Friday afternoon is so great. There's no homework to drag everyone through, we can just relax. Our kids spend the whole week talking about how many days till Saturday, that hallowed day we allow them hours of uninterrupted TV cartoons. I usually let them watch qubo (wow, I'm sounding like they get a lot of tv. It probably won't kill them) Friday afternoons on the local pax channel. Its 3 hours of relatively clever kid friendly shows. We three chill together, I like that. In case you're feeling all superior in the kids and tv department, we don't have cable or satellite. We are at the mercy of whatever is broadcast in the greater LA basin. Have you seen those Korean soaps? Oooh la la! Eh, go ahead, feel superior.
I considered satellite service recently, just to join the 21st century. I know the boys would love the discovery channel, at the very least. After a month of checking to see if there was anything on cable when I'd want to watch, and coming up empty, I decided to just record the broadcast tv stuff I normally miss anyway to fill the void (such as it is). So my charming husband, fondly referred to here as SysGuy, assembled a MythTV computer for me over the holidays. It's basically tivo for nerds (and their appreciative wives) that does not have a monthly fee, but requires a fair amount of expertise. Which I do not possess, so there is a pretty pretty web interface. As far as I'm concerned, its magic, and I like it. SysGuy is happy to have dodged the satellite monthly fee bullet. Everybody wins!
I got a fair bit of sock knitting done on the Opal, it will be done by Monday. I also knit up a swatch of the STR Monsoon. It is wonderful! So soft and fluffy/springy. I think that my skein of Monsoon is a bit darker than the others I've seen. I don't mind, its just an observation that the gray/pale areas seem to be smaller or nonexistent in my bit. Can't wait to have socks from this.
I considered satellite service recently, just to join the 21st century. I know the boys would love the discovery channel, at the very least. After a month of checking to see if there was anything on cable when I'd want to watch, and coming up empty, I decided to just record the broadcast tv stuff I normally miss anyway to fill the void (such as it is). So my charming husband, fondly referred to here as SysGuy, assembled a MythTV computer for me over the holidays. It's basically tivo for nerds (and their appreciative wives) that does not have a monthly fee, but requires a fair amount of expertise. Which I do not possess, so there is a pretty pretty web interface. As far as I'm concerned, its magic, and I like it. SysGuy is happy to have dodged the satellite monthly fee bullet. Everybody wins!
I got a fair bit of sock knitting done on the Opal, it will be done by Monday. I also knit up a swatch of the STR Monsoon. It is wonderful! So soft and fluffy/springy. I think that my skein of Monsoon is a bit darker than the others I've seen. I don't mind, its just an observation that the gray/pale areas seem to be smaller or nonexistent in my bit. Can't wait to have socks from this. 
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