Life in a new house is fun, once you overlook the whole unpacking gig. Even so, I’ve had to make adjustments.
Remotes that are more than a simple on/off switch with up and down arrows to move the channels on the TV defeat me. Worse than that, they conspire against me. I can hit a sequence of keys on any remote more complicated than the aforesaid on/off model and nothing happens. My husband hits the same sequence of keys on the same remote and the thing does somersaults to keep him happy. The new TV’s remote has forty-two buttons. Even though Mark showed me what to do before he went to bed last night, it was a lost cause. I was trying to finish an episode of "New Tricks." All the remote revealed was a show about a colonial ship buried in Manhattan.
The charge cord for the laptop is still missing. I desperately need it for my writing. We have managed to locate every other charge card for every electronic device any of us own, as well as a few extra. Those last will be placed with honor into the graveyard for lost cords, otherwise known as the second drawer in my nightstand. That’s probably where they came from in the first place when we packed up the old house. Some of those cords have been with us since the mid-90’s.
Even after five years, I never was certain which light switch went with which light in the old house, so why I thought I’d learn them here in two weeks is anybody’s guess. At least in this house, every switch you touch turns something on or off. In the old house, the electrician put in a lot of three switch switchboxes, every one of which had at least one switch that did nothing. I never did learn why.
The irrigation system is a great feature to have, but it has a learning curve too. I bumped something on it by mistake the other day, lost the program, and tried to reschedule it. Wonder of wonders, it came on at the time I programmed into it. It must have stopped listening to me after that. When I stepped out of the house three hours later to run an errand, it was still running.
What adjustments have you made when moving into a new home or apartment?
Happy new home, Nancy! Moving, and settling in, is always an adventure. We lived in our old house for 9 years and never figured out what some of the keys opened. Total mystery. We've owned this house for more than twenty years and some of the light switches still defeat me. There's one, in the bathroom, that I will occasionally flick to see if it miraculously turns something on. So far, no joy.
ReplyDeleteThanks! We have a few mystery keys from the Ghost of Houses Past floating around.
DeleteA new home is a new beginning and an adventure! Spring is a great time to tackle it.
ReplyDeleteI have given up on ever figuring out the TV remotes. Mine has two. I finally just put them in a drawer and cancelled the cable.
I would give up on the TV, but my husband likes it too much.
DeleteOur house has switches in every room that control an electrical outlet. I had to tape over all of them because if you flipped the switch, we'd lose power for the computer or printer or something else that was vital to our existence. We also have multiple switches by the front door, but the only light switch is a the base of the stairs. The electrician installed a wired nightlight in the front hall that stays on all the time. It's a game changer. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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