Yes, I think it is finally Spring. Yay! Saturday was my first mow of 2014, and I really enjoyed it. The temperature was just right – not too cold and not too hot. Sort of felt like Goldilocks.
Yesterday I had my first digging in the dirt for 2014. Remember the tulips Dave surprised me with recently? They had grown so much I had no choice but to plant them outside in a big pot. Also repotted one of my indoor plants; it had outgrown its original home over Winter and needed more room.
Purple Waffle
We recently got a Roku stick, and yesterday I finally had time to set up and organize channels. We have a Netflix subscription and can get that on the Roku. From what I’ve seen, there are three levels of channels: no-cost/ad-free (public domain channels fall in this category), no-cost channels with ads (like broadcast TV) and then subscription/ad-free channels such as Netflix. I love Turner Classic Movies, so public domain channels are a good fit for me. I also added some news channels, PBS, the History Channel and the Smithsonian Channel. All in all, we have just under 30 channels in our list, so that should keep us content for a while.
Prior to Sandy in 2012, we could get good reception on a few broadcast channels here such as PBS, MeTV, Accuweather and RetroTV. Well . . . ever since Sandy, reception has been quite poor. There’s nothing wrong with our batwing on the roof; we think the towers took a hit or their alignment went a bit wacky during Sandy. Add to that the fact that it is windy here a lot and MeTV (which we did watch quite a bit) is no longer carried by the station . . . we simply don’t raise our antenna any longer. The company tech guru told us about the Roku a while back. I waited until the stick came out in April (much less expensive than a Roku box and takes up no space whatsoever) and got one. So far I’m pretty pleased with it.
Hard to believe April is just about out the door and May will be upon us soon. May is shaping up to be pretty busy with work, vet appointment for Maggie (vaccinations), my mammogram and then our holiday. Whew! I really am looking forward to our week at the beach. It is so relaxing and will be our only getaway this year. Can’t wait to see the horizon again! Less than a month and I’ll be blogging from our “home away from home.” Whoohoo!
Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend!
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Glad you explained the Roku stick. I thought maybe it had something to do with your Riki?? ;)
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember when Cable/Satellite first came on the scene it was called PAY TV. Thinking they said it would mean no commercials. Sure!
ReplyDeleteWell that is a mighty fine looking mower and sure looks like it can take care of things. I'd never heard of Roku stick sounds like one of the things the Supreme court is talking about and is all over the news. Sounds cool but since I don't have DSL or anything like it, afraid I can't use it. Hope you'll really enjoy it.
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