I know that everyone probably already has a PVR and they are wondering what took me so long to get one. I tell you I was fighting it for a very long time. We don't watch a lot of TV and I didn't want to watch more. I felt that if we had a PVR that we would watch a lot more TV- and I don't know if that is true yet because we've only had it for less than 24 hours. I know that my son has already started using the PVR and is taping a series that he likes to watch. That's what happens when he gets up before me.
I'll tell you why I finally caved. It was a perfect storm of things - my husband decided that having a PVR so he could tape all of his soccer games would be a good idea. He wanted to pause the game and show us all a few tips on how to improve our game. I had just renewed my contract with Telus TV and was a little disappointed that we didn't get much in the deal. I had to add back some channels that we gave up in order to get a full soccer channel that turned out to be half soccer, half rugby. So I called Telus and asked them what they could do for me. They said that if I added a year to my 2 year contract, they could give me a free PVR for 3 years, and that's is where the ball dropped. I gave in, I succumbed. You put the word free in front of me and I lose all reason.
So we've got the PVR, my husband has his beloved soccer, I have Glee for me and the kids. I realized that I can watch what I want, when I want. I don't have to bow down in front of the TV and ask for something decent to watch. I have indoor soccer this season and I don't have to worry about missing my one and only favorite show, How I Met Your Mother. Yes, I have had to eat my works after saying that I'd never get a PVR, but I have had to eat my words a few times this week already. Like watching Sixteen Candles is appropriate it with the kids - it so wasn't. We stopped it 30 minutes in. But that's, another story.
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