What's on your dvr?

I still haven't erased the finale of So You Think You Can Dance. I did erase the Steven Curtis Chapman/Larry King interview and the GMA appearance because I can still see them elsewhere. My cable bill came complete with a $30.00 charge for the movie channels I had received free for the first month. (Believe me, I called and had that taken off my bill) I still have No Reservations on the dvr. I have one episode each of The Cooking Loft, Rescue Chef and Save My Bath and because I was curious about the shows. I recorded The Early Show the day SCC was a guest and now I can't get it to stop so I usually find show or two when I check to see what else is there.





Then there's Jon and Kate Plus 8. I wanted to see a specific episode so I hit that one touch record button and now there are a gajillion episodes on my dvr. (Are you sure they don't have their own channel?) When there is nothing else to watch I just play an episode of J&K. (You wouldn't want me to go to bed, would you...?) I watched an interesting episode last night. Jon and Kate answered emails. This viewer asked about genetics:

All 8 of your children have the Korean characteristics. Is that common?



KATE'S (word for word) ANSWER: I don’t know because my kids are my kids; but I do know that when I was pregnant with Cara and Mady, Jon’ s mom said to me, "I hope you do not expect your kids to look like you." And I said "Well, no, actually, I was hoping they would look like John. (picturing little china doll babies) and she said "because the Korean genes are very dominate." And she was right. (The producer asked) So, everyone in the family is Asian except for you. Does that bother you? (Kate answers) Not at all. I love it. The more Asian they can look the better and I actually wish I was Korean and we all know that. Producer: Why? Kate: I don’t know, I just do. I think they are beautiful. I think my kids are gorgeous and I don’t care how they look, they are my kids. I never cared once that they don’t look like me.

Caulk Talk

If I accomplished nothing else during my room mate's two week absence, I needed to recaulk her bath tub. My friend, Nancy, came by to see what needed to be done. She loaned me her caulking gun and the rest of an opened tube of caulk. The first night I planned to caulk, I couldn't get the gun to work. Turns out the tube of caulk was clogged. Well, that wasn't the challenge the next night. The caulk was flowing like marshmallow topping on an ice cream sundae. By this time it was do or die. I had to get it done or it wouldn't have time to dry. After the deed was done I took the time to look on the internet for tips. I found a tool which applies the caulk in a beautifully even strip....for the next time. (Sorry for the poor quality of pictures - I might try again. Flash was too bright, room light was too dark. )

I did manage to replace the handle and flapper on the toilet by simply reading the directions on the back of the package.

Beware of Bundling

I might have to give my favorite new toy back to the bright house cable company. My room mate's employer pays the road runner portion of our cable bill. Until now, this has been 75% of the total amount, basicallly breaking down to $45 /$15. When I reflect back on what the cable salesman said with educated ears, I realise that he said my cable bill would only increase $5. What I didn't not understand at the time was that in order for this to happen the bill would be "bundled," in other words, the more services you have the less you pay for some services. The roadrunner portion of the bill is now less than half its previous amount and the cable portion of the bill has more than tripled. In all fairness to the cable salesman, who besides me would think of road runner and cable separately as I do? Furthermore, the $15 rate I was paying for basic cable (the first 20 or so channels) is no longer available. My new rate is $19.95, before all the additional fees and taxes.

Now I have a decision to make. My part of the new cable bill amount is $56 and that is a $30 increase over basic cable. That does include 6.95 for the dvr. You can have ALL the new channels if I could just keep my one touch "record" button. (My VCR does not work properly even after I remember each program I want to record.) I have thought through several ways I can cover this financially, but should I?

I did ask what will happen to basic cable in February of 2009. When all tv is digital, will basic cable be digital as well? No, the cable company actually changes those channels from digital to analog now and will continue to do so in February so no basic cable dvr, now or then.

I have decided to keep the cable for a couple of months. We'll see how it goes.

Labor Day Weekend

Not much real labor going on here....I spent Friday night with "Tinkerbell." Her brother has been babysitting for the summer but it was like we were never apart. We went swimming, made chalk drawings on the driveway, washed my hair in the sink, and watched a Star Wars movie I had never seen. We were supposed to do owagummy during the movie but I was stumped until Tink brought me paper and scissors ooooooh, origami

Faves

Favorite big cat: tiger

Are they amazing or what? I just love their markings and their whiskers. Truth be known I am fascinated by the whiskers of a house cat. I love to look at them.
OK, well that gets the big cat category taken care of. Next?

I really, really like giraffes too. Under the topic of strange things to do with a whole lot of money, I would sponsor one of each at a zoo.

On a smaller scale, with the exception of Siamese, I prefer the domestic short hair cat. I prefer solid or calico to a tiger or tabby but personality has been known to make one color blind.

Hamstrovakian Team takes Gold!

BEIJING -- In gymnastics today, the odds-on favored Hamstrovakian team took the gold in the Women's Synchronized Dangling. Pictured here, from top, are teammates Ursula Stolichnaya, Ivana Hugankissya and Olga Reallylongfunnynameski.

The Chinese ambassador immediately insisted that
1) the photo was not edited, and
2) all hamsters were at least 16 years old

She's sayin': Um, yeah, I hate to be a pest about this, but I'm pretty sure I asked for a yellow flower.

They swept the podium on the individuals, too. You should see them wearing their medals.

This entire post is complements of cuteoverload.com. Thank you very much.

Miss T.S. Fay

I was late to work today because I was waiting for Fay to lighten up just a teeny bit so I would not get drenched walking the few steps to my car in the driveway. Of course, when I got to the church it was raining hard and blowing sideways - not even an umbrella could help. I had nominating committee groceries but I just took in the things that needed to go in the frig and left the chips and bread for later.

I heard from Carol mid morning. She was a bit shaken, having driven through flood conditions to get to work. I also heard from mom, She got the heavy rain but no damage. Pastor Cliff and I finished the budget and turned it in. It was early afternoon before the official decision was made to cancel all activities except for choir practice (We have a visiting candidate for Minister of Music. ) It has rained every minute that I have been home and the pond behind my house is the highest I have ever seen it. There are flood watches in counties all around us. I just saw a weather report which sends the rain north and west across the state tomorrow.

So, I had a quiet evening. I answered email and watched the US volleyball team win gold Yeah!