So, say it's a pledge drive on PBS - and when, really, isn't it a pledge drive on PBS? It's 8:30, everyone is ready to watch something, but there's nothing on. We really only watch PBS, we choose not to get cable for more channels of stuff we don't want to watch. We have three Netflix discs at home - a 2 1/2 hour ballet, an orchestral performance, and Mr. Magoo. We click on the Roku, see what's in the queue, pick one and watch it. If the Internet is wonky, as it has been recently, sometimes it pauses to retrieve it again. And sometimes, strangely, the picture is distorted or the soundtrack isn't coordinated with the pictures. We need to figure out these problems, but we've been able to watch alternate shows instead. And when the kids had the flu last week, they camped out with Nature programs. Great present for the house.
Our second house gift was a polymer clay oven. I wont bore everyone with the details of the combination of coupons that made this unnecessary item worthwhile, it was a spectacular deal. And the kids really love it. At least Medium and Small do. They make new creations every few days. Medium even has a box with many small compartments to store her creatures
in. Here's a picture of her teeny tiny horse collection:
None of these are more than an inch big. She also has more teensy weensy animals and food items (cupcakes and sandwiches with eyes, that sort of thing).
Large had thus far only had one foray into the kitchen to work with the polymer clay and cook something up. This is his creation, which has left me speechless:
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Our roku should be here today or tomorrow. We canceled cable, and we also use hulu.com sometimes. We were really surprised when we hooked up the digital conversion box you have to use now for non-cable TV. We get all the major networks, a weather channel, and four PBS stations, all through our local affiliate.
You should have heard the cable employee arguing with me when I called to cancel...it was actually kind of spooky.
We've never had cable. About 10 years ago, I had the company come out and remove the physical cable line going to my house - I would bump my head on it on the back deck. He looked at me like I had lost my mind.
Now, with Roku, we find we are watching more that way than the DVDs that come in the mail through Netflix. We mostly just watch PBS and movies - bypassing most of the commercialism. I can't imagine paying for cable!
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