Floppy Humped Camels and Other Delights

A couple of weeks ago Amanda and I went to the Denver Zoo. What a grand time we had. We both hadn't been there for some number of years. It was fun getting to see all the animals. Who doesn't like to see cute little animals in a safe setting? Nobody, that's who. We plan on having spending quite a bit of time at the zoo when we have a kid because kids definitely love the zoo. And if you get the family pass it's quite affordable.

Although the zoo animals are pretty cute, they also can be pretty gross.

Hulu Plus ?

Hey again, an early posting from me for a change. It's actually late when I'm writing this but thanks to the magic of the internets it will be early when posted!

I just wanted to see if any of you had an opinion on this very very important matter. You see I currently subscribe to Dish Network. I worked there for a short time and got suckered into it. I didn't have pay TV for quite a while before and it wasn't too bad. But now after having it I like it. But I don't like paying the bill every month. It's not quite as bad as it would be with Comcast from what I see and hear but it's bad nonetheless. So I'm thinking about dropping it. The good thing about getting Dish as an employee was that I was not entered in any sort of contract with them.

I have been seeing on my XBox the big push for Hulu Plus in the past couple months and today I finally gave in and signed up for the 1 week free trial. It seems pretty good so far and you can't beat the price. It's only about $8 a month. Way way less than Dish. Do any of you have Hulu Plus? Do you find it comparable to regular pay TV? I haven't had a good chance to look through the shows that are offered. Do they have a wide selection of shows that aren't completely horrible?

I'll do some more checking around on the Hulu regarding programming offered during my one week trial period. The two shows I have watched so far have been good quality, at least in regards to picture and sound and no buffering problems. So that's a uh, plus. I think that Hulu Plus combined with Netflix streaming may suit all my tv viewing needs. Because as you know every stay at home dad watches loads and loads of tv.

Well, respond in the comments if you've tried it or know anyone who has and they've told you about their experiences, good or bad. And thank you for taking the time to respond to this most important of questions.

LTC

Howdy there buckaroos. It's your old pal Stay At Home Brad again, back with another exciting entry into the hottest blog site around. 

So Amanda and I have been dealing with her mother's very bad sickness. Like I said a prior day, she's not doing too good. She has been in the hospital for about a week now and she won't be going back home. She'll be moving into a nursing home, probably tomorrow or at least in the next few days. She had been at her house being "taken care of" by her husband but that wasn't working out too well for various reasons we won't go into here.

Anyways, she'll be moving in to the nursing home where they will take good care of her and keep her comfortable and whatever. She will then at some point move to hospice care when it comes closer to her time. The thing is is that I guess it is going to cost $200 per day at the nursing home, and this is even after whatever insurance they have.