House Troubles

We have electrical problems in our house. Of course we had our house inspected before we bought it, but problems have been popping up over the past year. They are the kinds of things you don't find out about until you have lived here awhile. Lightbulbs have been burning out so fast around here. We have 2 lightbulbs above the sink in the kitchen and 3 above the other counter that go out about every month or two now. I don't remember them going out this much during the first 6 months we lived here. Also, the lightbulb in the new office ceiling fan has gone out twice and it was just installed in May.

We had some electricians here awhile ago for some issue and they estimated that it would cost $1,000 or more to fix all the wiring problems in the house. We can't afford to do that now so we will just keep buying lightbulbs. I heard that the previous owner and his son did the electrical wiring when they had this place rebuilt in 2003. They were obviously amateurs (he's a lawyer, not an electrician) because they made all kinds of mistakes (some of which we have had corrected).

Craig ordered DirectTV Satellite service because they were having a special on NFL Ticket (where you can watch all the football games this season...not just those that are aired in your area). It was going to be cheaper than the cable we have now. They didn't come out to install it until today (10 days after he ordered it) and then they said it wouldn't work in our house because of the trees in our front yard. What a disappointment! We have clear spots in our yard away from the house but they said the signal was coming from the front side of our house so those clear spots wouldn't help. Our cable company recently (and without warning) dropped the NFL Network channel from our package so we have to pay extra if we want it now (that is what prompted Craig to look for a better deal). Ugh.