Miscellaneous

Gracious, I'm really running off at the mouth this afternoon!

I've been mentioning tv installers in a couple of posts, so thought I'd explain what was going on at our house. In our basement, we have what started out as a tv room for DH. When we lived in Fla, he kept wanting to get a 60" tv. We were planning to relocate, so I convinced him to wait til we got settled here in SC. Once we got our house built, got moved in (which took a while), he & one of my brothers finished off our basement, and made him a nice tv room, and he got his tv along with a surround sound system. (which fortunately I didn't get wet with my recent washing machine escapade..cause some of the wiring & speakers are in the dropped ceiling).

Now the tv was wonderful, we enjoyed it a great deal, but in the last 6 months, we could tell it was on its final days. So we had been shopping & pricing new tvs. DH picked out what he wanted, but it was bigger than the old Sony. Additionally we had put bookcases on either side of the tv, and built a 'bridge' between the 2 bookcases to make it look like it was one piece, and giving me more shelves to put dust collectors. We didn't want to take this unit apart, so the fella who was to do our installation suggested we wall mount it, instead of using the stand the Sony sat on. This took a good bit of time to unhook all the sound equipment, cable box, dvd player, cd stuff, etc. Then hook everything back up, make sure it worked....you know the drill. Two guys worked on the project all day, except for going for a lunch break.

Now televisions today are SMART TV's. This means they can do a lot more than just be a television. F'r instance, we can now get Netflix with this tv. DH likes to go to the movies, but I have a hearing problem, so I don't enjoy going to the movies. I watch tv with a headset on, so the sound doesn't bother anyone else, but I can still hear it. We thought the Netflix would be something he'd enjoy, and there's a month free trial. If one has a SMART phone, one can do other things with this tv. (This One does not have a SMART phone, because this One has an old cell phone that she still doesn't know how to do all the stuff it will do! So this One figures that the folks at This House probably are not smart enough for a SMART phone. :-) ). Maybe one day.

Anyway, we enjoyed downloading some movies last evening, and when DH went to bed, I went back to watching old stuff that I had recorded on the DVR earlier. I love watching old movies from the 40's & 50's, old western tv shows - like Gunsmoke!- and surprisingly, I enjoy some cooking shows. Not that I cook much, mind you, but I do enjoy watching someone else go through the process...

DH's tv room has gradually been consumed with my stamp hobby...he has to move stuff  supplies off the sofas or chair in order to be able to sit down to enjoy his new television. Sigh.....Good thing for me I got a sweetheart guy - most of the time. On the other hand, he's sort of a 'remote challenged' guy, so he needs me to operate the equipment.

OK, promise...last post of the day. I'll shut up now!!! Hugs & have a great weekend.