Since we got to bed so late last night (1:30 am) we slept in this morning. Once we made it downstairs we exchanged gifts. I got Joe some candy, a work light and hunting knife he had asked for, a Quirky extension cord, and a Flip Belt for when he gets back to running.
Joe got me what you see below.
I asked for the Jasmine essential oil, nail strengthener, and facial brush. I also pretty much told Joe he had to get me the chocolate covered potato chips (sadly, they aren’t that impressive) and pretzels as stocking stuffers when I spotted them at Target last month. The Chromecast and webcam were complete surprises, though.
I’ve been talking about wanting to try the Chromecast lately because I love the idea of being able to stream YouTube videos on the TV, plus in March we will no longer be getting the incredible deal we have on our cable services anymore. Joe was let go from the company earlier this year when they decided to outsource his department (the outsourcer ended up hiring him so he does the same thing but for a different company) and part of the deal was to allow us to retain the heavily discounted services through March 2015. Once that time comes around the bill will probably quadruple (if not more), so we’ve been thinking of alternatives. Right now we have home phone, security, the fastest internet package, and every cable channel possible and we only pay $50 a month and that’s mostly for rental fees (for two DVRs & the cable modem) as well as $10 per month for the security system (the employee discount was very generous). So once that goes to regular customer prices it’s going to be outrageous. We plan to keep the internet and security and drop the cable and phone services so the bill will be closer to double what we pay now. Joe started an Amazon Prime trial and I signed up for free trials of Hulu Plus and Epix so we can get an idea of what shows we can watch without cable. So far it seems pretty promising. I’m pretty sure Joe already regrets getting me the Chromecast, however, since I spent like four hours playing YouTube videos and Hulu Plus content on the TV today.
As for the webcam, he got me that because I had mentioned awhile back that it would be cool to set up a camera in the rat room so I can keep an eye on my babies when I’m at work. So we’ll be hooking that up this weekend to test it out. I’m pretty excited because I miss them during the day!
Since E won’t be back until Saturday we are waiting to make our ham then, so we made some steak for dinner tonight. Now we’re just relaxing watching TV. Joe has to work tomorrow so I’ll probably be spending the day watching more YouTube videos on the TV, haha! My life is so hard right now. ;)