Houston, we have connection!

So, after about one week without TV, I am happy to say that we are back on! It was a bit of an adventure making sure someone would be at home to meet the DirectTV guy, but my mother (if she were on-line, I would let her see how I am singing her praises) stepped up and waited for him.

It turns out that all of our switches shorted out or something. It had nothing to do with the dish itself. That was a good feeling - it wasn't my scraping off the snow that did any more damage. It still was a challenge to be without the tv all week!

The positive - we definitely slept better without any of the annoying light from the TV, and I think we will keep it off overnight as much as possible, and invest in an ipod compatible alarm clock instead.

Now, it's pretty much NHL and NBA playoffs in our house! Hooray!