Scaredy Cats!!

We were just getting ready to watch the Southern Miss-East Carolina game and I thought I would share a couple of things with you. One relates to the upcoming game on TV and the other the title of the post.

First of all, we figured out some time ago that the combination of a DVR and live sports could be made better by this little trick. Instead of watching the game at the start time, we begin to record the game. We wait roughly 30 to 45 minutes before actually starting to watch the game. We do make sure not to answer the pone as well in case someone is trying to give us spoilers. We then start watching the recorded playback allowing us to forward through the commercials and the halftime (if we ant to) and we usually catch up to the live game in the late 3rd quarter or early 4th. I guess waiting an hour to 90 minutes would make it more likely to hit the end of the game live.

Secondly, it is so hard to believe that any child of mine would be frightened of Halloween, my favorite holiday. I was not aware of just how scared these two were until last weekend when we all stopped by one of those temporary costume shops that set up in empty buildings around town. This place was pretty sparse inside, but had a series of ghoulish decorations set up for display as well as the costumes. It was the middle of the day so there was plenty of light streaming in the windows, and I am not sure if that added to the problem since they were better able to see everything. Ashley was hesitant and stuck extremely close to us, but Ryan when white and actually began to tremble as he said over and over, "go home, go home!" We stayed long enough to peruse the children's costumes (a very small collection)and left in a hurry. So there you go, the Jones kids are a couple of scaredy cats, but I love them anyway. :-)