Starting tomorrow, I will be attempting to maintain a reasonable posting frequency without the luxury of home internet access.  My cable company took a stab at trying to see just how much I would fork over per month once our contract expired.  Let's just say they overshot it by quite a lot.  So I will bid them farewell in the morning, knowing full well that in a month's time I will be inundated with "Win Back" offers at a much better rate.  Or someone else will catch our eye.  Either way, we have to play the game, and it's time to fold 'em for right now.
    During our last night enjoying the DVR, E was attempting to find the "DioGuardi Button".  He described this as a type of smart chip in the remote that knows your preferences-- like his preference for not hearing Kara DioGuardi speak on American Idol.  Alas, this button seems to be missing from our remote.  I guess a combination of the mute button and quick fingers will just have to do.
    I'm hoping this will be a shining opportunity to wean my 2-year-old TV junkie from her Nick Jr. dependency.  I do have a steady supply of toddler methadone, including Cinderella, Up, Wubb Idol and HBO's Classical Baby series.  We'll see how she does.
    Baby Duck is going to have a hard time understanding why she can't play with her Webkinz online, as she has never gone without internet and therefore must just think that website is part of our computer.  My back up plan for her?  Full distraction with books and crafts, which will hopefully entice Ladybug to step away from the screen as well.
    All in all, I think this will be a fantastic opportunity to reorganize our priorities.  I'm looking forward to having a renewed appreciation for many things in life.  Especially daily access to www.peopleof walmart.com.

CL

p.s.  Two more funny words that my Spellcheck does not recognize:  "online" and "internet".