New Entertainment Arrives

Woweee. Today our new Television was delivered. We ordered an LCD television with all the bells and whistles from Costco and it was delivered by UPS today. Took quite awhile to get here but finally made it and the box was only a bit beat up. Kind of worries me when I look at the outside of the box and wonder if the inside will look anything like the outside.

But, not to worry, the TV was spotless. Hooked it up to the DVD player and the local TV antenna (for what we get in TV..LOL) and the picture was startlingly clear. I mean really clear. There was no picture. The screen was blank as a plain canvas. Seems one of the connectors had been a bit loose in the back so I had to fiddle with it a bit to get it to plug in just right, and then it produced a wonderful picture.

On those cold nights (well..that's a helluva big part of the year, come to think of it) and when we have no guests, we like to kick back and watch some DVD's. We bought a Region Free DVD player some years ago that allows us to view DVD's from all over the world, and one of our favorite series is Doc Martin, a comedy about a doctor and his adventures, or rather mis-adventures, over in Cornwall, England. The series was originally given to us as a Christmas gift by our good friends Dave and Renee, and since then, we can't get enough of it. We've become enamoured with British comedies as they're slapstick and easy to watch and if we have children as guests, no apologies necessary because sex and violence are tasteful or double entendre' style.

In any event, our entertainment seems well set for awhile. Spring is upon us and the mud is getting deeper. Things are beginning to melt slowly and I think I can see the top of the Jeep way out there. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I almost thought I saw a moose without snow on his antlers the other day.

I have been singing "Springtime in Alaska" incessantly for some strange reason and if I don't quit, I fear I'll end up like the fellow in the song, six feet below. Just from driving my poor spouse nuts with the lyrics.