One Sixteenth

Monday Night by Satellite

Hi there! Did you miss me?

This gig of mostly single parenting, combined with a nasty, evil cold, made blogging pretty much impossible for the past week. Remnants of nasty, evil cold linger on refusing to die, but my brain is back.

Well, y'all can be the judge of that.

At any rate, Jeff is getting on a plane as I type. I've been up for nearly an hour and a half, without the two year old. Yippee! I've made pumpkin muffins, done a nice yoga session, and am about to start my second cup of coffee. This is the kind of morning I like best.

We're going to spend the week getting ready for Halloween/Samhain/Dias de los Muertos. Our Samhain weather is a lovely ... er, 80+ degrees. Ugh. Do you know how quickly pumpkins spoil in this weather? We won't be able to carve them until the weekend. They won't keep more than two days.

And yes, as of yesterday, the satellite is working! It only took two weeks! You see, the picture was going in and out. We'd have the picture, and then it would go black. Then it would come back on. Then it would go black. Repeat. Constantly. All the time. I replaced the receiver; no change. We checked cables; no change. We replaced the LNB thingy; no change. Direct TV's staff was stumped. My husband, though, assured me that all electronic things must ultimately bend to his will. And so it did. So now we have the nifty satellite, with the nifty TiVo. And it is nifty. If you're going to watch TV, this is the way to do it - on your terms.

I have not yet watched Farscape, Diane, but I'll let you know when I do. And Brian ... in my comments you asked which B5 characters I find so compelling. Your guess was right, of course: Londo and G'Kar.

Off to eat muffins and get the kids going. Have a fun day, folks.

Posted by Steph at October 25, 2004 08:18 AM