doing this stuff, he's afraid the electricity and water is next.
Not a pretty blogging post, but an informative one. May you learn from it. :)
