DVR

I have wondered MANY times how I could stand to watch TV before we got our DVR. I am utterly in *LOVE* with the ability to choose WHAT I want to watch WHEN I want to watch it!! I only have to watch the commercials if I choose to (which I don't unless I'm not really paying attention and let them run). Need a babysitter for an hour so you can take a shower? Keep a few extra recordings of Diego on the DVR and you've got a FREE babysitter - on demand :) The new episode of Wizards of Waverly Place starts after bedtime? It will be waiting for the girls when they wake up Saturday morning. Don't have time to watch The Biggest Loser on Tuesday night? No problem!! I'll catch it when I'm cleaning the kitchen later in the week :) Can't stand to watch just one episode of Leverage because you can't get enough? Record the whole season and watch it in 3 days (we just finished last week and are SO excited it is coming back in January!)!! Forgot The Rachel Zoe Project was starting this week (It's not ... that's just an example of one that I would have missed)? The DVR has you covered! Once you choose the shows you like you can program it to record only new episodes ... and it remembers when a new season starts!

Steve and I actually have a standing DVR night now - Wednesday night. After yesterday's post it seems I have a bit of a "standing appointment" issue, doesn't it? I guess if I don't set aside the time I miss out on these little gems of time that I love ;) It works out perfectly for us because he has either Young Men's or Bishopric visits on Wednesday until about 9 P.M. Then we fire up the DVR to catch up on the shows we enjoy (I even make him watch Project Runway sometimes) and spend a few hours just being together, relaxing. We usually stay up until at least midnight or 1 A.M. since he has Thursdays off.

I am grateful for the wonder of DVR and the opportunity it affords me to watch ONLY what I want to when it fits into my schedule ... which can be hectic at times :) Some may think it's silly to show gratitude for something so trivial but it has changed our lives and we are grateful for the FREEDOM it gives us!!