Sniff, Sniff.... We'll Miss You

Marshall and I have been married 9 years and 1 month. About 9 years ago, Marshall had Dish Network install a satellite at our condo and also fell for the old "up-sell". When I arrived home, we were also the proud owners of the new "pause live TV" technology. I wasn't too happy, but later that night we were watching TV and I missed something they said on the show we were watching. So, I asked Marshall what they said. He so cleverly replied, "let me show you", and proceeded to rewind so I could hear it again. Since then, I have never looked back. That is, until yesterday.

Yesterday, we said to good by to our DVR and pause live TV. Sniff, sniff.

After evaluating the costs as well as our need for all the channels, we determined we really don't need to pay for TV until the fall (when football starts of course). But, until then, we can watch shows on the computer, we can get by with local stations, we can watch less TV. The boys actually don't know how to watch TV without the pause live TV function. We forward through commercials during shows we tape for them, we pause the TV during commercials when watching live TV so they don't watch the commercials, we pause the shows when the go to the bathroom. It really is great. But, for now, we'll get along without it. 

I'm pretty sure we won't miss the actual programming - we primarily watch over the air stations - but I certainly am going to miss the days when I can say "What did they say?" and have my question answered with the click of a button.