We’ve been having issues with our Television Provider. We’re with Bell. We’re not happy with Bell. And besides Bell, there is only one other: Rogers. Some people we know are happy enough with Rogers. We’re debating whether or not to switch. Or what.
I hate to admit this, until recently I had no clear idea how much we were paying for the Priviledge of Having 100 Crappy Channels Beamed Into our Household 24/7.
We pay around $70/month. That is $840/year. For te-le-vis-ion! This seems kind of crazy. This is programming which is paid for by advertising, programming which is transmitted via invisible beams in the sky which can be captured and turned into pictures on a screen … for free!
This is mostly Mark’s territory, so I’m hovering on the sidelines, but you know what? Even though I would miss The Office, and House (although I am growing more and more irritated by it), ANTM (which is probably rotting my brain anyway) and the occasional film, I think I could live without it. Could you?
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“I wish they had bookmarks for dreams…” said Sarah, rubbing her eyes. “I was having a really good one.”
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On today’s agenda:
– dissection of owl pellets
– birthday party prep
– gathering items for a Sunday garage sale
*sigh*
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Setting: Loblaw HQ. The office of Galen G. Weston, CEO.
Opening shot: Sandra, a youthful, trim, friendly, executive assistant enters the office of Galen G. Weston. She knocks lightly on the doorframe.
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Sandra: Mr. Weston?
GGW: Yes?
Sandra: We need to sit down and discuss the Healthy Eating Challenge we ran with the bloggers.
GGW: Bloogers?
Sandra: Bloggers. It’s a term for people who keep journals on the Internet.
GGW: Ah yes, of course.
Sandra: We gave Loblaws gift cards to certain individuals and asked them to take on the Healthy Eating Challenge. The idea was they’d write about the products they really liked…
GGW: Oh yes. And they’d tell their friends in their bloogs, I mean blogs. Blogs. That’s really a stupid-sounding word, isn’t it?
Sandra: Yeah…
GGW: Remind me why we did this again?
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Emma, I can hardly believe that I’m writing this, but you are nine years old today.
This photo says it all. You are tall and confident. Friendly and generous. You have your own sense of the world and I love that about you.
– you are a wonderful caregiver. I’m already singing your praises to potential babysitting customers. I’m not sure if you know this, but you’ve always had great leadership skills. Even when you were in preschool, at two years old, you’d be the one showing the new kids around or comforting someone if they were sad. You’re a natural shepherd, and anyone younger is naturally in your flock (whether they like it or not, unfortunately.)
– you are turning out to be a great swimmer. You love to read. You love being outdoors. All of these things are shadowy reflections of my own self. And that amazes me. How much of you is you, and how much of you is me? I’m still wondering how it all works.
– you have a can-do attitude and are so confident about conquering certain things, like swimming, and stilt-walking, and reading. Math? Not so much.
What does it feel like to be nine? I tried asking you about it last night but wasn’t able to get a straight answer.
I’ll tell you. You are changing, and finding out more about yourself and about the world around you. You’re still very much a little girl, but there’s a bigger girl inside of you who is eager to get on with it already. I don’t want to rush it. I love you very much the way you are, but I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
Love,
Mumma
The kind folks at Knock on Wood Communications have given me the green light to give away a pair of tickets to the opening night production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It’s coming to the NAC between May 27 and June 1. (Read up on it here.)
Sound good to you? Leave your name in the comments below and I will do a random draw for the winner.Â
Easy huh?
The rules (because there has to be a few):
– The draw is for two tickets for opening night on May 27.
– Please, only one comment per person. Duplicate entries will be deleted.
– I’ll do a random draw at noon on Monday May 19th, 2008.
– I’ll post the name of the winner and contact them by email.Â
– I will give the winner contact info for the promoter
– It’s up to the winner to coordinate pick up of the tickets.
That’s it! Good luck. It looks like a good show!
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