“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
Enjoying my evening with Abby, we quietly read to her baby while watching election results coverage. I tell her that today was the day we voted for our president.
I think to myself that voting is a privilege which I will be teaching. Tonight we start.
When you do not choose cable or dish television for your watching wants, help is not readily available.
For viewing, is did what I thought would be simple, I purchased an antenna from Target. Then another. Then another.
I did not find it simple. The antennas were not bringing site to my set.
Inquiries to employees were not met with answers.
Puzzled. Frustrated. Stupid? Not a complex connection. No picture.
Here’s the deal. Actually…what’s the deal? What’s the deal with adding a .1 or .2 to the end of the channels that are digital?? This is knowledge that I did not have.
Ultimately, hooking up the antenna looking for channel 4 was futile. Hooking up the antenna looking for channel 4.1 was awesome.
Antenna information I didn’t have and wouldn’t have known how to interpret:
WCCO-DT 4.1 CBS (note the .1 after the 4)
RF Channel: 32 (do I need to know this??)
14 miles at 120° (from my zip code)
Yellow (the universal code for the antenna strength needed in your area for the channel you are trying to receive)
No cable.
Through my problem solving brilliance I now have a working high-definition television. (it’s ok if you laugh)
I hate to say it was an “experiment” but it kinda was.
Without a dvd player or cable (dvr), Abby has never watched the Barneys, the Sesame Streets, or the Thomas the Trains of the world.
Yesterday I started a 2 week free trial period of Hulu Plus. It was this subscription that prompted my “need to know”.
Question: Would the characters on the screen be immediately relatable and engaging?
Hypothesis: Yes.
Evidence: T-shirts continue to be printed and toys continue to be produced.
Enter Barney. Little did I know that Barney plays in the park, rides bike, bounces balls, blows bubbles and reads books – all in one show! Yes, relatable!
I validated my hypothesis. No more experimentation.
It’s exciting when you get to spend time with the people you love
Tonight that was true
Alice and Andy were over
Drop off, dinner – EXIT TRACY – biking, park play, juice break, pajamas, Abby to bed, Aladdin, teddy grahams, fish crackers – ENTER TRACY – ice cream, nail painting, cuddling, sleepy eyes
What an exciting evening
How special
julieabbymac 