(Oh, dear God) "I'm gonna be on telbision!"

Thanks to Eric Cartman for one of the greatest quotes of all time.

But it is, indeed, the case. Yours truly is back in the media swing of things, at least for one day.

A little background: Countrywide Home Mortgage holds the note on our house. After Hurricane Ike hit, they put us in a forbearance program and told us we didn't have to make payments for four months. Before the forbearance ended on Jan. 31, they sent us a letter saying we were in default and they intended to foreclose. Interesting, especially when they're not taking the payments we're making on the note.

We've been trying to get Countrywide to talk to us (and, more importantly, not screw up our credit) for a month now. Nothing. So I called in a few favors and got the local ABC affiliate, Channel 13, interested in it. They called me this morning.

And showed up at the house 45 minutes later. They are, apparently, going to do a piece on this thing and it will show tonight at 4,5,6 and 10.

Countrywide's gonna love us. But it may save us from losing the house, so I'll take having my less than photogenic mug on TV if that's the case.

More later.