February 18, 2017
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Today is Sparky's birthday. Tomorrow is a baby shower for Sparky's nephew's wife. Normally I'd be all over that baby shower. But it is in central Indiana, about 4 hours away, and it starts at 3:00 PM. So I am not attending. Even if, and that's a big if, it only lasts until 5:00 PM. I still would be driving home in the dark. Alone. So I opted not to attend. Besides it is Sparky's weekend. I'm treating him to dinner out, a movie matinee, I may even indulge him in stopping at his preferred fast food restaurant. We never eat there because I just don't like anything on the menu. But he sometimes craves a Frosty and a Single at Wendy's. I'll smile and have a baked potato and he can enjoy his meal. I told him that I'm willing to spend double what he spent on me so I'm waiting to see what he wants to spend his $1.40 on. Actually, I'm considering a flat screen TV that can hang on the wall in the family room. He has been talking about getting rid of the entertainment center and the big clunky TV that it holds. Maybe. Maybe not. I was looking and Sam's Club had a 40" Smart TV for $289. That seems pretty reasonable. But I need to explore some other places to make sure I've got the best TV for the price. We currently have a 32" TV so it would be a step up but maybe we should think ahead for when we are nearly blind and need the 60" to be able to see the picture.... Either way we'll be together and having a good time. (He LOVES to shop for big ticket appliances so letting him drag me around to all the places that sell TVs would be his dream date!)
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I would love to take you guys geocaching tomorrow to extend the celebration. It's such a gorgeous weekend, it would be a shame not to geocache!
Ooh!! YES! That is a great idea!! Do you have some caches in mind? Sparky says yes but wants to know which caches you want to go for...
P.S. I replaced our TV recently. I got a Smart TV at Meijer. I didn't get the cheapest one, but got a good deal on a Samsung. I've been enjoying being able to wirelessly mirror my cell phone to the TV to watch You Tube videos, and I'm discovering some good Netflix series using the joyous one's account.
Sparky isn't keen on getting a new TV just yet. He thinks the technology is still evolving and when ours dies THEN we'll get a new one.
I replaced my 35-y/o tv recently, and love the new one -- It's a ew", and it feels like looking out a window in comparison to the old one!
Cool!! I discussed it with Sparky but he wants to wait... Maybe next year.
Happy birthday Sparky!
I'm curious which movie you went to see.
I'll give him your birthday wishes! We went to the Lego Batman movie. It was really good and funny and fast paced and we need to see it again because we only caught maybe 50% of the jokes because they were flying past so fast!!! It was kind of a sensory over load experience. I'm really glad we opted not to see it in 3-D!
Sorry about the typo -- that was meant to be 32"!
I figured that was what it was supposed to be - touch typing lends itself to those kind of mistakes!!
Hope he got the card & check.....
Yes he did! He didn't deposit it since the banks were closed today... he is going to the bank tomorrow.