On March 17 our television stopped working.  It's a big guy and we found a local repair ship that said they could fix it.  The guy came, gave us an estimate, and hauled the television away.  Two weeks went by...he couldn't find the part.  Two more weeks...he found the part but broke one of the components putting it in.  Another month...no contact.  Do you see a pattern here?  Well, flash forward to last Friday.  I reached the very last thread of my rope and told Hus-Bo I was going down there because the guy was either totally incompetent or pulling something.  Hus-Bo called AGAIN and this time insisted on the complete story AND the part number.  "I can't get the part."  You know what?  That's bull puckey.  Manufaturer's have to stock parts for 10 years past the original date of manufacture.  Hus-Bo got on the phone to the company and 15 minutes later the part was being shipped to us.  All they had done was change the stock number.  When we gave them the television model number the new part identification popped right up.

We went to the television repair guy today and handed him the new part.  He looked it over after being skeptical that the new part wasn't the same.  Well, except for the stock number, it is identical.  So this idiot just never took the ONE extra step to solve the problem.  And we had to wait 4 months to have our television repaired.  And now I KNOW he lied about ever trying to replace the part originally because he would have known how to get another.  It is a ridiculous scenario.  Supposedly, he will bring it back tomorrow evening.  We'll see.  Whatever the result we will never be using his company again for anything. 

So, what does this have to do with NS?  Well, every time we had to deal with TVGuy, I was overcome with the desire to eat...sugary crap.  Luckily, I didn't give in, but I completely recognize the trigger.  So, even THIS was a learning experience!

I gave you guys the link for the fat free dressings (www.kozlowskifarms.com) the other day - we have now tried the ginger & teriyaki dressing and it's as great as the honey mustard!  Only one more to try...

Have a groovy weekend!

Peace and joy ~ Shannon