Hook me up

We have finally joined the digital age. Today we made the switch from cable to....digital cable. You would not believe all the cool stuff digital cable comes with.
There is a guide, this allows you to search for different programs, gives you synopsis of the show in question and then allows you to go to that channel.

• There are more channels! Good friggen god there are channels in the 100's and the 200's and the 800's.
• You are able to pause live television
• You are able to record live television
• You can find every Star Gate episode showing and record it (or Star Track, or or or)

OK so I am a dork. We were having problems with our internet and I called to have them fix it, once they did they asked if I wanted to hear about their new bundles. I said shure. We have general cable, phone and internet all through Comcast. To upgrade to digital I would save about $30. To get a DVR box I would be paying an extra $6 a month. Have you taken a look at the 2008 fall season? There are about 7 new shows that I am interested in seeing. I figure out of the 7 shows at least 1 of them should last more than a season. What a freaky deaky deal!!!

So far we have watched every Buzz Lightyear on Demand, Tom and Jerry on Demand, Iron Man, Spider Man, started watching Disney's Tarzan, but Spotty got board so I taped that bad boy so I can finish it and now Boy Toy is watching some mixed marshal arts thing ON DEMAND.

BE AFRAID

Newton Wellesley ER

We spent Saturday night at the ER with Spotty. He had been complaining about his back hurting him several hours earlier and I checked to see if his diaper or shorts were scratching him, but there were no marks. In the next 3 hours my usually exeuberant child who runs into trees head first looks up says "sorry" and runs off to play again. The same child that will cry when he has fallen down the stairs and is all cut up and bruised, but stops after a few seconds so he can run somewhere else, changed. He was crying hyserically whenever he tried to walk, shriking that he had an owie and to make it stop hurting.

Spotty is fine.

I have never been so scared in all my life. I called the on call doctor who thought his symptoms were alarming and wanted him seen by the ER, but told me to give him some Motrin before we left. As I am sure you could all expect, he was fine and dancing around by the time we actually got to see the doctor. While the doc was checking him out Spotty did complain when they were checking out the movement of his right leg. The doc thought it was probably a viral inflammation of the hip joint. As the Motrin was working he told me to keep an eye on him and if the pain got worse or if Spotty got a fever to bring him back into the ER.

Newton Wellesley has a pediatric ER unit. They were good, friendly and didn't treat me like a hypochondriac mom while he danced and goofed around. I hope no one ever needs to bring their child to the ER, but if you do, you could do a lot worse than this place.

Book Review: Witches Abroad

Diskworld
I was afraid that Pratchett had let me down. At first I could not get into this book, but luckily the book paid no attention to me and went on to explain that as witches know their time of death they don’t have to worry about wearing “good underwear in case you are in a horrible accident”.

This is a story about a fairy godmother and the witches that want to help. Apparently they kick the crap out of a vampire without noticing. (the cat finishes it off). Beat the crap out of the bulls in the running of the bulls (bulls needed to be rescued from the cat who wanted to “play") and so thoroughly trounced a group of card sharks that you will never be able to watch someone cleaning out their ears again. There is of course a bad fairy (or is she the “good” one, I got confused) who is forcing an entire kingdom to follow “THE STORY” and live happily ever after. Whether they want to or not.

There is Voodoo, gumbo and pumpkins. And then the book gets funny

Thematic Photographic 8 - Monochrome

I am so pumped by Carmi's latest Theme. I LOVE B&W photos!

As I read other posters that join in the photo madness they wax on poetic about what thematic photos are all about. I am more a wax off kind of gal. But Carmi is always so sweet to post helpful comments that I just assume that everyone clicks on his name and heads over there. If you don't know what the hell I am talking about go here and do what he says.

Now for my photos.

This is one of my very favorite photos, Spotty was 3 months here, the two of us would sit outside early Sunday mornings and just enjoy the day

This is from a year later, this one makes me cry, Spotty always plays with my hair, don't know if you can see it, but he is holding onto daddy's hair

I don't think I need words for this one

I have no idea why this is in sepia and not B&W, all of these photos are done with B&W film that I have processed. This was camping last year.

I could have sworn I had B&W's from this year....

Thematic Photographic 7 - Animals

Don't be a Turkey and join in the fun over at Carmi's

We found this beauty in a wildlife preserve just after her shower...