What’s gnu?

Okay, so I’ve been sick and watching more TV lately…been seeing those promos for “All Gnu” episodes of TV shows on CBS. Thank goodness then writers’ strike is over!

We broke down and bought a digital converter box for one of our TVs. Yea, I did request those $40 coupons that the government is giving out, but now I am almost 100% positive that we’ll NEVER get them. They were mailed out a month ago, they should have been here weeks ago. No doubt the Evil Post Office lost them. But we were getting sick of the bad over-the-air reception here, and knew that the problems would pretty much be solved if we could go digital now. Also, the appeal of extra channels, for free, was too much to resist. So we ponied up $60.00 and bought one.

VERY nice! Perfectly clear picture on all channels, even ones that got really crappy reception before, and I LOVE the extra PBS channels! My new favorite channel is Create. They have cooking shows, garden shows, as well as home decorating, craft and travel shows. Who needs expensive cable when you have something like this? And they don’t show infomercials overnight, as even most cable channels do. Just regular shows, all the time!

We’re just not ready yet to pony up for a new HDTV and all that. There’s nothing wrong with our analog TVs, and we’d like to be able to use them for the duration, while we shop around and figure out where to find the best deal on these new TVs. Perhaps one of those directbuy places might be a possibility. But not until after we move, hardly worth joining something like that just to buy one thing. When we move, we’ll need a lot more stuff.
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While I was REALLY sick, a couple of weeks ago, my new mini-stepper machine was delivered.  I was so out of it when the UPS guys showed up with it, he just brought it in, and there it sat in the box, in the middle of my living room, for almost two weeks.  I wasn’t even up to opening and assembling the thing, never mind, trying to work out on it.  I was feeling so horrible at the time, that I thought that I’d NEVER be able to work out, EVER.

I finally got around to putting it together today.  It was pretty easy, no tools are required except for the Allen wrenches that came with the thing.  It’s not a bad little machine for the money.  You can set the tension in the steps to make your workout easier or harder.  And it takes up very little floor space, so it’s good for people with small apartments.

Now, I just have to keep up with working out on it every day…that’s always the hard part!

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