We now have TV. I
have not watched it for over one year now and even though it was on soon after
it was installed on Friday, I have not
watched it. There is just too much to do
and we are still not back to any semblance of normalcy since arriving back in
Prescott. In fact, my shopping trips are
very similar to those of when we were in Maine.
I find a block of time available, plan it meticulously, and pretty much
act like a commando, darting from one shop to another making swift purchases
and then onto the next store. It is a
real disaster if an item does not fit or does not work. We purchased an electric Blanket. Now that is one thing we purchased in Maine,
used it a lot and then sold it because in Arizona we do not need an electric
blanket. However, Bill insisted that we
get another electric blanket and so he went to Costco and we came home with a
nice blue plush blanket. Unfortunately
the controls only worked on one side of the blanket and not on the other. So we had to take it back. It is always a pain to take anything back to
the store for refund or replacement. But
we did and now we have a working blanket with both controls working for us. I doubt if I will use the heating unit but
Bill seems to be getting cold more easily these days…..even to the point that
he is considering moving to the Phoenix Valley.
Now that is a real change – his complaint when we lived there was that
it was too hot but we lived in an air conditioned home, had an air conditioned
car, and he worked in an air conditioned store and he never went outside for
sports or anything and now he wants to move back. We’ll see.
The TV installer came as a result of our trip to Prescott
Valley to sign up. Bill tried to signup
online but it required some sort of password etc. and he did not have it. the lady at the TV service store bent over
backwards almost to provide us with a discount for this and another discount
for that and the end result is that even though we signed up we owe nothing for
the first month or two and then we get it for really cheap. I wonder how they stay in business at this
rate. So the installer came and he put a
new receiver dish on our garage roof and left the older dish lying on the
gravel beside the house. It looks such a
sad sight to see the discarded dish but it is not up to the latest technology –
so I guess this is a case of planned obsolescence and a technological demise.
One thing we did buy is a Roku system. It is a little device that runs off our
internet provider and has thousands of DVR offerings that we can call up at
will and watch well after the initial show has been and gone from the TV
screen. However, they offer a channel
that has movies and more movies and even more movies but as I scanned through
them I found that they are all pretty
much rated R and I do not want the influence of R rated movies in my home.
We decided to do something different on Friday night and so
we drove over to Prescott Valley and attended a performance of Oliver. It was magical the way they did it and the
character of Fagan was a real delight.
He is the best Fagan I have ever seen.
The Artful Dodger managed to keep his top hat perched on the back of his
head and I do not know how he did it.
The character of Bill Sykes had a heart attack 2 weeks ago and was not
able to perform so the man who played Mr. Bumble played both parts. He was pretty good.
Today is Saturday and I spent the day at the church helping
with the luncheon for the Genealogy conference attendees. I peeled potatoes, set tables, made up butter
dishes, sliced homemade wheat bread, set out plates of cookies and then helped
clean up. It was exhausting but there
were no other helpers for the main person so I am glad that I was there. She could not have done this all by
herself. We have come to the conclusion
that a lot of attendees come just to eat the homemade bread and stew that we
have at lunch time.
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