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[sal_amanda]

Nora is in an apprehensive phase.  She is curious about new things,people, animals, situations, etc., but she's rather be curious about them from a distance.  We went to the Great Pumpkin Farm on Sunday and she loved the animals, but she sure did not want to get too close to that big camel and forget about the pony ride.  But she did seem to like the pumpkin cannons.  That's my girl. 

But there is one very amusing thing she does lately.  When Julie and Andy were here for Gram's funeral, they went to the Springville Auction and came back with a crate full of records.  They picked out the ones they wanted, we picked out a few, and then the crate was going to our basement for next year's garage sale.  I still haven't actually taken the ones we wanted out of the crate to be put with our record collection so Frank Sinatra is sitting on top.  Whenever Nora comes to the basement with me, usually for laundry purposes, she always waves good-by to Frank before we go upstairs.  Cracks me up every time.

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We're having some local TV drama.  The owners of the CBS and CW affiliates have pulled the channels off of Time Warner because of some financial dispute.  TW apparently does not believe we should have to pay extra for channels you can get for free with an antenna.  I can't argue with that.  Lin, the company they are fighting with, has waged a nasty campaign about how TW won't let you have those channels.  TW has been handing out free antennas to anyone who wants them.  We already had an antenna and we pulled up our basement TV just for those two channels.  We hooked up a VCR to it to tape the shows we watch on them.  I don't care about the reception and this is fine, but I really do miss the DVR when we're watching those ones. 

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I can't stop reading that book that True Blood is based on.  Forget my research project, my conference presentation, and my comprehensive exam, I'd rather be reading.  Thanks a lot for the decrease in productivity, Sookie Stackhouse. 

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[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

I did warn you that the pages are laced with crack, did I not?

[sal_amanda]

I had to put it away from me today so I could actually work on a study guide for a midterm I have on Wednesday. I figured if I got done with it and had some time, then I could read, but I got done with it and then had to go to work.

What, no comment on Nora waving to Frank Sinatra?

[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

Other than it's awesome?

I'm glad she's waving to things that we can all see, and not to dead people like the boy in the Sixth Sense - how about that? :)

[busybusymama.livejournal.com]

Don't you wish you could just package those Nora moments up to save forever???

As for the cable... if we want to get ANY channels at all, we have to have cable. I so envy people that can just stick up an antenna and get free tv!!

[sal_amanda]

Will that change with the new digital TV thing that's happening in February?

[busybusymama.livejournal.com]

actually, I think it may get worse. Right now, it is $18 a month for just the basic channels (cbs, nbc, cw, etc). But I have heard rumors that after the change, that cable customers will need to rent a box for $4 a month also. Of course, that could be wrong...