You heard it right. I’m loving my VCR right now.
You remember what a VCR is, right?
Are you bewildered why I would love one let alone still have one?
Six years ago, when Casey and I moved into our house we decided to go without cable. It was mainly to save some cash until we knew what our budgets would be like with the addition of a mortgage and all the additional costs a home brings into your life.
Six years later, we’re still without cable or a DVR or TiVo or anything really. In fact, when we got the digital box this past winter we “got cable” in the form of the addition of the CW to our line up of CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS.
So…why am I loving our VCR? I love Desperate Housewives. I know, I know. I can’t help it. I never watched it until my maternity leave with Charlotte, when I decided to start with the first season and plow my way through.
DH just happens to be on the same time as I’m in a classroom (hopefully) teaching a group of 9th graders about Jesus and their Catholic faith.
Before I leave for class I pop in the tape (only one I have for recording), rewind it to the beginning, and ask my dear husband to start recording at 7:55. When I get home I put Charlotte to bed and then head down to the couch to catch up with the ladies.
Tonight I had a picnic for work so I set it to record The Office wedding. Actually…I don’t have the remote for the VCR anymore so I can’t really set it. I just turned it on and let it record everything until we returned home.
Now I’m sitting back to enjoy the grainy quality in all its glory, commercials and all as I’m too tired right now to get up and fumble with the fastforward button.
An oldie but a definite goodie.
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October 9, 2009 at 9:50 am
Amanda
Oh. fer. funny.
You are priceless.
October 9, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Kristy
I am laughing because we use our VCR several times a week–all the old Disney movies we had collected in our youth get watched by Paige. And she can’t scratch them like the DVD’s. But we do have cable, and DVR–which is the greatest thing ever!
October 12, 2009 at 8:51 pm
jennyd123
You know, that non-scratching thing IS pretty awesome! We have so many DVDs that have skips due to kid handling.
And now that the VCR rewinders are pretty much obsolete, there’s not much worry that the tape will be pulled out!
November 24, 2009 at 11:22 pm
darcie
HA! A fellow VCR’er! We have TWO of them in our house – I honestly pray that they don’t die because good luck finding one! We have dozens of Disney movies that the kids watch on them – it’s hard explaining to them why they can’t watch a certain one upstairs, or vice versa…
we have cable – and even though I rarely get to sit down and watch an entire show – I am pretty sure I couldn’t survive without it – like my microwave!
While I don’t necessarily love watching shows I’ve taped…the price is right versus the silly monthly fees from the cable provider – which incidentally, charges me an arm and a leg for cable/internet!