Canceling Cable

So we've decided to live without cable television. No, this photo isn't my TV. (It's "HLJ's" from flickr.com which is a cool website but not the focus of this blog today.)

The Denver Nuggets almost convinced me to keep cable today by trading Allen Iverson for Chauncey Billups, but the decision to cancel was finalized before the trade was. And for me at least, the Phillies ended my baseball season by winning the World Series. Too bad they didn't run into the Rockies again this year. So I really have nothing to watch until April rolls around. Ash is gonna miss the new episodes of Law and Order Special Victims, and I'm gonna miss mind-numbing sessions of Family Guy that I've seen a dozen times each, but it was a choice that had to be made.

It all came down to the discretionary dollar, $400 in fact that we'd rather spend on other things for the next six months. Comcast had us, and we weren't even thinking twice about it, but then they had to go and wake us up by increasing the bill to almost double what we'd been paying with the introductory offer.

The Baseball Debate

This is a picture of Ashley, my loving, understanding, enabling, beautiful wife. I married very well to say the least. I am also in the picture with my Rockies beenie and Rockies jacket. Ashley didn't know that Boston wears red and showed up to last year's World Series game 4 (as pictured) wearing her lovely, red turtle neck sweater. It was a cold day to say the least, but I've forgiven her for making the Rockies lose the game and series.

Here's the grind: This was my seventh season working for the Rockies. We talked about bucket lists on the last blog. Attending the World Series was ALWAYS on mine until last year, when God sent the World Series to me. I hope he's not helping me cross out the list because he knows something I don't. Anyway, we spent about $400 for tickets, a hundred or so for food and souvenirs, we go on a road trip with the team every year for a vacation, it's a little more than a passion--we're talking borderline obsession that I may need professional help to overcome.

The Rockies are about to present National League Championship rings which could go anywhere from $50 to thousands. Should I, or better put, how should I go about this proposition to my extraordinary, patient, longsuffering wife?

Did I mention how much I love her???

http://64.235.35.226/rings/